Many of us use videos as required or supplemental resources for student use in our courses. Emily McWorthy from Kirkwood’s Distance Learning has created a very helpful and thorough guide for faculty with questions about this requirement, and how to ensure all their videos are captioned.

A snippet from her guide: “By law, all course videos must have closed captioning available for students.  Closed Captioning benefits all students, not just students with disabilities.  This packet contains instructions for closed captioning videos in different scenarios.

“All videos, even supplementary videos, are required to have closed captioning to provide an equal experience for all students.  This includes videos for online and face-to-face courses.  This also includes videos created for other faculty and staff members.”

Great information to know! To read the whole guide, find it posted on this blog, on our “Ed Tech Resources” page.

[Kate H.]