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Tools for Access to Multimedia in the Classroom & Home bit.ly /multimediaa11y. Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed CTVI – Texas dmasiller@sbcglobal.net. Yue-Ting Siu, TVI SFSU and UC Berkeley Twitter: @TVI_ting ysiu@berkeley.edu. #AERIntlConf. Principles of Media Accessibility.
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Tools for Access to Multimedia in the Classroom & Home bit.ly/multimediaa11y Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed CTVI – Texas dmasiller@sbcglobal.net Yue-Ting Siu, TVI SFSU and UC Berkeley Twitter: @TVI_ting ysiu@berkeley.edu • #AERIntlConf
Principles of Media Accessibility • Every student deserves equal access to learning opportunities. • For students with vision loss: • Media in the classroom = hurdle • Lack of accessible technology • Access is necessary to: • Enhance communication • Create language opportunities • Expand educational options • Enrich lives • #AERIntlConf
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: • Takes into account and targets the unique learning styles of children with visual impairments • Supports the connection to how lessons align with needs of • diverse learners. • DCMP Tip Sheet: http://www.dcmp.org/descriptionkey • #AERIntlConf
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 anonline catalog that allows members to browse by topic or perform a keyword search. • #AERIntlConf @DCMP_tweets
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. • #AERIntlConf @DCMP_tweets
Case Study: The “flipped” classroom • Multimediaincorporated into lesson plans • Aligned to Common Core materials • Independent vs. dependent study • Immediacy of access! • #AERIntlConf @TVI_ting
Tools: What Can They Do? • Promote • Equal Access! • Independent Access! • Social Inclusion! • Digital Inclusion! • Uses • Alt text versus captions • Image description • Audio (video)description • #AERIntlConf @TVI_ting
Alt text:Microsoft Word and Powerpoints • #AERIntlConf @TVI_ting
Video description: YouDescribe www.youdescribe.org • #AERIntlConf @TVI_ting
Description Guidelines Three 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 • #AERIntlConf
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) • #AERIntlConf
The Meadows Museum at SMU:Potrait of Ilya Ehrenburg—1915Diego María Rivera • #AERIntlConf
Resources • bit.ly/multimediaa11yhandout • bit.ly/multimediaa11y • DCMP Description Key (Guidelines for K-12) http://www.dcmp.org/descriptionkey/ • DCMP Description Tip Sheet http://www.dcmp.org/ai/227/ • Guidelines & Tutorials for: • STEM image descriptions • DIAGRAM Poet tool • Video descriptions • YouDescribe • Handbook for museums & educators for accessible programs • #AERIntlConf
Contact Us! Yue-Ting Siu, TVI NLCSD Fellow and Doctoral Candidate ysiu@berkeley.edu Twitter: @TVI_ting www.facebook.com/yuetingsiu Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed. CTVI Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, Description Leadership Network, and DCMP and VDRDC Committee Member dmasiller@sbcglobal.net • #AERIntlConf