[Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: web conferencing tools and sign language
interpreters
Heidi Scher
hascherdss at gmail.com
Sun Apr 19 12:21:33 PDT 2020
Hello Ione,
Thank you for those tips! I had wondered about the situation of screen
sharing.
I greatly appreciate your feedback!
Heidi
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 1:48 PM Priest, Ione <ipriest at msudenver.edu> wrote:
> Hello Heidi,
>
>
>
> We’ve worked out methods with Zoom and MS Teams for our interpreters. Both
> allow the “pinning” of videos, as Andi mentioned. Teams allows the pinning
> of multiple videos at once, but only on the desktop versions. The mobile
> apps for both only allows the pinning of a single video. We have a few
> students who only have their phone or iPad to access their lectures, so we
> set up test meetings for each course with the professors and interpreters
> to go over all the tech elements and let them test what would work or not
> work together, and instructed the interpreters and students how to un-pin
> and re-pin when the interpreters swap.
>
>
>
> The other big thing we’ve found is if a professor uses the “whiteboard” or
> shares their screen (mostly for their PPT slides). In both cases, this
> changes everyone’s main view to see the screen, regardless of whether a
> video is pinned or not. The pinned videos should still be visible, however,
> and the student can simply click/tap to swap with the screen view. This
> will minimize the screen view, so the student might have to switch back and
> forth, depending on the class.
>
>
>
> It’s definitely not perfect, but it seems to be working for our students
> so far.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps!
>
>
>
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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher
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> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign
> language interpreters
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> Thanks Andrea!
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>
> That's a feature I'm looking for in each of the platforms. I'm also
> curious about any best practices or pitfalls folks have encountered.
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> Appreciate your feedback!
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>
>
> Heidi
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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:03 AM Andrea L. Dietrich <adietrich at cornell.edu>
> wrote:
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> In Zoom it’s possible to “pin” some people so they never disappear.
> https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362743-Pin-Video
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> -Andi :)
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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On
> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher
> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2020 10:49 AM
> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <
> athen-list at u.washington.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] web conferencing tools and sign language
> interpreters
>
>
>
> 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
> *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
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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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