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Instructional videos must be closed captioned.

Closed captions provide a text equivalent of your videos. Closed captions make your videos more accessible to non-native English speakers, deaf and hearing impaired students.

• Students should contact the Educational Access Center for accommodations.

• Example: Here's a video with closed captions hosted on the Boise State Video Service (works especially well at full screen).

• Tip: When reviewing instructional video for use in your classes, purchase videos that are already captioned.

If a video is already captioned, providing a transcript is highly recommended.

Providing a transcript of your video assists hearing impaired, blind/low-vision students, non-native English speaking students, and students who prefer to follow videos with text.

• For deaf/hearing impaired, provide a verbatim written transcript.

• For blind/low vision, provide a descriptive, written transcript where actions and all relevant visual and auditory clues and actions are described.

• Example: In a video for math, describe the action and location of X and Y, not simply say, "move the 'X' over here."

• How to: In Blackboard, simply upload your transcript and include the link to the transcript along with your video.

Presentation of instructional videos (in class) may need to be accompanied by real-time accommodations (sign language interpreters, real-time video description, note takers, real-time transcription, etc).

Students with disabilities should contact the Educational Access Center for accommodation. Instructors can contact EAC for consultation.