David Kettle
David Kettle
Learning Technologist at Scottish Qualifications Authority
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Animated decorative elements
"Thanks Hazel, I've put it in as a feature request as well :)"
  • 5 months ago11/28/23 at 1:31 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Animated decorative elements
"Which is why we want to use them appropriately. We are striking a balance between engaging, interesting, appealing, accessible and optimi..."
  • 5 months ago11/27/23 at 1:39 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle started a new discussion Animated decorative elements
"Currently in order to make pages more engaging, if we want to add animated elements which are purely decorative, we have to use gif forma..."
  • 5 months ago11/24/23 at 3:40 pm (UTC)
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"+1 for this, having to add new team members in or remove team members from 21 pages of courses is VERY time consuming ... Please can we h..."
  • 10 months ago06/15/23 at 11:10 am (UTC)
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"+1 for this, having to add new team members in or remove team members from 21 pages of courses is VERY time consuming ... Please can we h..."
  • 10 months ago06/15/23 at 11:09 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"There are two options, you might be able to download .vtt captions from YouTube, the other option is to convert the .sbv file to .vtt Dow..."
  • 2 years ago04/19/22 at 10:01 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Possibly formatting? The VTT files I have include a line between "WEBVTT" and "1", so maybe try adding a line break in? The way there's a..."
  • over 2 years ago10/18/21 at 1:29 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Can I change a thumbnail on a video?
"Adding my name to the list :D"
  • almost 3 years ago07/06/21 at 11:48 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Glad to help :D"
  • almost 3 years ago06/28/21 at 8:52 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Hi Marion, The easiest way to convert .srt files to .vtt files that I've found is to use the https://www.webvtt.org/ website to..."
  • almost 3 years ago06/25/21 at 8:44 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"I don't think so, but you should be able to use keyboard controls to access and toggle/activate it. Tab and shift tab move forward and ba..."
  • almost 3 years ago05/27/21 at 3:29 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Glad it was helpful :)"
  • 3 years ago04/12/21 at 8:17 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Hi Shelley, I export captions from Adobe Premiere as a .srt file, I then use this website https://www.webvtt.org/ to conv..."
  • 3 years ago04/09/21 at 3:18 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion border or drop shadow on videos
"Thanks Alyssa."
  • over 3 years ago12/17/20 at 9:45 am (UTC)
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David Kettle started a new discussion border or drop shadow on videos
"I think a border or dropshadow option on videos in Rise would be useful. For videos with a white background first frame, it's hard to see..."
  • over 3 years ago12/16/20 at 12:18 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Rise Down?
"Rise is now showing again for me."
  • over 3 years ago09/22/20 at 3:23 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Rise Down?
"I submitted a ticket as well, so hopefully it'll be picked up quickly."
  • over 3 years ago09/22/20 at 2:55 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Rise Down?
"We're getting a 503 error as well "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable"."
  • over 3 years ago09/22/20 at 2:50 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"So I'm assuming at this point that the text (the content) is formatted appropriately and what you need to do is save the file as the..."
  • over 3 years ago08/26/20 at 9:27 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"The Web VTT format / standard is set by the w3 consortium. This is their official page for it https://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1 it ..."
  • over 3 years ago07/29/20 at 9:37 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"That's how we used to provide the transcript before CCs were possible in Rise, now that they are available, we are using them instead as ..."
  • almost 4 years ago05/08/20 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Hi Alyssa, I've got the original captions .vtt file, so I'm not looking to simply get a copy of the captions. I was thinking more that in..."
  • almost 4 years ago05/04/20 at 3:27 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion NEW IN RISE 360: Closed Captioning
"Would it be possible to use the closed captions in the pdf export? Currently, there is just an image of the video preview, if the video h..."
  • almost 4 years ago05/04/20 at 12:01 pm (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Closed Captions in Rise
"Glad to see this is now available. For people who have programs which create .srt files and need to change them to .vtt files, I've found..."
  • 4 years ago02/10/20 at 10:53 am (UTC)
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David Kettle replied to the discussion Closed Captions in Rise
"I think the only difference between captions and audio description is if a description of the sound is included in the content. Technical..."
  • over 4 years ago01/21/20 at 4:38 pm (UTC)