Creating Live Captions
A moderator first selects Closed Caption
layout.
and then selects the language to provide captions
and then selects the first tab (it will have the name of the selected language).
Once selected, the moderator clicks Take Ownership
(this ensures only one moderator at a time is entering captions for the given language).
At this point, the moderator can begin typing text (or using a stenography machine to inject text) into the text area.
As they type, the text is visible to viewers (see below).
Viewer Capabilities
When a viewer (student) selects the Closed Captioning
layout, The Closed Captioning dialog will display the active language streams.
Clicking a language opens a new tab. Clicking on the first tab shows the live captions as they are typed.
Viewing captions in PlaybackAnchor link for: viewing captions in playback
Later, when viewing the recording, the playback bar will have a ‘CC’ button. Clicking on the ‘CC’ button will show the available captions.