Learning Center

Submit Your Educational Media and Become a DCMP Accessible Content Partner

Because of COVID-19, we’ve all begun using educational media that support remote learning. Educators are seeking online content, and many are creating their own. Content that is accessible to students who are deaf and blind is difficult to find.

Summertime Cool: Ideas to Enrich and Teach

"What did you do on your summer vacation?" This was a familiar writing assignment for many people when they were growing up. I remember, don't you? The end of school is around the corner, and summertime fun will be here before we know it. Let's support students and their families in their building of great summer vacation memories with new ideas that inspire, as well as teach.

Summertime Cool Lessons

This activity list supports DCMP's Summertime Cool Lesson Calendar in the Summertime Cool: Ideas to Enrich and Teach Learning Center resource for educators of students who are blind and visually impaired.

DCMP on AC&E Education Talk Radio Podcast

DCMP's Cindy Camp visits the Education Talk Radio Podcast to discuss why the Described and Captioned Media Program exists, how it works, and why it is such a valuable resource to educators. Posted with permission from the American Consortium for Equity in Education (AC&E).

Hundreds of New Accessible Educational Videos You May Have Missed at DCMP

DCMP is continually adding new accessible videos and series, and you may have missed some. These lists can point you toward finding these new educational videos from many of the top content producers, including PBS Digital Studios, Teen Kids News, Litton Entertainment, the Field Museum, Bullfrog Films, PBS Learning Media, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cinefete, and Films Media Group. Check the "New Releases" feed on your Account Dashboard to keep up with all new arrivals!

Captioning Key - Accessibility Vendors

The Described and Captioned Media Program maintains an online listing of captioning service vendors. Please complete the form below to add your company to the listing.

Description Key - Accessibility Vendors

The Described and Captioned Media Program maintains an online listing of description service vendors. Please complete the form below to add your company to the listing.

Description Key - Code of Conduct

Note: The following is an excerpt from the Standards for Audio Description and Code of Professional Conduct for Describers by the Audio Description Coalition (ADC).

Accessible Videos Related to COVID-19

DCMP offers several accessible videos related to COVID-19 to help students, families, and teachers better understand the social, physical, and emotional effects of this virus. The videos are captioned and described for students with disabilities.

Description Key - Resources

Offers an overview of description, how description can be used in the classroom, the progress of the Video Description Research and Development Center in the design of new description technologies, and special webinar resources.

Description Key - Technical Issues

Description Key - How to Describe

Description Key - What to Describe

Description Key - Preparation

Description Key - Job Descriptions

The person responsible for authoring and editing the description script to be recorded by a voicer (or voice talent).