Instructor - How to Edit or Delete Captions in Panopto

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In this article, learn how to edit or delete captions in the Panopto editor. 

Instructions provided by Panopto Support.

Procedure

1. Edit the Caption 

Please note: There is a 384-character limitation to individual caption entries. 

1.1. Open the video in the Panopto editor and on the left-hand side of the screen, select the Captions tab (Fig. 1).

Figure 1  


1.2.  Click on the caption you want to edit. It will become editable (Fig. 2).  Once you are done editing the caption, select the Enter key to save it. Note: To insert a line break, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Enter. 

Figure 2


1.3.  Once you are finished editing the caption(s), select the Apply button in the upper right corner of the editor to save your changes (Fig. 3).

Figure 3 

2. Edit the Timestamp

2.1. To the right of the caption, select the More icon, which looks like three dots, and then select Edit (Fig. 4a). The Edit Caption window will appear, allowing you to edit the caption's Start time and End time. Select Save to confirm the edit (Fig. 4b). 
 

Figure 4a

Figure 4b

2.2.  Once you are finished editing the caption timestamp(s), select the Apply button in the upper right corner of the editor to save your changes (Fig. 5).

Figure 5 

3. Find and Replace a Word 

3.1. In some cases, ASR captioning may not caption a recurring word correctly. To find and replace the word throughout your captions, select the Find & Replace icon in the upper right corner of the Captions window, to the right of the Language menu (Fig. 6). 

Figure 6


3.2. The Find & Replace search boxes will appear. Enter the incorrect caption in the Find text box and enter the correct caption in the Replace with text box (Fig. 7).

Figure 7


3.3. Matches for the caption entered in the Find text box will appear highlighted in yellow (Fig. 8a).

Figure 8a

3.3.a. To review and replace each individual instance, select the angle bracket icons, < and >,  to the right of the Find box, and then select Replace to replace each one as needed (Fig. 8b). 

 

Figure 8b

3.3.b. To replace all of the instances, select the Replace all button (Fig. 8c).

Figure 8c 

3.4. Additionally, Panopto ASR will highlight low confidence captions. Low confidence captions are words that are commonly misinterpreted by ASR or words that occur when there is additional background noise. By selecting the left and right arrow icons in the bottom right corner of the Find & Replace window, you can tab through the words that are deemed low confidence (Fig. 9a). As you tab through the low confidence captions, they will appear highlighted in yellow (Fig. 9b). 

Figure 9a 

Figure 9b 
 

3.4.a. To review and replace each individual instance, select the angle bracket icons, < and >,  to the right of the Find box, and then select Replace to replace each one as needed (Fig. 9c). 

 

Figure 9c

3.4.b. To replace all of the instances, select the Replace all button (Fig. 9d).

Figure 9d

3.5. To close the Find & Replace window, select the X icon in its lower right corner (Fig. 10). 

Figure 10


3.6. Once you are finished updating the caption(s), select the Apply button in the upper right corner of the editor to save your changes (Fig. 11). 

Figure 11

4. Delete a Caption 

4.1.  Open the video in the Panopto editor and on the left-hand side of the screen, select the Captions tab (Fig. 12).

Figure 12


4.2. To the right of the caption(s) you want to delete, select the More icon, which looks like three dots, and then select Delete (Fig. 13).

Figure 13


4.3. Once you are finished deleting the caption(s), select the Apply button in the upper right corner of the editor to save your changes (Fig. 14). 

Figure 14