Accessible audio/video accommodations provide access to media content. This can include the following:
- Closed-captioning/subtitlesfor videos: time-synchronized text that reflects the audio track and can be read while watching the video;
- Transcripts, which provide verbatim text for audio materials, such as podcasts or taped interviews;
- Audio description for videos, which provides information about actions, characters, scene changes, on-screen text, and other visual content which is added during existing pauses in dialogue.
Once accommodations are requested through the DAS Student Portal, DAS will contact your instructors to obtain media and complete captioning, transcribing, and/or audio describing for your courses.
The process of creating accessible media can be complex. Therefore, to ensure video, audio, and/or descriptions will be accessible the first day of the term, please submit your accommodation requests each term through DAS Student Portal according to the timeline in Chapter 4 in the DAS Student Handbook. For questions, students should contact DAS at [email protected].
Page Updated: 9/2024