[Athen] Deaf student in course using VoiceThread

[Nazely Kurkjian]

After speaking with the professor, it is clear that accessibility is an
important aspect of her course. To work around possible VoiceThread
challenges, she's going to create a YouTube channel and the students will
post and caption their videos in YouTube. I thought, the easiest and
quickest way for them to caption will be with YouTube's subtitle editor. I
will provide them best practices and directions/video tutorials for
captioning in YouTube. Since it is a Managing Information & Technology
class in a Public Administration degree program, the professor thought it
would be valuable for them to learn YouTube's platform too. For
VoiceThread, there will be video, audio or text sent directly to the
professor only.

After the new year, I plan on exploring more options with VoiceThread, like
the integration options for captioning. If there's a way to upload a video
to VoiceThread, not publish it to the class right away (e.g., professor
controls when it is published), (professor) click a button to send it to
the captioning vendor, and THEN publish it, that's the ideal situation in
my mind. It may be a little more work for the professor, but if this is a
possibility, they can use VoiceThread how she originally intended. If this
is not an option, I really hope VoiceThread makes it one in the future!!

If anyone's celebrating, have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!!

Nazely

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Nazely Kurkjian <kurkjian at binghamton.edu>
wrote:


> ​Thank you all very much for your suggestions. This is extremely helpful!

> I am meeting with the professor later this afternoon and will let you all

> know how we move forward.​

>

> Another solution I thought of is providing the student on demand remote

> interpreting.

>

> Another thing I'm curious about - if the student who is deaf wants to

> provide a video response and she signs, do we (DS) translate/convert this

> information? I ask because, if this student wants to do a video response

> she absolutely should, but if she does it and she has to provide the

> translated information (because no one else knows ASL) then couldn't we

> suggest that because she has to do it everyone else in the class should?

> Sorry if this is a silly question, I just haven't been in a situation where

> sign needs to be translated the other way. I think Scott brings up a

> wonderful point and I'd like to bring this up to the professor. Although

> student submissions are not typically required to be accessible (by

> students), this may be a great opportunity for them to consider

> accessibility barriers in technology and think about ways to provide access

> - especially because these are students in a masters in public

> administration program.

>

> I'll post back soon~

>

> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Scott Marshall <marsh058 at umn.edu> wrote:

>

>> Here's a slightly different take on the question...

>>

>> It's a huge learning moment - particularly for a class about managing

>> info and tech. I wonder if the instructor would be willing to raise the

>> accessibility question with the class? To wrestle with the trade-offs

>> involved between "quick, easy, inaccessible " and "accessible to the whole

>> community". I obviously don't know ANYthing about the course (Is it super

>> technical or is it at least particularly taught though a "management" lens?

>> And does it even matter?) but it seems to me to be an amazing opportunity

>> to frame the issue in terms of values.

>>

>> It might be uncomfortable but that shouldn't prevent the discussion. The

>> only way we're going to improve digital accessibility on our campuses is by

>> making more people aware of it by raising it every chance we get. And I

>> believe that accessibility will become "the way we do things around here" -

>> it's just a matter of time. For an instructor preparing students for the

>> future, it seems like a worthwhile conversation to have.

>>

>> scott

>>

>>

>>

>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Brent Whiting <bwhiting at temple.edu>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> Nazely,

>>>

>>> At Temple we are currently working through an evaluation for usage

>>> strategy of VoiceThread.  Our current proposed direction is that any

>>> student that contributes to a thread via audio or video will need to (at

>>> minimum) provide a synopsis of the content covered in their audio comments

>>> immediately after their post.  (we are also hoping to get on VoiceThread’s

>>> radar for a feature request that would prompt for this synopsis immediately

>>> upon posting any media file)

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> We’re concerned that waiting for a file to be captioned would

>>> potentially leave a deaf student out of an active/live discussion.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Brent

>>>

>>> -------------------

>>> *Brent Whiting*

>>> Director of Information Systems

>>> Academic Computing

>>> Temple University

>>> Ambler Learning Center – Rm 110

>>>

>>> bwhiting at temple.edu

>>> voice (267) 468-8380

>>>

>>>

>>>

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

>>> *On Behalf Of *Nazely Kurkjian

>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 18, 2015 4:26 PM

>>> *To:* DSSHE-L at listserv.buffalo.edu; athen-list at u.washington.edu

>>> *Subject:* [Athen] Deaf student in course using VoiceThread

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Good afternoon & apologies for the cross-post~

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> A student who is deaf is enrolled in a graduate level Managing

>>> Information and Technology course and they use VoiceThread to facilitate

>>> online discussions. Students may choose to participate using video, audio

>>> only, or text only. The professor intends to provide feedback to the

>>> students using text.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> The student knows ASL, but what I'm concerned about is how we're going

>>> to make the* other *students responses accessible in a timely and

>>> equitable manner. I don't believe any of the other students know ASL, and

>>> if they choose to create video or audio discussion, I'm not sure how to go

>>> about providing access.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Apparently, you can add captions to VoiceThread files

>>> <https://voicethread.com/howto/closed-captioning/>, but is this

>>> something we should ask the students (in the class) to provide or should

>>> our office provide it as soon as possible after something has been posted?

>>> I'm talking to the professor on Tuesday, so maybe that will give me a

>>> better idea on the expected student response turnaround time.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> I sincerely appreciate any advice or recommendations.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Thank you,

>>>

>>> Nazely

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> *Nazely Kurkjian*

>>>

>>> *"Shame on us...  If we let the wonders of educational technology and

>>> broadband internet lead to more inequality as opposed to less"*

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Adaptive Technology Specialist

>>>

>>> Services for Students with Disabilities - UU 119

>>>

>>> Binghamton University

>>>

>>> Phone: 607-777-2686

>>>

>>> Email: kurkjian at binghamton.edu

>>>

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>>

>>

>> --

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>> Associate Director

>> University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center

>>

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>

> --

>

> *Nazely Kurkjian*

> *"Shame on us...  If we let the wonders of educational technology and

> broadband internet lead to more inequality as opposed to less"*

>

> Adaptive Technology Specialist

> Services for Students with Disabilities - UU 119

> Binghamton University

> Phone: 607-777-2686

> Email: kurkjian at binghamton.edu

>




-- 

*Nazely Kurkjian*
*"Shame on us...  If we let the wonders of educational technology and
broadband internet lead to more inequality as opposed to less"*

Adaptive Technology Specialist
Services for Students with Disabilities - UU 119
Binghamton University
Phone: 607-777-2686
Email: kurkjian at binghamton.edu
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