Closed captioning and embedded videos

Hi Sharon!

Thank you for attaching the screenshot!

By default, the closed captions will be attached to the bottom of a slide. As you mentioned, they are displayed the same way as television would display closed captions. 

Since this is a standard set-up, we don't currently offer a feature for authors to determine where the closed captions will be displayed. 

After looking at your screenshot, I created a course that takes a different approach. I've created a short screen recording to explain how I built the course. Here's the link.

I've also attached the .story file to this reply in case you want to test it on your end!

Thanks,
That's a possibility, just not the most optimum one since it takes the user away from the content they're answering the question about. Also, I've gotten dinged on the fact that in the Modern player if you have the volume control on and the closed caption control on, the closed caption comes before the volume control in the tab order, but visual comes after the volume control. I didn't see a way to chance tab order in the player, which leads me to another question. Can I make my own player skin with the buttons where I want them, or am I stuck with the current layout?

Thanks again, I appreciate your great customer support. I'm hoping this will work out and help our project instead of us having to custom program everything.

Sharon

Hi Sharon!

I understand! That example does take learners away from the video they are answering questions about.

I'm not seeing the closed captioning appear after the volume control. Are you seeing a delay when activating the closed captioning icon?

Here's what it looks like on my end:

There isn't a built-in feature for moving the buttons in the Player. Here's a great resource that explains all the changes you can make to Player! Link  

Thanks,
I'm not sure, since it's a separate 508 testing group. I went ahead and implemented my own closed caption and volume buttons, I'll see if that works since I can make sure they're where they need to be in the tab order.

Sharon