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The shift to digital classrooms brings new challenges in accessibility to multimedia content such as images and videos. This workshop introduces tools for creating embedded image and video descriptions for independent and immediate access to digital content by students who are blind or visually impaired.
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Tools for Access to Multimedia in the Classroom & Home
bit.ly/multimediaa11y
Yue-Ting Siu, TVISFSU and UC BerkeleyTwitter: @[email protected]
Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed CTVI – [email protected]: @dcmp_tweets
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Principles of Media Accessibility
● Every student deserves equal access to learning opportunities.
● For students with vision loss: o Media in the classroom = hurdleo Lack of accessible technology
• Access is necessary to:o Enhance communication
o Create language opportunitieso Expand educational options
o Enrich lives
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Principals of Media Accessiblity (cont’d)
● Description and captioning make educational media accessible to blind, low vision, deaf, and hearing impaired students.
● 15% of educational content = captioned ● 1% of educational content = described
● Description:o Takes into account and targets the unique learning styles of
children with visual impairmentso Supports the connection to how lessons align with needs of
diverse learners.
● DCMP Tip Sheet: http://www.dcmp.org/descriptionkey
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About DCMP
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP):
● Believes accessible media is an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community.
● Promotes and provides equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.
● Provides an online catalog that allows members to browse by topic or perform a keyword search.
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About DCMP (cont’d)
● Lesson guides available for a large number of titles, inclusion of caption and description scripts.
● Provides a collection of free 4,200 described and captioned educational media that is online or as free-loan media.
● Information and research about accessible media.
● Offers a free monthly newsletter with key educational resources.
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Case Study: The “flipped” classroom
● Multimedia incorporated into lesson plans
● Aligned to Common Core materials
● Independent vs. dependent study
● Immediacy of access!
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Tools: What Can They Do?
Promote o Equal Access!
o Independent Access!o Social Inclusion!o Digital Inclusion!
Useso Alt text versus captionso Image description
o Audio (video) description#AERIntlConf @TVI_ting
Alt text:Microsoft Word and Powerpoints
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Image description: POET toolhttps://diagram.herokuapp.com
Video description: YouDescribe
www.youdescribe.org
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Description GuidelinesThree Key Steps: Observe, Analyze, and Communicate
Step 1. Describe what you see and don’t infer ● Identify elements of the work by segments-- objects, people,
setting, arrangement ● Descriptive Elements-- Color, Shape, Line, Texture….● Use Vivid Language● Do not try to fill every pause
Step 2. Analyze/understand the work to be described● What is happening, what is emphasized, what are possible
meanings● Goal/Purpose: Object/scene to be described● Be careful not to infer….note mood, meaning, main idea/message
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Description Guidelines (cont’d)
Step 3. Communicate● Clear, Precise Thoughts ● Orderly Flow (General to Specific)● Concise, Prioritize Description ● Vivid/Descriptive Words
★ Eliminate extra information/language● Consistent vocabulary
★ Use present tense (walks vs. walking)
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The Meadows Museum at SMU:Portrait of Ilya Ehrenburg—1915Diego María Rivera
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Resources
http://bit.ly/aermultimediahandoutsbit.ly/multimediaa11y
• DCMP Description Key (Guidelines for K-12)http://www.dcmp.org/descriptionkey/• DCMP Description Tip Sheethttp://www.dcmp.org/ai/227/
Guidelines & Tutorials for:• STEM image descriptions• DIAGRAM Poet tool• Video descriptions• YouDescribe• Handbook for museums & educators for accessible programs
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Contact Us!
Yue-Ting Siu, TVINLCSD Fellow and Doctoral [email protected]: @TVI_tingwww.facebook.com/yuetingsiu
Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed. CTVITeacher of Students with Visual Impairments, Description Leadership Network, andDCMP and VDRDC Committee [email protected]
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