Making Your Video Accessible 

Before you submit your video, take a few minutes to make sure it meets accessibility guidelines to ensure access. 

Add Captions to Your Video 

Captions show the spoken words in your video as text on the screen.  YuJa has the ability to auto generate the captions for an uploaded video.

1. Sign into YuJa. 
2. Find your video. 
3. Hover over the video and select More to open the Media Details menu. 
4. Select Accessibility. 
5. Select Auto-Caption. 
6. Choose the language used in your video. 
7. Select Send Caption Request. 

YuJa will process the captions. Important: Always check your captions before you submit your video as the auto-caption process may make mistakes. 

Adjusting Captions 

Once your captions are ready, watch your video and read the captions. 

Things to look for: 

1. Misspelled words 
2. Names spelled the wrong way 
3. Missing words 
4. Wrong words 
5. Punctuation that makes the sentence hard to understand 

Your captions should match what is being said in the video. YuJa provides ways to edit individual caption sections and also has a video editor for caption changes. 

Making Changes

To make changes to the auto generated captions:

1. Login to YuJa and find the video you want to edit. 
2. Hover over the video and select Edit. This opens the Video Editor. 
3. In the menu on the side, select Captions. 
4. Find the caption you want to fix. 
5. Select the caption text and type your changes. 
6. Check other captions for mistakes. You can also use Search Captions to find a word that needs to be fixed. 
7. Save your changes when you are finished. 
8. Play the video again and make sure the captions match what you hear. 

Videos & Accessibility Tips

Describe Important Things on the Screen 

• Try not to show important information without talking about it. 
  • For example, instead of saying: “Click this button over here.” say: “Select the green Submit button at the bottom of the page.” 
• If you show a chart, picture, or other important visual, briefly explain what students need to know about it. 
• HVCC's accessibility guidance specifically recommends describing important visuals verbally in recorded content. 

Sharing Videos

If you add a link to your Brightspace submission, use a descriptive link that tells the reader where the link goes. 

Instead of: 

• Click here 
• Video 
• Link 

Use: 

• Watch My Presentation 
• View My YuJa Video 
• Watch My Week 3 Video Response 

These changes make links easier to understand, especially for people who use screen readers. HVCC's accessibility guidance specifically recommends descriptive links and discourages vague wording such as “click here” or “more info.”