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

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Accessibility Information

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Accessibility Guidelines

DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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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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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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Still image from: All the Answers: Migration, Olympics, Auto Racing

Man in work clothes balances on a metal beam above sprawling cityscape. Caption. There's only one place to go, up.

Outline of the United States crisscrossed with glowing lines and luminous flares.

Aerial view of an elevated train running between brick buildings beneath a city skyline.

3 teenagers, 2 girls and a boy walk side by side down a path. Caption. They're open to new ways of thinking and behaving.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Growth, Cities, and Immigration

Thousands of North Korean soldiers standing in formation in perfectly straight lines. Caption. Narrator. In the late 1990s, a series of unprecedented floods.

Still image from: Dog Loves Books: Dog Loves Questions and Answers

Split screen closeups of a Hispanic woman's face and eye. Spanish caption. Woman's voice as narrator. Nos vienen a sacar el trabajo.

Woman wearing a white blouse sits on a bench and gazes at camera. Young girl sits next to her and smiles broadly.

Still image from: Dreams of Chonta (Spanish)

1800s sepia-toned photo of 2 Chinese toddlers seated in toy cars, hands on steering wheels and dressed in costumes. Caption. The children of Heinlenville began to bridge the cultures..

Black and white close up frame of 2 men, 1 standing wearing a suit and a cap and 1 sitting wearing a suite and speaking from On the Waterfront. Caption. All city editors are unnecessary.

Black and white photo of a small book with an ornate border and a metal lock. Text on the screen reads, "I was born in Mexico, but..."

Still image from: JoJo & Gran Gran: It's Time to Go on a Voyage

Still image from: JoJo & Gran Gran: It's Time to Visit Saint Lucia

Woman wearing a jersey dribbles a soccer ball on the field. Caption. Follow the World Cup competition.

Still image from: Kids Speak Out Oregon: Immigration and Refugees

Still image from: Los Lobos (Spanish)

Woman facing man who is speaking to her in a kitchen setting. Caption. No, he's even more strict than Mama.

Boy with rosy cheeks sits on a leather couch and smiles broadly as he looks off camera. Title card reads, "Christian, age 11." Caption. That is an impressive name.

Elementary-school aged children sit at single desks in a classroom setting. Caption. Okay, everybody, leave your answer sheets.

Black man speaking to camera with a serious expression. Caption. Because of war, natural disaster, or persecution.

Still image from: Nick News: Kids, Immigration, and Equality

Still image from: Nick News: Migrants, Halloween, Ghost Hunters

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What Is Ethnicity?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What Is Racial Passing?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Say “Asian American” Not “Oriental”?

Still image from: Rivertowns: 100 Miles, 200 Years, Countless Stories

Still image from: Roots of Resistance: Work Week

Person in white work clothes looks at posted safety signs. Caption. And maintain a high level of safety awareness.

Guatemalan family huddles around a table with a cake, smiling and looking towards the man standing in front of the cake. Caption. Man speaking Spanish. One knows that one day, the family will have to separate.

Young girl wearing a white hoodie raises her hand slightly and looks up. Behind her are a few colorful posters. Caption. Just a little rope across a house to house.

Painting of a man looking up as he crouches by a rock at the edge of a body of water. Another man pulls a boat full of people to shore in the background. Title bar reads, "Religious freedom." Caption. In search of religious freedom.

Blurry black and white photo of a procession of women wearing long black dresses and headscarves. Spanish caption. En los 1840, imigrantes irlandeses.

Still image from: StoryMakers With Terry Catasús Jennings ("The Little House of Hope")

Glass curio with several decorative porcelain cups, teapots, and bowls. Caption. He sees his new friends have more things than he does.

2 people stand on a path lined with weathered stone buildings. Title card reads, "Interactive Live Tours Using Real-time Guides in V, R and A, R."

Teenage girl smiles and looks past camera in a room with plants. Caption. My name is Eileen.

Young Indian man seated in front of camera looking off screen and speaking in one direction. Caption. And they just can't believe how hard we work.

Closeup of a Chinese woman seated in a work suit. Caption. For the Asian-American Woman Advancement Coalition.

A large crowd of people, some waving tiny American flags, sitting in rows inside a building. Caption. Every year, thousands apply for United States citizenship.

Mexican child looks just off camera with a strained expression on his face. Caption. Because I imagine kids younger than I have crossed it.

Girl looks out from a sailboat filled with people huddled together. They sail in a turquoise blue sea as stars sparkle around them. Text reads, "Wishes."