2. Distance Education Captioning & Transcription Grant Update (DECT)
Online Teaching Conference
San Diego
June 2010
James Glapa-Grossklag,
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning
College of the Canyons
Project Director, DECT

3. Today’s Topics What is the DECT grant? Why do you need it?
What is eligible for funding?
How can you get the money?
Questions, Suggestions

4. What is the DECT Grant?

5. What is the DECT Grant? A commitment to support all students
A recognition that distance education is the fastest growing sector
A means for you to support faculty innovation and expand student success

6. Why do CCCs need this funding?

10. What is eligible for funding?
1. Distance education classes at CCCs
2. Live / synchronous for distance education
3. Delayed / asynchronous for distance education
4. For-credit and non-credit courses (not community education, community extension)

11. What are the funding processes?
Payment Method A
You choose a vendor that is not pre-approved
You apply
Vendor does the work
You pay
DECT reimburses you

12. What are the funding processes?
Payment Method B
You choose from pre-approved vendors
You apply
Vendor does the work
DECT pays the vendor directly

13. What vendors can you use with Payment Method B (direct payment)?
Delayed / Asynchronous Captioning and Transcription
Automatic Sync Technologies (AST)
Contact:  Kara Stark, x777
Caption Colorado
Contact: Randy Holyfield, ,
People Support Rapidtext, Inc.
Contact: Kathy Furlan, (949) , (800) x47124
Real Time Remote / Live Webcast Captioning
Quick Caption, Inc.
Contact: Antha Ward,
Caption Colorado
Contact: Randy Holyfield, ,
People Support Rapidtext, Inc.
Contact: Kathy Furlan, (949) , (800) x47124

14. What else? With your application, submit a quote from vendor
Application is at:
Submit end-of-term report on retention and success rates

15. and the support of its DSPS staff
For More Information
James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning
College of the Canyons
Project Director, DECT T
Jill T. Roberson
DECT Program Assistant T F
DECT gratefully acknowledges the funding of the California Community Colleges’ Chancellor’s Office
and the support of its DSPS staff