[Athen] call to action

[Lucy GRECO]

thanks so much i reely needed to know this sooner smile i will  check and
see what is going on. as  my contacts at ucop told me other wize


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Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist

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On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 3:29 PM shelleyhaven techpotential.net <
shelleyhaven at techpotential.net> wrote:


> Hi, Lucy!

>

> I read this in the press release article I linked to – I’ll copy the link

> here, too:

> The Regents of the University of California Awards YuJa Systemwide

> Purchase Agreement

> <https://www.yuja.com/blog/news/the-regents-of-the-university-of-california-awards-yuja-systemwide-purchase-agreement/>

>

> It’s worth noting that the article says the UC Regents signed a systemwide

> agreement with YuJa so that YuJa *can* be licensed by all ten UC campuses

> and affiliates, but not that all the campuses *would* license it.  It’s

> possible that Berkeley has decided to go with Kaltura – I really don’t

> know.  As far as I can tell, the UC Santa Cruz, Irvine, and Riverside

> campuses currently use it.

>

> Best,

> - Shelley

>

> _____________________________

> Shelley Haven  ATP, RET

> Assistive Technology Consultant

> www.TechPotential.net

> www.AT4LD.net – *Next class begins Jan. 2023*

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>

>

> On MondayOct 31, at 3:12 PM, Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>

> hi wair did you here that we signed a contract with them i hered

> differently i was told it was caltora

>

> Berkeley IT <https://technology.berkeley.edu/home>

> Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist

> Campus IT Experience

> Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: lgreco at berkeley.edu |

> https://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces

> We champion diversity. We act with integrity. We deliver. We innovate.

>

>

>

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 3:09 PM shelleyhaven techpotential.net <

> shelleyhaven at techpotential.net> wrote:

>

>> Some University of California campuses use YuJa Media Player

>> <https://www.yuja.com/video-cms/html5-video-player/>, and more may be

>> using it soon as the UC Regents signed a systemwide purchase agreement with

>> YuJa in July 2022:

>>

>>

>> https://www.yuja.com/blog/news/the-regents-of-the-university-of-california-awards-yuja-systemwide-purchase-agreement/

>>

>> I teach a course for UCSC which uses both Canvas LMS and YuJa.  (UCSC

>> previously used Kaltura.)  The Colorado CC System also uses YuJa.

>>

>> - Shelley

>>

>> _____________________________

>> Shelley Haven  ATP, RET

>> Assistive Technology Consultant

>> www.TechPotential.net <http://www.techpotential.net/>

>> www.AT4LD.net <http://www.at4ld.net/> – *Next class begins Jan. 2023*

>>

>>

>>

>> On MondayOct 31, at 6:49 AM, Ann Newland <newland_ann at columbusstate.edu>

>> wrote:

>>

>> Two others that are being used widely in higher education are Kaltura and

>> Panopto.

>>

>> Ann Newland, EdS, CPACC

>> <https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/cpacccertification>

>> Accessibility Specialist - Center of Online Learning Accessibility

>> <https://cool.columbusstate.edu/accessibility.php>

>> Columbus State University

>> 706-507-8530

>>

>>

>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 10:59 AM Steve Green <

>> steve.green at testpartners.co.uk> wrote:

>>

>>> The two that come to mind are Vimeo and AblePlayer.

>>>

>>> Steve Green

>>> Managing Director

>>> Test Partners Ltd

>>>

>>>

>>> -----Original Message-----

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

>>> Behalf Of Gian Wild

>>> Sent: 29 October 2022 14:51

>>> To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

>>> Subject: Re: [Athen] call to action

>>>

>>> Hi Lucy and all ATHEN!

>>>

>>> I am doing a video player review over the next couple of weeks to

>>> present at AHG. I was thinking maybe it wasn't necessary but it seems

>>> (unfortunately) that it is. Other than YouTube, what video players would

>>> you like me to review?

>>>

>>> Cheers

>>> Gian

>>>

>>> Message: 1

>>> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:32:42 -0700

>>> From: Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu>

>>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

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

>>> Subject: [Athen] call to action

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>>>

>>> hello everyone:

>>>  for over 4 years now youtube has had a  feature to let creators add

>>> descriptive video to youtube videos. when i asked for access to this

>>> feature for our campus this is what they sent me

>>>

>>> "

>>> YouTube has a pilot program to give participating creators the ability

>>> to add audio tracks containing audio descriptions to their videos. On

>>> enabled videos, selecting the gear icon and choosing the "descriptive"

>>> audio track plays the audio track designated as descriptive audio - a

>>> format that is intended to give audio context for essential visual

>>> information. The purpose of the pilot is to better understand the unique

>>> needs of our users and how to create features to help reach broader

>>> audiences."

>>>

>>>  This is making me very  angry as I know the feature has been out for

>>> over

>>> 3 and maybe 4 years now as I first saw it in 2018 or 2019 on a video

>>> game trailer.

>>>  Since then I have seen it on a few other video game trailers but never

>>> on any other youtube  channels.

>>> If we in education can't get access to the features we need to help our

>>> students and extended communities, how can more people  learn about

>>> accessibility and how to do it right

>>>

>>>  Here is my call to action. your campuses should also join me in  asking

>>> google to get your team's access to the feature now so that we can learn

>>> how to use it and teach about how to always make videos more accessible to

>>> everyone

>>>

>>> lucy

>>>

>>>

>>> Berkeley IT <https://technology.berkeley.edu/home>

>>>

>>> Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist

>>>

>>> Campus IT Experience

>>> Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: lgreco at berkeley.edu |

>>> https://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces

>>>

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