Highlights from the MnSCU Captioning Assessment Project, Lesley Blicker – Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Maran Wolston – Minneapolis Community and Technical College, and Rita Resendiz-Abfalter – Anoka Ramsey Community College. Presentation at the Brightspace Minnesota Connection at Normandale Community College on April 14, 2016.
Highlights from the MnSCU Captioning Assessment Project
1. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Highlights from the MnSCU
Captioning Assessment Project
Lesley Blicker Maran Wolston
Mary Pietruszewski Rita Resendiz-Abfalter
2. MnSCU Captioning Assessment Project
Project undertaken by Captioning Assessment Work Group
under the auspices of the MnSCU ASA Technology Council
Maran Wolston, Project Manager; Lesley Blicker and Kim
Lynch, System Office, Project Sponsors
Work completed to date:
Captioning practices survey
Identified captioning vendors and products, conducted vendor
meetings/informal interviews
Researched legal elements of captioning, created legal FAQ document
Campus “deep dive” to assess and document best practices for captioning
Conducted Captioning Symposium April 8, 2016
Created Accessible-Ed listserv
3. To explore options used by MnSCU institutions for the
provision of transcription and captioning services for
teaching and instructional purposes (products and
processes)
To locate all places within an institution where there
are efforts being taken to caption course videos
To help identify best practices or campuses with
whom the work group could follow up
To serve as a baseline assessment (state of the state)
about course/instructional video captioning in MnSCU
MnSCU Course Video
Captioning Practices Survey
4.
5. Individual Responses Responding as a Group
114 32
78% of responses 22% of responses
Enthusiasm to participate
Responses received from 35 of 37 institutions
146 responses (some as campuses, some as individuals)
Responses in General
6. MnSCU institutions are making accommodation requests
When describing practices and processes for captioning,
the majority of the answers were referring to
accommodation requests, not advance captioning
No established guidelines or procedures at campus
No well-communicated process or understanding about
whose role it is to caption
Cost and budget issues, need top-down support to make a
priority
Web accessibility is slightly ahead of course accessibility
Faculty feel they’re responsible yet lack the tools,
resources, time, and support needed
Recurring Themes 1
7. Many, many “I don’t knows” to questions yet these are the
people most interested in and/or doing some form of
captioning at their institution
Backlog of videos to be captioned is daunting
Can’t keep up with faculty who post videos on the fly
Universal design benefits many
Outsourcing has been beneficial for those using it’; turn-
around is quick
Misunderstanding about what constitutes meeting ADA
requirements
Recurring Themes 2
8. Captioning is
provided for all
instructional and
non-instructional
videos
Accessibility
training
provided for
employees
All course
materials are
accessible
Web
accessibility
(web
pages/sites)
Fully accomplished Partially accomplished Not yet begunBeginning to work on
Extent to which your campus has started
working on or accomplished these:
9. About 7 MnSCU institutions have or
are beginning to put processes in place
to caption course videos in advance of
accommodation requests (19% of the
37 institutions)
Some of these institutions are
presenting and sharing these practices
towards universal design with others
and at conferences, such as today
Snapshot – Spring 2016
10. Campus financial commitment with dedicated budget
item for captioning
Use of cross-functional teams with senior level
leadership endorsement; prioritizing videos to be
captioned
Presence of tools, software, or services for captioning
(outsource, insource, or some combination)
Training and technical support
Clear processes in place
How Are They Doing It?
11. Commonly Used Captioning Services
and Products
Captioning services
3Play Media
AutoSyncTechnologies (CaptionSync)
Rev.com
Captioning software/tools
Camtasia
YouTube
Note: See paper handout for details
12. Campus Processes: Four Examples
North Hennepin Community College
Central Lakes College
MSU Mankato
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Common to all:
Administrator support (acknowledgement of need; dedicated
funding)
Cross-role workgroup to determine needs, processes,
advocate, and educate
22. Next Steps for Captioning Group
Continuation of group in 2016-17
Possible work for next year:
Develop plan or program to increase quantity of captioned
video content across MnSCU
Develop campus engagement plan to encourage cross-
institution communication and collaboration
Explore the possibility of hosting an “Accessible Technology”
conference
23. A Few Resources…
Captioning Symposium (4/8/16) video recordings and slide
presentations
Accessible-Ed Listserv
Note: See paper handout for more details on how to access the
above items
24. Audience Q&A
If you’d like to get in touch with the session presenters
after today’s event, please find our contact information
on the paper handout. Thanks!