diff --git a/cms/static/sass/_base.scss b/cms/static/sass/_base.scss
index 69f190b121..fc631e177a 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/_base.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/_base.scss
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ hr.divider {
 }
 
 // ui - skipnav
-.nav-skip {
+.nav-skip,
+.transcript-skip {
   @extend %t-action3;
   display: inline-block;
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/cms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss b/cms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
index 1e7e5f42da..efedbead78 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ nav {
 // ====================
 
 // skip navigation
-.nav-skip {
+.nav-skip,
+.transcript-skip {
   @include font-size(13);
   display: inline-block;
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/video/display.scss b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/video/display.scss
index a0ac08bf06..5de928ab08 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/video/display.scss
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/video/display.scss
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ html:not('.afontgarde') .icon-fallback-img {
     background-color: black;
     position: relative;
 
-    .video-player-pre, 
+    .video-player-pre,
     .video-player-post {
        height: 50px;
        background-color: rgb(17, 16, 16) // UXPL grayscale black;
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ html:not('.afontgarde') .icon-fallback-img {
         }
       }
 
+      .video-error {
+        padding: ($baseline / 5);
+        background: black;
+        color: white !important; // the pattern library headings shim is more scoped
+      }
+
       object,
       iframe,
       video {
@@ -723,6 +729,10 @@ html:not('.afontgarde') .icon-fallback-img {
     font-size: 14px;
     visibility: visible;
 
+    a {
+        color: #0074b5;
+    }
+
     .subtitles-menu {
       height: 100%;
       margin: 0;
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
index f7d04cce65..ce520fd522 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/fixtures/video.html
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
             </section>
           </article>
         </div>
-
         <div class="focus_grabber last"></div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/spec/video/video_caption_spec.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/spec/video/video_caption_spec.js
index c190933177..95bb6a879c 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/spec/video/video_caption_spec.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/spec/video/video_caption_spec.js
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
                 });
 
                 it('show explanation message', function () {
-                    expect($('.subtitles-menu li')).toHaveHtml(
+                    expect($('.subtitles-menu li')).toHaveText(
                         'Transcript will be displayed when you start playing the video.'
                     );
                 });
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
index 9a6300442f..ac59870d88 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/01_initialize.js
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ function (VideoPlayer, i18n, moment) {
 
             onYTApiReady = function () {
                 console.log('[Video info]: YouTube API is available and is loaded.');
-
                 if (state.htmlPlayerLoaded) { return; }
 
                 console.log('[Video info]: Starting YouTube player.');
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ function (VideoPlayer, i18n, moment) {
 
                 state.modules.push(video);
                 state.__dfd__.resolve();
-
                 state.youtubeApiAvailable = true;
             };
 
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@ function (VideoPlayer, i18n, moment) {
 
     function _waitForYoutubeApi(state) {
         console.log('[Video info]: Starting to wait for YouTube API to load.');
-
         window.setTimeout(function () {
             // If YouTube API will load OK, it will run `onYouTubeIframeAPIReady`
             // callback, which will set `state.youtubeApiAvailable` to `true`.
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/09_video_caption.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/09_video_caption.js
index e25f968659..f41908156d 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/09_video_caption.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/09_video_caption.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-(function (define) {
+(function(define) {
 // VideoCaption module.
     'use strict';
 
-    define(
-    'video/09_video_caption.js',
-    ['video/00_sjson.js', 'video/00_async_process.js'],
+    define('video/09_video_caption.js', [
+        'video/00_sjson.js',
+        'video/00_async_process.js'
+    ],
     function (Sjson, AsyncProcess) {
 
         /**
@@ -43,49 +44,6 @@
         };
 
         VideoCaption.prototype = {
-            langTemplate: [
-                '<div class="grouped-controls">',
-                    '<button class="control toggle-captions" aria-disabled="false">',
-                        '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
-                            '<span class="icon fa fa-cc" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
-                            '<span class="sr control-text">',
-                                gettext('Turn on closed captioning'),
-                            '</span>',
-                        '</span>',
-                    '</button>',
-                    '<button class="control toggle-transcript" aria-disabled="false">',
-                        '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
-                            '<span class="icon fa fa-quote-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
-                            '<span class="sr control-text">',
-                                gettext('Turn off transcript'),
-                            '</span>',
-                        '</span>',
-                    '</button>',
-                    '<div class="lang menu-container" role="application">',
-                        '<button class="control language-menu" aria-label="',
-                            /* jshint maxlen:250 */
-                            gettext('Language: Press the UP arrow key to enter the language menu, then use UP and DOWN arrow keys to navigate language options. Press ENTER to change to the selected language.'),
-                            '" aria-disabled="false">',
-                            '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
-                                '<span class="icon fa fa-caret-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
-                                '<span class="sr control-text">',
-                                    gettext('Open language menu'),
-                                '</span>',
-                            '</span>',
-                        '</button>',
-                    '</div>',
-                '</div>'
-            ].join(''),
-
-            template: [
-                '<div class="subtitles" role="region" aria-label="',
-                    /* jshint maxlen:200 */
-                    gettext('Activating an item in this group will spool the video to the corresponding time point. To skip transcript, go to previous item.'),
-                    '">',
-                    '<ol id="transcript-captions" class="subtitles-menu">',
-                    '</ol>',
-                '</div>'
-            ].join(''),
 
             destroy: function () {
                 this.state.el
@@ -117,10 +75,46 @@
             renderElements: function () {
                 var languages = this.state.config.transcriptLanguages;
 
+                var langTemplate = [
+                    '<div class="grouped-controls">',
+                        '<button class="control toggle-captions" aria-disabled="false">',
+                            '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
+                                '<span class="icon fa fa-cc" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
+                                '<span class="sr control-text"></span>',
+                            '</span>',
+                        '</button>',
+                        '<button class="control toggle-transcript" aria-disabled="false">',
+                            '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
+                                '<span class="icon fa fa-quote-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
+                                '<span class="sr control-text"></span>',
+                            '</span>',
+                        '</button>',
+                        '<div class="lang menu-container" role="application">',
+                            '<button class="control language-menu" aria-label="" aria-disabled="false">',
+                                '<span class="icon-fallback-img">',
+                                    '<span class="icon fa fa-caret-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>',
+                                    '<span class="sr control-text"></span>',
+                                '</span>',
+                            '</button>',
+                        '</div>',
+                    '</div>'
+                ].join('');
+
+                var template = [
+                    '<div class="subtitles" role="region" id="transcript-' + this.state.id + '">',
+                        '<a href="#transcript-end-' + this.state.id + '"',
+                        'id="transcript-start-' + this.state.id + '" class="transcript-start"></a>',
+                        '<h3 id="transcript-label-' + this.state.id + '" class="transcript-title sr"></h3>',
+                        '<ol id="transcript-captions" class="subtitles-menu"></ol>',
+                        '<a href="#transcript-start-' + this.state.id + '"',
+                        'id="transcript-end-' + this.state.id + '" class="transcript-end">\</a>',
+                    '</div>'
+                ].join('');
+
                 this.loaded = false;
-                this.subtitlesEl = $(this.template);
+                this.subtitlesEl = $(template);
                 this.subtitlesMenuEl = this.subtitlesEl.find('.subtitles-menu');
-                this.container = $(this.langTemplate);
+                this.container = $(langTemplate);
                 this.captionControlEl = this.container.find('.toggle-captions');
                 this.captionDisplayEl = this.state.el.find('.closed-captions');
                 this.transcriptControlEl = this.container.find('.toggle-transcript');
@@ -535,12 +529,9 @@
                             }
                         } else {
                             if (state.isTouch) {
-                                self.subtitlesEl.find('.subtitles-menu').html(
-                                    gettext(
-                                        '<li>Transcript will be displayed when ' +
-                                        'you start playing the video.</li>'
-                                    )
-                                );
+                                self.subtitlesEl.find('.subtitles-menu')
+                                    .text(gettext('Transcript will be displayed when you start playing the video.')) // jshint ignore: line
+                                        .wrapInner('<li></li>');
                             } else {
                                 self.renderCaption(start, captions);
                             }
@@ -747,6 +738,24 @@
                     self.isMouseFocus = false;
                     self.rendered = true;
                     self.state.el.addClass('is-captions-rendered');
+
+                    self.subtitlesEl
+                        .attr('aria-label', gettext('Activating a link in this group will skip to the corresponding point in the video.')); // jshint ignore:line
+
+                    self.subtitlesEl.find('.transcript-title')
+                        .text(gettext('Video transcript'));
+
+                    self.subtitlesEl.find('.transcript-start')
+                        .text(gettext('Start of transcript. Skip to the end.'));
+
+                    self.subtitlesEl.find('.transcript-end')
+                        .text(gettext('End of transcript. Skip to the start.'));
+
+                    self.container.find('.menu-container .control')
+                        .attr('aria-label', gettext('Language: Press the UP arrow key to enter the language menu then use UP and DOWN arrow keys to navigate language options. Press ENTER to change to the selected language.')); // jshint ignore:line
+
+                    self.container.find('.menu-container .control .control-text')
+                        .text(gettext('Open language menu.'));
                 };
 
                 this.rendered = false;
diff --git a/common/static/js/vendor/afontgarde/edx-icons.js b/common/static/js/vendor/afontgarde/edx-icons.js
index a019005f00..dec6d2c935 100644
--- a/common/static/js/vendor/afontgarde/edx-icons.js
+++ b/common/static/js/vendor/afontgarde/edx-icons.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-AFontGarde('FontAwesome', {
-    glyphs: '&#61515;'
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+(function() {
+    'use strict';
+
+    window.AFontGarde('FontAwesome', {
+        glyphs: '&#61515;'
+    });
+});
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
index 1a33d8c6af..52ffd0d310 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/video/video.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ VIDEO_MENUS = {
     'language': '.lang .menu',
     'speed': '.speed .menu',
     'download_transcript': '.video-tracks .a11y-menu-list',
-    'transcript-format': '.video-tracks .a11y-menu-button'
+    'transcript-format': '.video-tracks .a11y-menu-button',
+    'transcript-skip': '.sr-is-focusable.transcript-start',
 }
 
 
@@ -906,6 +907,17 @@ class VideoPage(PageObject):
         classes = self.q(css=selector).attrs('class')[0].split()
         return 'active' in classes
 
+    @property
+    def is_transcript_skip_visible(self):
+        """
+        Checks if the skip-to containers in transcripts are present and visible.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool
+        """
+        selector = self.get_element_selector(VIDEO_MENUS['transcript-skip'])
+        return self.q(css=selector).visible
+
     def wait_for_captions(self):
         """
         Wait until captions rendered completely.
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_studio_video_module.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_studio_video_module.py
index 18a4d59f35..ef0fa267b6 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_studio_video_module.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_studio_video_module.py
@@ -345,13 +345,18 @@ class CMSVideoA11yTest(CMSVideoBaseTest):
             super(CMSVideoA11yTest, self).setUp()
 
     def test_video_player_a11y(self):
-        # Limit the scope of the audit to the video player only.
-        self.outline.a11y_audit.config.set_scope(include=["div.video"])
-        self.outline.a11y_audit.config.set_rules({
-            "ignore": [
-                'link-href',  # TODO: AC-223
-            ],
-        })
+        # we're loading a shorter transcript to ensure both skip links are available
+        self._create_course_unit(subtitles=True)
+        self.edit_component()
+        self.video.upload_transcript('english_single_transcript.srt')
 
-        self._create_course_unit()
+        self.save_unit_settings()
+        self.video.wait_for_captions()
+        self.assertTrue(self.video.is_captions_visible())
+
+        # limit the scope of the audit to the video player only.
+        self.outline.a11y_audit.config.set_scope(
+            include=["div.video"],
+            exclude=["a.ui-slider-handle"]
+        )
         self.outline.a11y_audit.check_for_accessibility_errors()
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_video_module.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_video_module.py
index e3a7820b4c..bcff620033 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_video_module.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/video/test_video_module.py
@@ -1210,13 +1210,18 @@ class LMSVideoModuleA11yTest(VideoBaseTest):
             super(LMSVideoModuleA11yTest, self).setUp()
 
     def test_video_player_a11y(self):
-        self.navigate_to_video()
+        # load transcripts so we can test skipping to
+        self.assets.extend(['english_single_transcript.srt', 'subs_3_yD_cEKoCk.srt.sjson'])
+        data = {'transcripts': {"en": "english_single_transcript.srt"}, 'sub': '3_yD_cEKoCk'}
+        self.metadata = self.metadata_for_mode('youtube', additional_data=data)
 
-        # Limit the scope of the audit to the video player only.
-        self.video.a11y_audit.config.set_scope(include=["div.video"])
-        self.video.a11y_audit.config.set_rules({
-            "ignore": [
-                'link-href',  # TODO: AC-223
-            ],
-        })
+        # go to video
+        self.navigate_to_video()
+        self.video.show_captions()
+
+        # limit the scope of the audit to the video player only.
+        self.video.a11y_audit.config.set_scope(
+            include=["div.video"],
+            exclude=["a.ui-slider-handle"]
+        )
         self.video.a11y_audit.check_for_accessibility_errors()
diff --git a/common/test/data/uploads/english_single_transcript.srt b/common/test/data/uploads/english_single_transcript.srt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2b4c2cdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/data/uploads/english_single_transcript.srt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+1
+00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:24,400
+Hellow, 'Orld!
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/base/_base.scss b/lms/static/sass/base/_base.scss
index a67a8198d5..2ff9baca12 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/base/_base.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/base/_base.scss
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ mark {
 }
 
 // UI - skipnav
-.nav-skip {
+.nav-skip,
+.transcript-skip {
   @extend %ui-print-excluded;
 
   display: inline-block;
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss b/lms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
index 40087c370b..040991d7a5 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/elements/_navigation.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   @extend %text-sr;
 }
 
-.nav-contents, .nav-skip {
+.nav-contents, .nav-skip, .transcript-skip {
   @extend %nav-skip;
 }
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index c25a21bb60..79ddf44e09 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import js_escaped_string
     <div class="focus_grabber first"></div>
 
     <div class="tc-wrapper">
-      <a href="#before-transcript_${id}" class="nav-skip sr">${_("Skip to a navigable version of this video's transcript.")}</a>
-
       <article class="video-wrapper">
           <span tabindex="0" class="spinner" aria-hidden="false" aria-label="${_('Loading video player')}"></span>
           <span tabindex="-1" class="btn-play is-hidden" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="${_('Play video')}"></span>
@@ -37,12 +35,9 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import js_escaped_string
                   <div class="secondary-controls"></div>
               </div>
           </section>
-          <a class="nav-skip sr" id="before-transcript_${id}" href="#after-transcript_${id}">${_('Skip to end of transcript.')}</a>
       </article>
     </div>
 
-    <a class="nav-skip sr" id="after-transcript_${id}" href="#before-transcript_${id}">${_('Go back to start of transcript.')}</a>
-
     <div class="focus_grabber last"></div>
   <ul class="wrapper-downloads">
     % if download_video_link: