Courses (available in English & Spanish)
Everything you need
If you are already subtitling or creating captions and looking to enhance your existing skills, or if you have never subtitled before, our courses provide you with everything you need to know.
Expanding
Subtitling and closed captioning is an expanding industry which presents extensive career opportunities for individuals.
Software programs
Not only will you learn how to professionally subtitle and caption a film, you will learn how to navigate one of the top subtitling and captioning software programs on the market.
For you
Our courses have been created and designed with you, the learner, in mind. Everything you need to know in order to subtitle and caption is covered in our courses.
Divided into modules
Our online courses are given on our Learning Management System and all operate in the same way: they are divided into modules, each of which deals with a different topic. Depending on the course, it should take you between 1 and 2 hours to complete the tasks in each module.
Tips
Each module includes tips and need-to-know essentials for when you are producing your own subtitles and captions.
Paid training
Once you have completed the course, we offer paid training where you gain invaluable work experience. We send you feedback on your projects so you are constantly learning and improving, and you are also paid for your work, which is always appreciated.
Video Tutorials
All of the courses now include video tutorials. Our professional video tutorials will teach you how to easily navigate the subtitling software.
Webinars
GOSUB also holds webinars and encourages all of our students to attend.
Software: Ooona Toolkit
Ooona Toolkit redefines what professional subtitling software can do! During the course, you will learn how to use Ooona Toolkit, a top subtitling and captioning software program. A license is made available to you for the duration of your course.
Packages
Each course comes in a package. The package is filled with all the materials and resources to successfully complete the course. Each course package consists of:
- Course Materials
Course materials include caption files, project settings specifications and assignments.
- Ooona Toolkit software license
Ooona Toolkit is a world-class professional subtitling software program. It offers an ocean of useful features and automations to help you get your work done faster. You will have a full license available on your PC for the duration of the course.
- Course videos
Dive into the Great Barrier Reef and check out clips and videos in our most-excellent Finding Nemo tasks. If you haven’t already watched Finding Nemo, it is a computer-animated comedy/drama film about a father whose son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney; this timid clownfish (the father) sets out on a journey to bring his son home.
- E-book: 10 rules of subtitling
This E-book provides essential tips and advice for subtitling. Its easily comprehensible examples and content make it a must-read for quality subtitles.
- Summary mindmap
In a nutshell, a summary mindmap of the main points of creating subtitles and captions, laid out in a simple PDF to help you remember the important elements.
- Ooona Tookit shortcuts
A guide to the shortcuts that will let you subtitle faster and better.
- Student performance evaluation
This form serves as a guideline for students to understand their work performance so far and their progress towards overall expectations and goals.
- Questionnaire
Learning more about each student’s experience goes a long way toward improving our relationship and helping us understand your needs better.
- Course outline
Course details: Units of study and objectives.
- Learning Management System
Clear and concise guide on how to navigate our Learning Management System.
