1. Stanford Online Accessibility Program

2.  Indexing and Searching  Improving Comprehension  Compliance Requirements  Universal Access

3.  Section 508: "b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation."  Section 504: Suggests that pedagogical materials must be made available to all students regardless of any disability.

4. WCAG 2  1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded): For prerecorded audio-only and prerecorded video-only media, the following are true, except when the audio or video is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such: (Level A) Prerecorded Audio-only: An alternative for time-based media is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded audio-only content. Prerecorded Video-only: Either an alternative for time-based media or an audio track is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded video-only content.  1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded): Captions are provided for all prerecorded audio content in synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such. (Level A)  1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded): An alternative for time-based media or audio description of the prerecorded video content is provided for synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such. (Level A)

5.  Captioning Enhanced captions/subtitles Sign translation  Transcripts  Described video Text video description Extended video descriptions

6.  Manual Methods MAGpie World Caption MovCaptioner Subtitle Workshop Express Scribe  Outsourcing 3PlayMedia Automatic Synch Check your local market

7.  Local Hosting / DVD Extensive control, but with a cost in time and man-power  Integration with LMS Most LMS’es and Media Integration tools have poor support for captions  YouTube / iTunes U Beware of YouTube’s auto-captions (quality). Handing off video hosting will not remove accessibility obligations

8. The Stanford Online Accessibility Program has been established to provide guidance to the Stanford Community as they use various online means to share information to their respective constituents. The program achieves this through the promotion of Universal Accessibility and web standards compliance.  online: soap.stanford.edu  John Foliot: jfoliot@stanford.edujfoliot@stanford.edu  Twitter: @johnfoliot