Section: Captions and Transcription in QMplus Media | Digital Accessibility and Learning Materials

How to describe images (alt text)

Accessibility Resources

Check your colour contrast

Microsoft Accessibility Checker

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For useful resources, don't forget to open the block drawer on the right hand side of the page.

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Colour contrast

Ensuring sufficient contrast between text and background colours to make content readable for all users, including those with visual impairments.

Within QMplus, we need to be mindful when we create content that it has an acceptable colour contrast. If you are unsure if the colours you want to use are acceptable, please use the WebAIM Contrast Checker.

Section outline

QMplus Media is our institutional YouTube. Staff and students can upload video and audio to QMplus Media and then share it with others in a variety of ways. People worry about the accessibility of video and perhaps steer clear because of these worries. Video can, however, be very accessible...particularly to those who may have issues with text.
QMplus Media provides a variety of features that can help you to create accessible learning materials.
- Select activity How to generate captions for your video on QMplus Media (pre 2024 videos) (Staff and Students)
  
  How to generate captions for your video on QMplus Media (pre 2024 videos) (Staff and Students) URL
  
  QMplus Media allows you to have captions auto-generated for any videos that you upload after 2024. For any videos which were uploaded before 2024 you will need to manually request that captions are added.
- Select activity How to edit closed captions for QMplus Media videos (Staff and Students)
  
  How to edit closed captions for QMplus Media videos (Staff and Students) URL
  
  QMplus Media allows you to have captions auto-generated for any videos that you upload. It is almost certain that you will have to tidy the captions up to improve their accuracy