Background

In the spirit of creating open scholarship, we are asking participants who create video and audio files for materializing reading to publish those files on Internet Archive (archive.org). The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve digital artifacts in a free-to-access library. 

When submitting your materializing reading drafts for review, we’ll ask you to include links to your archived material. These links will be used to embed your media on our Graduate Reading Exchange website at publication. 

Accessibility

To improve the accessibility of your media, we will be requiring transcripts for audio files and closed caption .srt files for videos for publication. 

Creating a Text Transcript (Audio)

You can use Microsoft Word to create and edit an audio transcript with a Microsoft 365 account and Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. 

You can submit your audio transcript with timestamps as a text or Word document.

Creating an SRT File (Video)

There are many options for creating an SRT file. 

If your institution uses Canvas, you can create and edit an SRT file in Canvas Studio. Here is a step-by-step tutorial for using Canvas Studio that Michelle created for her students (https://archive.org/details/cc_20240302). After creating the captions in Canvas Studio, click on the three dot menu next to the caption language to download the .srt file to your computer. 

If you do not have access to Canvas, you can create an .srt file manually with a text editor (https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/create-srt-file/). 

Sharing Via Internet Archive

1. Save your video/audio file and .srt file (if applicable) to your computer.
2. Visit https://archive.org.   
3. Click “Sign Up | Log In”. Create a new account, if necessary.
4. Click “Upload”.
5. Drag and drop your audio file or video and .srt files to the uploader. 
6. Complete the metadata form:
   1. Page Title: Give your audio/video a title.
   2. Page URL: Leave the default or search for a unique available URL.
   3. Description: Briefly describe the content of your video.
   4. Subject Tags: Add “TGRE” and any other relevant key words.
   5. Creator: Your name, as you would like to be credited for the media.
   6. Date: Today’s date
   7. Collection: Community audio/ Community movies 
   8. Test Item: No
   9. Language: Choose the appropriate language
   10. License: Use the drop-down menu to select your preferred CC license. CC0 gives anyone the right to use your work, in any way, without attributing it to you. Public domain is not applicable for our purposes. 
   11. More Options: You do not need to enter anything here.
7. Click “Upload and Create Your Item”.
8. After the files upload, you can visit your file library by clicking on your username at the top of the screen, then selecting “My Uploads” from the drop-down menu.
9. Click on the video thumbnail to open your file submission. Then, copy the URL to share your archived file.