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DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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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.
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These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.

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Still image from: Tigers for Kids

Tree growing in the middle of a field. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Turtles for Kids

Blue sea anemones with a small orange fish inside it. Caption: Other animals use anemone venom for defense in less subtle ways.

Still image from: Vultures for Kids

A herd of wild herbivores. Caption: Herbivores are animals that only eat plants.

Close-up shot of a person squatting down and picking up a handful of dry debris of leaves and dirt off the ground, crumbling it in her hand.

Rocky streambed between snow covered banks. Caption: eventually causing them to split apart.

Still image from: Weird Animals for Kids

Tall trees rising from standing water and mud. Caption: wetlands are harder to define than other biomes.

Still image from: Whales for Kids

Still image from: What Are Cnidarians?

Still image from: What Are Echinoderms?

Still image from: What Are Mollusks?

Still image from: What Are Nematodes?

Moss hanging from tree branches. Spanish captions.

Frigid water with ice floating in it buts against a sheet of ice. Spanish captions.

Multiple levels of freeway on and off ramps with vehicles. Spanish captions.

Closeup of pink flowers with water dripping from them. Caption: Plants also need water to survive.

Deep cracks in dried out mud. Spanish captions.

Spots of greenery in between a wide, muddy channel. Spanish captions.

Still image from: What's Wild: Ants

Still image from: What's Wild: Carnivorous Plants

Still image from: What's Wild: Carrion Beetle

Still image from: What's Wild: Gopher Tortoise

Still image from: What's Wild: Marshland Crabs

Still image from: What's Wild: Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Still image from: What's Wild: Uncovering the Hidden Work of Mushrooms in SC

Still image from: What's Wild: Webster's Salamander

White foaming waves crash on a rocky shore. Caption: Their activity ebbs and flows with the tides.

A tall evergreen tree as seen from below. Caption: You can grow all the trees you need.

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Invasive Species--Plants

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Pollinators

Black and white bird with a red spot on its head holds a seed while standing on a branch. Caption: The trees are used as a storehouse for a quick meal.

A herd of bison with a few young ones on a brown, grassy plain. Caption: A year later, the first offspring were born--

Aerial view of an industrial plant emitting pollution. Caption: and impacted by oil and gas exploration and activities.

Sand beach dotted with rocks. Caption: His next expedition is down to the shore to observe

Adult primate with a baby on its back swinging from the trees. Caption: The animals depend on the plants to survive,

Person walking in front of an oxen pulling a cart through a forest. Caption: Unwittingly, we may be consuming Borneo to death.

Closeup of ants swarming over a beetle. Caption: And they also kill each other in battles over turf.

Green plant growing underwater. Caption: Hydrilla is an invasive species on a path of destruction.

A pair of white bird with black head and back and an orange beak sit in on a mossy rock. Caption: returning to land in the spring to rear a single chick.

Closeup of a jaguar. Caption: Jaguars need wilderness, safe territory,

Items such as broken lighters, bottle caps, plastic pieces, and other unidentifiable debris arranged in a circle. Caption: (female) I took everything in Shed Bird's stomach and arranged it.

A horse with patchy fur, visible ribs, and a short mane grazing in a field. Caption: They were severely emaciated and debilitated

Closeup of a partially translucent frog on a leaf. Caption: We need to understand a lot more about biodiversity.

Many iguanas sunning themselves on rock outcroppings next to the ocean. Caption: Some of the hatchlings stay together

Microscopic view of an oval-shaped organism. Caption: But for the microbes that live here,

A nutria crouching in a pile of brush and eating. Caption: and they're wreaking environmental havoc.

A kayak is about to go over a small waterfall on a river lined by lush greenery. Caption: The kayaking is phenomenal.

People walking through green bushes with a building in the background. Caption: (female) this is a place where wildlife reigns.

A sloth hangs from a tree. Caption: They survive by moving slowly and sleeping a lot,

A yellowish-green bird sits on a branch surrounded by foliage. Caption: Suddenly, these birds are being found in the lowland forest

Person kneeling next to a covered cage. Caption: they're after the black-footed rock-wallaby, or warru--

A flat, spotted fish blends in almost perfectly with the ocean floor. Caption: As a result, the flounder population is recovering.

Closeup of a large black spider covered in light brown hair. Caption: (male narrator) For many, tarantulas inspire fear.

Still image from: Wildcats for Kids

Still image from: Wish You Were Here: A Century of Missouri State Parks

Still image from: Wombats for Kids

Still image from: Women of the Earth: How Reviving Buffalo Could Revive a Way of Life

Artist sits in front of a painting that depicts a globe split in two. The right side shows an industrial scene with smoke pluming from stacks. On the left, an eagle flies in front of a mountain while orca whales swim in the waters beneath.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Awesome Hawaii

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Carolinas

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Croatia

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Deserts

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Earth Communication

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Earth Weather

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Ecosystems

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Glacier National Park

Ominous shark swims amongst a school of fish in the ocean.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Insects

Person holds the invasive black and white tegu lizard up in a presentation.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Microscience

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: National Parks

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Nature's Classroom

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Noah's Ark

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Ocean Exploration

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Plants

Wide river with white rapids rushes away from us, lined by green bushes.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Trees

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Yosemite

A bear in a cage with hay on the back of a trailer. Caption: Come on! Let's go!