Some institutions want to configure automated publishing of content to classes, but do not want that content to be available until the closed captioning for the media is completed. The Delay video availability toggle lets administrators delay video media availability for students until it contains closed captions.
Administrators can set the default at the institution, organization, or department level.
Instructors can also set this at the Section level (unless overrides are disallowed), but may not realize that if no captioning provider is configured, those videos will never be available to students. Additionally, uploaded videos are not automatically captioned, and the instructor must request that the admin send the video for captioning. Alternatively, manual captions can be applied by uploading a .vtt or .srt file.
- Log in to EchoVideo as an administrator.
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Click the Settings icon and select Institution Settings.
General settings appears and Basic Info is selected by default.
- Choose Section Features from the middle panel.
- Scroll down to Student Content Access.
- Turn on Delay Video Availability (it is off by default, which allows all captures to be published immediately), as shown in the figure below.
- Review the warning message that appears and click Confirm.
- Check or uncheck the Allow override checkbox to determine whether this toggle setting can be changed at any lower organization or department level.
Auto-publishing of content is now delayed until the closed captions are attached to the media. In addition, while administrators or instructors can select to manually publish video content to a class, the video is unavailable to students until it has closed captioning.
Manually uploaded videos are not automatically sent for captioning; an administrator must submit them for captioning before they become available to students in the classroom. To manually submit a video for captions, click the capture to open the Media Details Page. In the Details tab, click Accessibility, then click Add Closed Captions +.