Closed Captioning

Closed captioning is now supported for video and audio files hosted within the Kiddom platform. This includes:

Captioning for Kiddom-Hosted Video and Audio Files

This feature will be available for most existing and newly uploaded video and audio files that are hosted by Kiddom across our curricula. Please note: Closed captioning will not be available for videos requiring students to spell words, as is the case with the Unlock Phonics curriculum.

Enhanced Student and Teacher Experience

Although initially developed as a student-facing accessibility enhancement, both students and teachers can now activate closed captioning for supported multimedia.

Updated Multimedia Players

We have made updates to our existing embedded video and audio players to accommodate our new accessibility features, enabling users to control captions directly from the player with the click of a button.

An animation showing a video playing within Kiddom. The user is enabling and disabling the captions by clicking on a button labeled CC at the bottom of the video.

How do I/my students use closed captions on videos?

All users will have the option to turn on/off captions by clicking on the button at the bottom of the video player.

A paused Kiddom video with colorful geometric shapes, above a section titled

Once enabled, captions will start to appear at the bottom of the video screen.

A video on the Kiddom platform with closed captioning enabled.

How do I/my students use closed captions on audio files?

Similar to video files, audio files now include a closed captions button. When activated, captions will appear while the audio file is playing.

Online reading activity containing an audio file with captioning enabled. The CC button on the audio player is highlighted and captioned text is appearing above the player.