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Families and school personnel (including those in training) who have at least one student with a disability can sign up for free membership.

Accessible Media

Standards-aligned videos with high-quality captions and audio description.

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Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.

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Educator and sign language training videos for school personnel and families.
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Accessibility Information

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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Accessibility Guidelines

DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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Continuing Education and Professional Development

DCMP offers several online courses, including many that offer RID and ACVREP credit. Courses for students are also available.
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QuickClasses

Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.

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Workshops

For interpreters, audio describers, parents, and educators working with students who are hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
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Modules

Modules are self-paced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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Students

These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.

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DCMP can add captions, audio description, and sign language interpretation to your educational videos and E/I programming.
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Accessibility

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.

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DCMP can ensure that your content is always accessible and always available to children with disabilities through our secure streaming platforms.

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About the Described and Captioned Media Program

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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Researcher Mark Mote, a man with short dark hair wearing a plaid shirt, talks in front of a large blue banner. A young woman is near him in the background. Caption. "And that can be as simple as telling it how to add numbers."

Dark room with open blinds in the background emitting dim exterior lighting. In the lower left corner of the frame, a computer monitor displays a white background with gray text boxes and black lettering.

Medium shot of a man seated in the concave section of a small desk with several sheets of pale yellow paper laid out in front of him. Caption. Gareth as narrator. Put his writing desk at the right angle.

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Man in khaki uniform turns and gestures toward sign hung from tree in a forested area. Title card at bottom reads, "Follow." Caption. Follow the directions.

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Young boy and girl sit across from each other on a couch pulling on either end of a tablet device.

Woman seated in a beige chair facing camera with a cartoon backdrop of a pink and purple living room. Caption. Problems can come up at school or home almost every day.

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Man looks down at boy seated at a dining table. The boy looks with a worried expression at an empty bird cage on the dining room table. Caption. Obviously, it's not possible.

Color illustration. Girl sits on her knees looking up at a man with large, elephant-like ears. He reaches towards shelves with small jars and bottles. Caption. Female reader as narrator. Everyone is whizzpopping.

Group of teenagers wearing yellow t-shirts shirts exit vans, stepping out onto a field. Caption. Man as narrator. Hi, guys.

Woman in coat using a megaphone. Caption.They plan on doing it again.

Black and white frame shows a hand hovering over a laptop trackpad. Text reads, “Internet Know How. Fact or Fake? How to Spot Fake News.”

Black and white frame shows a hand hovering over a laptop trackpad. Text reads, “Internet Know How. Information Literacy in the Digital Age.”

Black and white frame shows a hand hovering over a laptop trackpad. Text reads, “Internet Know How. Read Beyond the Headlines.”

Girl in floppy hat stands in the rain holding a lantern. She turns her head slightly to look at another child whose back faces camera. Caption. It sounds like you've been on this bridge before.

Young man crosses his arms in a home office setting. Caption. Travis wants it all and fast.

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Drawing of a mythical face with sinister eyes and open mouth with sharp teeth. Animal pelt hangs in background. Caption. Is of the early explorations and voyages.

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Teenage girl and boy walk together with backpacks. Caption. To do that, I want you to think about personal leadership.

Young woman holds a red book in her lap, looking off with a pleasant expression. Behind her, an illustrated backdrop of a sofa chair that's made to look like she's sitting in it. Caption quote. To keep them away from the flame in the early stages.

2 teenage boys sit at a table in a computer lab. They hold a container lid top at the edge of a container to form a ramp for a small robotic vehicle to go down.

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Black and white frame of a mustachioed man in a doorway, facing camera. Caption. Would you step in for a moment, please?

Girl rests her chin down on her crossed arms, eyes looking out in front of her. Caption. They thought a few seconds. Jane came up with a solution.