Add links

Add hyperlinks to your presentation that allow your audience to view other websites or online documents. This is useful if you would like to provide your audience with information that supplements the subject matter being discussed in the presentation.  Hyperlinks can be added to the presentation before or after the presentation is recorded and published to the Mediasite.

To add a link to a presentation:

1.  Navigate to your presentation, click Edit, go to the Information tab, and click in the Links field.

2.  Enter the link’s name and the URL for the document or website to which the link will point. Click Add. Repeat this step for each link you want to add.

3.  Click Save.

Presentation properties page (Information tab), add links to presentation

 

Add closed captions

You can add closed captions to on-demand presentation by creating closed caption files and linking them to the presentation. You can create the files yourself using third-party captioning software or you can use a captioning service.  

All player layouts support presentations with closed captions added. In addition, users can search closed caption text in players, catalogs, and showcases for specific words and phrases.

Considerations when adding closed captions

When adding captions to a presentation manually or using a captioning service, consider the following:

•      Mediasite supports Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI), SubRip (SRT), and Distribution Format Exchange Profile (DFXP).

•      Sonic Foundry does not provide SAMI, SRT, or DFXP files or tools for authoring them.

•      Non-English captions must be saved with UTF-8-character encodings. For more information, see KBA 4029 on the Customer Care Portal.

•      Mediasite supports begin and end times in DXFP so you can specify expiration times, that is, how long captions remain on screen.

•      Captions are centered and appear directly below the video window even when player is enlarged.

To add closed-captioning to an on-demand presentation:

1.  Navigate to your presentation. Click Edit and go to the Delivery tab.

2.  If you have not already enabled captioning, select the Audio Transcriptions check box.

3.  Select the Manual Upload radio button and click Select a file to locate and select your closed caption file. Click Upload. Click the Save button.

4.  Once the file is uploaded, launch the presentation in Mediasite Player and verify your captions appear as expected.

Add closed captions to presentation

 

Presentation with captions

Searching presentation with captions

 

Add thumbnail images manually

Mediasite automatically generates a thumbnail from a presentation’s video. However, you can always upload a custom thumbnail image to replace the auto-generated one.

To add a thumbnail image to a presentation:

1.  Navigate to your presentation. Click Edit and go to the Delivery tab.

2.  Click Select a file and navigate to the image file you want to use for the thumbnail. Click Save.

Add custom thumbnail image

 

Add slide titles and descriptions

Once you record and publish a presentation to Mediasite, you can add slide descriptions and slide titles to the on-demand presentation using Management Portal. Slide descriptions—text describing slide content—may be displayed in place of slide images and can be read by text readers.

To add slide titles and descriptions:

1.  Navigate to your presentation and click Edit Slides. This launches the Slide Editor.

2.  Click on a slide to enter a title and description for it. Optionally, select the Set as thumbnail check box to make this the thumbnail image for the presentation. Click Save.

3.  Once you are done, click Back to exit the Slide Editor.

Slide Editor, add slide titles and descriptions