Auto-Generating Closed Captions with CUNY Dropbox

• Click on the button above to access the login URL for CUNY Dropbox
• Log in with your CUNYfirst credentials (FirstName.LastName##@login.cuny.edu)

Once you are logged into CUNY Dropbox, you can upload an existing video.

• Click on Upload at the top of the page.
• Select Files and navigate to the video on your computer.
  

Once your video is uploaded on CUNY Dropbox, you can initiate auto-generation of closed captions (CC) for enhanced accessibility.

• Click on the uploaded video title.
• Click the [CC] icon on the right-hand vertical menu.
  
• The transcript will be auto-generated. Note that this may take several minutes depending on your video file size. The closed captions editing feature is not active in CUNY Dropbox.

To view auto-generated closed captions (CC),

• click on the Play button to play the video
  
• click on the CC icon at the bottom right of the video. The closed captions will appear at the bottom of the screen as the video is playing.

You can share your accessible videos stored in CUNY Dropbox directly from Blackboard.

• Once the closed captions are autogenerated in Dropbox, open a new tab and log into Blackboard.
• In your Blackboard course, choose where you would like to add the video.
• Select Build Content
• Click on Item
• Click on the Add Content icon on the toolbar and select Dropbox from the list. Note: you may be prompted to log into CUNY Dropbox; please use your CUNYfirst credentials (FirstName.LastName##@login.cuny.edu).
  
• Navigate to the video and Submit.

An alternative way to share the link to the video on Blackboard is to generate the link on CUNY Dropbox by clicking on the share button, creating and copying the link, and pasting it into the Bb Item. Learn more >>