Add localized subtitles to a video

This feature requires the Globalization solution. For more information, contact your Customer Success Partner (CSP).

Admins, editors, and contributors can add subtitles to a video, that are specific to the language of the course. This allows you to translate subtitles only, instead of the whole video.

Adding localized subtitles has 3 prerequisites:

• The activity must be a document.
• The course and the activity must be available in the target language (see Translate a course for more information).
• You must have the .srt or .vtt subtitles file corresponding to the target language. We do not provide the automatic translation of subtitles. If you wish to add subtitles in a different language than the language of the video, you must manually add the subtitles file.

When all three conditions are met, you can add the localized subtitles.

1. At the top of the homepage, click Courses.
2. On the right of a course, click Edit.
3. In the top banner, click Translate.
4. On the left, in the list of activities, click the activity corresponding to the video.
5. In the Translated content section (on the right), on the top right of the video thumbnail, click Edit.
6. On the right of Your subtitles, click Upload your subtitles (.srt or .vtt file).
7. Select your .srt or .vtt subtitles file.
8. On the bottom right, click Save.

When you play the course in the target language, the video will now display the subtitles linked to that language (don’t forget to activate subtitles on the bottom right of the video when playing it).