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Creating Accessible YouTube Videos to Support Learning Needs of All Students. Gretchen Keer Instructional Services Librarian. Accessibility Challenges. “There are four significant accessibility issues commonly associated with multimedia delivery: Inadequate delivery formats
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Creating Accessible YouTube Videos to Support Learning Needs of All Students Gretchen Keer Instructional Services Librarian
Accessibility Challenges “There are four significant accessibility issues commonly associated with multimedia delivery: Inadequate delivery formats Lack of text transcription for audio Lack of synchronized captioning for video Lack of audio description for video” projectone.cannect.org/advice/video-audio.php Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
Three Ways to Make YouTube Videos More Accessible • Captions • Audio description • Accessible playback controls Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
How Do I Caption My YouTube Videos? Option 1 • Upload your video to YouTube, and then upload your own caption file. Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
How Do I Caption My YouTube Videos? Option 2 • Upload your video to YouTube, and use their machine transcription functionality. Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
What is Audio Description? • “Audio description (AD) makes the visual images of media accessible for people who are blind and visually impaired—the visual is made verbal.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_description Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
Audio Description Resources • The Audio Description Project: An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind www.acb.org/adp/ • How do I turn on captions and audio description in my media player? www.washington.edu/doit/print.html?ID=1251 • Describing That Which Can’t Be Seen blog.speakingoffaith.org/post/458772759/describing-that-which-cant-be-seen-shubha-bala Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
Accessible Playback Controls • JW Player: Flash Video Player http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ • Also, • Windows Media Player version 9 and higher (Windows) • QuickTime Player 7.2 and higher (Windows or Mac) • Real Player version 9 and higher (Windows and Mac) • Apple iTunes version 9 Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu
Resources • Accessible Video and Audio projectone.cannect.org/advice/video-audio.php • CSU Services to Students with Disabilities www.calstate.edu/SAS/SSWD.shtml • HSU Student Disability Resource Center www.humboldt.edu/disability/index.html • HSULibrary YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/HSULibrary • Getting Started: Help with captions www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100076 • YouTube Subtitleryt-subs.appspot.com/ • The Audio Description Project www.acb.org/adp/ • How do I turn on captions and audio description in my media player? www.washington.edu/doit/print.html?ID=1251 • JW Player: Flash Video Player www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu