Hi @knoise ,
Yes you can! If you Edit the video component and go to the Advanced tab, there’s an option called “Show Transcript”:
Set that to False to hide the transcript sidebar by default.
But note – if you’ve already toggled the transcript on or off manually for any video, then a cookie is stored which preserves this setting, and so that will control whether you see transcripts by default for any future videos.
See Specifying Additional Video Options for more details.