[Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language interpreters

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Debbie,

Thanks for your response! NDC always has great information!!

I appreciate your help!

Heidi

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:01 AM Debbie Krahmer <dkrahmer at colgate.edu> wrote:


> NDC has a bunch of information and tips they've posted about sign language

> in online classes. Try their covid collection

> <https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/covid-19-information> of Q&As.

>

> Thanks,

> D.

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> Debbie Krahmer

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>

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:56 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

>> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 9:36 AM

>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

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

>>

>>

>>

>> 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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