Accessible Digital Media
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Online
aptions, transcripts, and audio descriptions make multimedia more accessible. They help provide additional access for vision or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, noisy environments, non-fluent speakers, and others.
This short course will help you understand the important definitions surrounding accessible media, the existing laws and policy standards that help ensure equitable access. The course will show the importance of having accessible features for media as well as effective ways to add audio descriptions, captions, and transcripts with our existing technology services.
Ensuring that all media is accessible is one way to help improve student success and lead to a more equitable delivery for all.
Course Learning Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the definitions, laws, and policies surrounding accessible media that help ensure equitable access
- Know the importance of having accessible features for media as well as effective ways to add audio descriptions, captions, and transcripts with our existing technology service
- Understand that accessible media is one way to help improve student success and lead to a more equitable delivery
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