[Athen] captions and transcripts for media

[Samantha Johns]

Thank you


* <http://www.pdx.edu/oai/>*

*Samantha Johns*

*Accessibility & **Course Support Specialist *

Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209
Portland OR 97201
(503) 725-5642




On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Shannon Aylesworth <
shannon.aylesworth at pepnet.org> wrote:


> Hi Samantha,

>

>

>

> I work with pepnet 2 (pn2), which is a federally funded project whose

> mission is to increase the education, career, and lifetime choices

> available to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.  We do this by

> supporting the professionals who work with these individuals.  I saw your

> post and shared it with my colleague who is very familiar with offline and

> post production captioning matters.  Here’s what she had to say:

>

>

>

> 1.       Do we need captions for feedback videos that faculty make that

> will only be used once, if there are no known/registered students with

> disabilities in the course?  Captions should be added to all videos, even

> those used once, if there is a deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) student in

> the class and the video is being shown to all students.  If the instructor

> creates a separate feedback video for individual students and only that

> student sees the video then only the video for the D/HH student would need

> to be captioned.  If there are no D/HH students in the class and the video

> is only shown in that class then it does not have to be captioned.

>

>

>

> 2.       Do we need captions for videos that are only used once?  If a

> D/HH student is in the class or has access to the video then it should be

> captioned no matter how many times it is used.  D/HH students should have

> equal access to classroom content in all formats.

>

>

>

> 3.       At Webaim training best practice was suggested to provide

> transcripts for audio descriptions as audio descriptions require complex

> editing capabilities.  Adding descriptions to a video is more complicated

> than adding captions.  However, if you have a blind student in the class

> you need to provide equal access to video content.  If the video is a

> talking head and there is no visual content that adds meaning then

> descriptions may not be required.  However, if the video is a demonstration

> then it would not be helpful at all to a blind student without

> descriptions.  The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has

> guidelines for descriptions that might be helpful.  You can view the DCMP *Description

> Key!* here https://dcmp.org/descriptionkey/ <https://dcmp/> and the DCMP *Captioning

> Key!* here https://dcmp.org/captioningkey/.

>

>

>

> Pn2 also has several resources on the topic of offline or post production

> captioning.

>

>

>

> ·         *Access:  Post-Production / Offline Captioning* is an online

> training module that is available 24/7, takes approximately two hours to

> complete, and is free of charge.  The module reviews guidelines for

> captions, discusses laws pertaining to captioning, and compares various

> methods of creating captions.  Participants who successfully complete the

> training receive a certificate that verifies completion of the two hour

> training.  You can learn more about the training module and how to access

> the course here http://pepnet.org/training/access-offline-captioning.

>

> ·         *Post Production Community of Practice *is a forum of

> professionals who share issues, challenges, or concerns as it relates to

> media access for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.  You can learn

> more about this community and how to access it here http://pepnet.org/cop

>

> ·         There are also several resources on the topic of offline

> captioning here

> http://pepnet.org/resources/access-and-accommodations/Offline%20Captioning

>

>

>

> Please feel free to contact me directly or email pepnet 2 (help at pepnet.org)

> if you have any other questions.  We look forward to working with you!

>

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Shannon Aylesworth

>

>

>

>

>

> --

>

> *Shannon Aylesworth*

>

> *Pepnet 2 <http://www.pepnet.org/> at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

> <http://uwm.edu/arc/>*

>

> [image: http://www.pepnet.org/sites/all/themes/pepnet/logo.png]

>

>

> The project is funded by the Research to Practice Division, Office of

> Special Education Programs and the US Department of Education via Grant

> Award #H326D110003. Funding is provided from October 1, 2011 to September

> 30, 2016.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Samantha Johns

> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:09 PM

> *To:* webaim-forum at list.webaim.org; Access Technology Higher Education

> Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Athen] captions and transcripts for media

>

>

>

> Hello,

>

>

>

>    - Do we need captions for feedback videos that faculty make that will

>    only be used once, if there are no known/registered students with

>    disabilities in the course?

>

>

>    - Do we need captions for videos that are only used once?

>

>

>    - At Webaim training best practice was suggested to provide

>    transcripts for audio descriptions as audio descriptions require complex

>    editing capabilities.

>

>

>

> Please let me know what everyone is doing about these?

>

>

>

>

>

>

> * <http://www.pdx.edu/oai/>*

>

> *Samantha Johns*

>

> *Accessibility & Course Support Specialist *

>

> Portland State University

>

> 1825 SW Broadway

>

> Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209

> Portland OR 97201

> (503) 725-5642

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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