Families and school personnel (including those in training) who have at least one student with a disability can sign up for free membership.
Standards-aligned videos with high-quality captions and audio description.
Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.
Educator and sign language training videos for school personnel and families.
Find resources for providing equal access in the classroom, making media accessible, and maximizing your use of DCMP's free services.
DCMP's Learning Center provides hundreds of articles on topics such as remote learning, transition, blindness, ASL, topic playlists, and topics for parents.
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DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
Learn how to apply for membership, find and view accessible media, and use DCMP’s teaching tools.
DCMP offers several online courses, including many that offer RID and ACVREP credit. Courses for students are also available.
Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.
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For interpreters, audio describers, parents, and educators working with students who are hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
Modules are self-paced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.
DCMP can add captions, audio description, and sign language interpretation to your educational videos and E/I programming.
Captions are essential for viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing, and audio description makes visual content accessible for the blind and visually impaired.
DCMP can ensure that your content is always accessible and always available to children with disabilities through our secure streaming platforms.
DCMP partners with top creators and distributors of educational content. Take a look
The DCMP provides services designed to support and improve the academic achievement of students with disabilities. We partner with top educational and television content creators and distributors to make media accessible and available to these students.
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Listening is Learning is a joint initiative of the Described and Captioned Media Program and the American Council of the Blind with the purpose of raising awareness about the educational benefits of listening to description.
Description-themed contests and events designed to promote awareness about the benefits of listening to described media!
Posters! Events! Contests! So many different ways to get involved with LIL and we’re always looking for more ideas, so drop us a line, and let us know what sort of listening-related activity or promotional idea would be a great addition to our collection!
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“Working on thinking critically about audio descriptions for this program has built Mae’s confidence. She has more to contribute when peers are talking about shows, YouTube, social media, and film, as she can now very clearly articulate access issues and why she likes some shows better or doesn’t know about others that may be very popular. Very cool! Thank you all, again.” – Katie Lane-Karnas, teacher and mother of Mae Lane-Karnas, 2023 BADIE Grand Prize Winner
Focusing on sources of educational media available with description.
Audio description, video description, descriptive video, DVS®, English for the Visually Impaired, narrative video many names for this essential accessibility feature.
Information for the professional and the amateur.
Description expands the effectiveness of video-based media in the classroom and appeals to diverse learners.
In their own words, several TVIs explain how to best utilize described media in the classroom.
Verbal depiction of the key visual elements in video-based media is critical for visually impaired students. Without it, these students are deprived of equal opportunity to understand and learn.
Description what is it, who is it for, and how can it be used in the classroom to improve learning?
