1. Creating Accessible YouTube Videos to Support Learning Needs of All Students Gretchen Keer Instructional Services Librarian

2. 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

3. Three Ways to Make YouTube Videos More Accessible Captions Audio description Accessible playback controls Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu

4. Register for a YouTube Account

5. 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

6. 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

7. Try Captioning!

8. 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 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_description Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu

9. Audio Description Resources The Audio Description Project: An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind www.acb.org/adp/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 www.washington.edu/doit/print.html?ID=1251 Describing That Which Can’t Be Seen blog.speakingoffaith.org/post/458772759/descri bing-that-which-cant-be-seen-shubha-bala blog.speakingoffaith.org/post/458772759/descri bing-that-which-cant-be-seen-shubha-bala Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu

10. Try Audio Description!

11. Accessible Playback Controls JW Player: Flash Video Player http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv- 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

12. Review & Questions

13. Resources Accessible Video and Audio projectone.cannect.org/advice/video- audio.phpprojectone.cannect.org/advice/video- audio.php CSU Services to Students with Disabilities www.calstate.edu/SAS/SSWD.shtml www.calstate.edu/SAS/SSWD.shtml HSU Student Disability Resource Center www.humboldt.edu/disability/index.html www.humboldt.edu/disability/index.html HSULibrary YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/HSULibrarywww.youtube.com/user/HSULibrary Getting Started: Help with captions www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10007 6 www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10007 6 YouTube Subtitler yt-subs.appspot.com/yt-subs.appspot.com/ The Audio Description Project www.acb.org/adp/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 www.washington.edu/doit/print.html?ID=1251 JW Player: Flash Video Player www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv- player/www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv- player/ Creating Accessible You Tube Videos Gretchen.Keer@humboldt.edu