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How to add captions and edit thumbnails of videos in Moodle

You can easily upload and share media files in Moodle and your students will be able to play the content back on any device.
You can also ask your students to submit media assignments. If you want to do this, please refer to the alternative documentation How to add a Video or Audio Assignment.
If you want to upload media files outside of Moodle, please refer to the alternative documentation How to use MediaSpace.

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Automatically creating captions for a media file in Moodle

To request captions:

• On your My Media page (found under Site home in Moodle), click on the video thumbnail, then select Caption & Enrich from the ACTIONS menu: 
  
  
• Complete the form and press on the Submit button:
  
  
  
  You will see a confirmation message:
  
  
  The status will initially be Pending:
  
  
  
  This status will then update to Processing:
  
  
  
  When ready, the status will change to Completed:
  
  
  
  Click on the pencil if you need to edit the captions to correct any errors in the automated processing.

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Editing captions in Moodle

Select Caption and Enrich from the ACTIONS menu and press on the pencil icon.

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Click “Save” in top right periodically

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Uploading an existing captions file

If you already have a captions file for your media, you can add this.

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• • Upload Thumbnail: Select an image from your desktop and use it as the default thumbnail.
  • Capture: Use the player to select the frame you want to use as your default thumbnail and then click on the Capture button.
  • Auto-Generate: Select one thumbnail from ten automatically generated choices.

Upload Thumbnail

• To upload a thumbnail from your desktop, select My Media and then click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
• In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
• Click Upload Thumbnail.
• Upload a file from your desktop and click Open.

Capture

• Select My Media
• then click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
• In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
• Select the Thumbnails tab and click Play OR scroll through the video manually.
• Click Capture at the frame that you want to use as a thumbnail. The captured frame is saved automatically and used for the thumbnail.

To select an automatically generated thumbnail

• Select My Media
• Click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
• In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
• Click Automatically Generate and click on one of the 10 choices that appear in the selection window.

You can also download the selected thumbnail by clicking the download tab

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