[Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters

[Heidi Scher]

Hello Andi,

Thanks for the information! My concern is that with some of the apps, if a
participant isn't active (i.e. talking) then their video box disappears. I
know there's the option to have a separate "meeting" for the user and the
interpreter, but I was curious about general experiences as well as how the
various vid conferencing apps handled the video box.

Thank you!

Heidi

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM Andrea L. Dietrich <adietrich at cornell.edu>
wrote:


> Hi,

>

>

>

> I’m a C-Print captionist as part of my job, but I’ve been captioning for a

> few classes where a student is also using interpreters. We use Zoom to

> meet. As far as I know, the interpreters are simply being allowed to join

> the meeting as normal participants, and the professor (in this case) knows

> that if the students are put into breakout rooms the interpreters (and I)

> should also be added to the student’s room.  It seems to work well. I was

> added to one class as a “backup” because if there IS lag or something

> having a secondary means of seeing the information is helpful, so you may

> want to consider that for any students who rely on interpreting.

>

>

>

> -Andi :)

>

> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher

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> *Subject:* [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters

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>

>

> Hello all!

>

>

>

> I would appreciate any information on experiences you have setting up and

> using various web conferencing platforms (such as Blackboard, WebEx, MS

> Teams, Zoom, etc) when a sign language interpreter is needed.

>

>

>

> Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!

>

>

>

> Heidi

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