This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2023 onwards.  

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How to download captions from videos in Moodle

You can also download a caption file directly from MediaSpace. If you want to upload media files outside of Moodle, please refer to the alternative documentation How to use MediaSpace

To use this Guide you should be familiar with the addition of video and audio via Moodle and how to request captions.

How to add video and audio in Moodle

Automatically creating captions for a media file in Moodle

Since these captions are automatically generated, the accuracy may vary from video to video. As the owner of the video you can edit the captions to improve accuracy. Refer to our editing captions Moodle help page for detailed instructions.


In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab at the top of the page and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu.

The more tab

  1. Click on the pencil icon of the video you want to download the captions from

The pencil icon

3. Choose the Captions tab and select the download icon to download the captions file (srt).


 download icon


You can then upload this file to any services that do not generate automatic captions.

The captions tab showing the option to download

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