The DOJ and OCR are keeping a close eye on closed captioning for online video, and the impending decisions against Harvard and MIT will have huge implications for captioning in higher education (and across industries publishing video online).
Given the legal climate, developing a streamlined workflow for closed captioning at your institution is more critical than ever. Using George Mason University as a case study, this webinar will go through several workflows to consider implementing at your college or university. Kara Zirkle from GMU will go through an economic analysis of captioning as well as a timeline of their workflow development, and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will consider several approaches to closed captioning at an institutional level.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements & applicable lawsuits
GMU's workflow, timeline, and solutions for closed captioning
An economic analysis of captioning at GMU over the past 4 years
Using integrations to automate captioning
DIY captioning workflows
Using an API to customize and automate captioning
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible and searchable. The webinar covers the following topics:
Accessibility laws and compliance
How to create closed captions
Getting the right caption format
Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile
How closed captions benefit all users
Results of SEO studies
Video player compatibility
Working with lecture capture and video platforms
How to edit closed captions after they have been processed
Translation and multilingual subtitles
Video Accessibility: Best Practices for Teaching and Learning3Play Media
Online video has changed the landscape of education and corporate e-learning. For many educators and students, online video has become an important tool for teaching and learning. This change brings legal and ethical pressures to make video accessible for people with hearing disabilities. IT and Multimedia departments in many organizations and universities are faced with the many challenges of implementing accessible video for their institutions.
Watch this webinar to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to meet these challenges. Speakers from the University of Florida and Regis University share their best practices and give advice to organizations who intend to have more accessible video for teaching and learning. The webinar covers the following topics:
- Considerations for hosting, managing, and publishing accessible video
- Strategies for accommodating special needs students
- Impact of federal and state accessibility laws
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Josh Miller
Co-Founder | 3Play Media
Luda Ruditsky
Director of Product Management | Kaltura
Meytal Burstein
Marketing Manager | Kaltura
10 Tips for Implementing Accessible Online Media3Play Media
In 2016, it is more critical than ever to make your online media accessible: recent lawsuits and updated legal standards are expanding the reach of captioning, transcription, and video description requirements.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will go through 10 tips for implementing accessible online media at your institution. Looking at several different scenarios, they will discuss actionable strategies to help you find a solution that will work for you.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements, lawsuits, and standards for online media accessibility
What is required to make a video accessible?
Choosing an accessible video player, platform, or lecture capture system
Prioritizing which content to make accessible
Workflows for captioning, transcription, and video description
Budgeting and building a policy for accessible online media
In-House Captioning Workflows and Economic Analysis3Play Media
Most colleges and universities are required by law to provide closed captions for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, cost is often a considerable limiting factor when it comes to captioning, as not all schools have the budget to hire a captioning vendor. If you are facing this issue, in-house captioning might be a solution to consider.
In this webinar, Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through in-house captioning workflows and timelines. In addition, he will provide a captioning cost analysis by fiscal year, demonstrating the economics of captioning as George Mason’s workflow has developed over the years. Topics covered include:
- Initiating an in-house captioning pilot program
- Developing and evolving a captioning workflow
- In-house captioning workflows for video platforms
- A timeline of George Mason University’s captioning initiative
- An economic analysis of in-house captioning over 3 years
- A closer look at the cost of in-house captioning per minute of content
Portland Community College: Best Practices for Video Captioning3Play Media
In this recorded session from AHEAD 2014, Portland Community College discuss their accessibility and captioning policies, as well as workflows and use cases for transcripts and closed captions. The topics covered are:
Accessibility policies and procedures
Captioning and transcription workflows
Strategies for addressing accessibility issues
Video search with interactive transcripts
Industry trends with captions and transcripts
Speakers
Haris Gunadi
Alternate Media Specialist | Portland Community College
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content3Play Media
In our media-centric society, the desire and need for online learning is at an all-time high. However, as more academic content goes online, the industry is running into a stumbling block as they struggle to make their online courses accessible. With recent lawsuits in higher education and updates to Section 508 on the horizon, it is more important than ever that online learning content be made accessible to students with disabilities.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, will provide you with 10 tips for making your online course material accessible.
Janet will cover:
The challenges of making online course content accessible
The legal landscape for online learning and accessibility
Challenges and solutions for instructors and administrators
Developing an accessibility statement and accessibility policies
10 tips for creating accessible course content
How to Implement Accessible Lecture Capture3Play Media
For many campuses, online video has become an integral part of teaching and learning. Further, the popularity of blended and online learning has made lecture capture an essential resource for many educational institutions. While this has opened up the classroom to many more students, it has also introduced colleges and universities to legal and ethical pressures to make their video content accessible to students and staff.
In this webinar, Christopher Soran, the Interim eLearning Director at Tacoma Community College, along with Ari Bixhorn from Panopto and Lily Bond from 3Play Media, will discuss how you can implement accessible lecture capture at your university. Looking at Tacoma's workflow, they will walk you through an efficient, cost-effective way to manage closed captioning for lecture capture at a university level.
This presentation will cover:
- How Tacoma Community College uses lecture capture
- The importance of accessibility and how it concerns lecture capture
- Benefits and legal requirements for accessible lecture capture
- Tacoma's approach to accessibility for eLearning
- Demo of Tacoma's captioning workflow
How Yahoo Is Making Their Technology Accessible to Everyone3Play Media
Yahoo has more than a billion monthly active users. Knowing that roughly 10% of the world’s population identifies as having some kind of disability, it's important that we build our products for all users to access and enjoy, whether or not they are disabled.
Join us on July 28 to learn more about how Yahoo is committed to building cutting-edge products that make every user experience delightful, inspiring, and accessible to all.
Mike Shebanek, Senior Director of Yahoo's Accessibility Team, and Larry Goldberg, Accessible Media Expert at Yahoo, will present on:
An overview of accessibility at Yahoo, including closed captioning, screen reader accessibility, and single switches
Yahoo's mindful approach to accessibility for all their products
Yahoo’s Accessibility Labs
A deep dive into Yahoo’s closed captioning initiatives
How Yahoo goes above and beyond FCC captioning requirements
Challenges and opportunities in closed captioning, including different viewing platforms, distribution networks, file formats, and video player user settings
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible and searchable. The webinar covers the following topics:
Accessibility laws and compliance
How to create closed captions
Getting the right caption format
Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile
How closed captions benefit all users
Results of SEO studies
Video player compatibility
Working with lecture capture and video platforms
How to edit closed captions after they have been processed
Translation and multilingual subtitles
Video Accessibility: Best Practices for Teaching and Learning3Play Media
Online video has changed the landscape of education and corporate e-learning. For many educators and students, online video has become an important tool for teaching and learning. This change brings legal and ethical pressures to make video accessible for people with hearing disabilities. IT and Multimedia departments in many organizations and universities are faced with the many challenges of implementing accessible video for their institutions.
Watch this webinar to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to meet these challenges. Speakers from the University of Florida and Regis University share their best practices and give advice to organizations who intend to have more accessible video for teaching and learning. The webinar covers the following topics:
- Considerations for hosting, managing, and publishing accessible video
- Strategies for accommodating special needs students
- Impact of federal and state accessibility laws
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Josh Miller
Co-Founder | 3Play Media
Luda Ruditsky
Director of Product Management | Kaltura
Meytal Burstein
Marketing Manager | Kaltura
10 Tips for Implementing Accessible Online Media3Play Media
In 2016, it is more critical than ever to make your online media accessible: recent lawsuits and updated legal standards are expanding the reach of captioning, transcription, and video description requirements.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will go through 10 tips for implementing accessible online media at your institution. Looking at several different scenarios, they will discuss actionable strategies to help you find a solution that will work for you.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements, lawsuits, and standards for online media accessibility
What is required to make a video accessible?
Choosing an accessible video player, platform, or lecture capture system
Prioritizing which content to make accessible
Workflows for captioning, transcription, and video description
Budgeting and building a policy for accessible online media
In-House Captioning Workflows and Economic Analysis3Play Media
Most colleges and universities are required by law to provide closed captions for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, cost is often a considerable limiting factor when it comes to captioning, as not all schools have the budget to hire a captioning vendor. If you are facing this issue, in-house captioning might be a solution to consider.
In this webinar, Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through in-house captioning workflows and timelines. In addition, he will provide a captioning cost analysis by fiscal year, demonstrating the economics of captioning as George Mason’s workflow has developed over the years. Topics covered include:
- Initiating an in-house captioning pilot program
- Developing and evolving a captioning workflow
- In-house captioning workflows for video platforms
- A timeline of George Mason University’s captioning initiative
- An economic analysis of in-house captioning over 3 years
- A closer look at the cost of in-house captioning per minute of content
Portland Community College: Best Practices for Video Captioning3Play Media
In this recorded session from AHEAD 2014, Portland Community College discuss their accessibility and captioning policies, as well as workflows and use cases for transcripts and closed captions. The topics covered are:
Accessibility policies and procedures
Captioning and transcription workflows
Strategies for addressing accessibility issues
Video search with interactive transcripts
Industry trends with captions and transcripts
Speakers
Haris Gunadi
Alternate Media Specialist | Portland Community College
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content3Play Media
In our media-centric society, the desire and need for online learning is at an all-time high. However, as more academic content goes online, the industry is running into a stumbling block as they struggle to make their online courses accessible. With recent lawsuits in higher education and updates to Section 508 on the horizon, it is more important than ever that online learning content be made accessible to students with disabilities.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, will provide you with 10 tips for making your online course material accessible.
Janet will cover:
The challenges of making online course content accessible
The legal landscape for online learning and accessibility
Challenges and solutions for instructors and administrators
Developing an accessibility statement and accessibility policies
10 tips for creating accessible course content
How to Implement Accessible Lecture Capture3Play Media
For many campuses, online video has become an integral part of teaching and learning. Further, the popularity of blended and online learning has made lecture capture an essential resource for many educational institutions. While this has opened up the classroom to many more students, it has also introduced colleges and universities to legal and ethical pressures to make their video content accessible to students and staff.
In this webinar, Christopher Soran, the Interim eLearning Director at Tacoma Community College, along with Ari Bixhorn from Panopto and Lily Bond from 3Play Media, will discuss how you can implement accessible lecture capture at your university. Looking at Tacoma's workflow, they will walk you through an efficient, cost-effective way to manage closed captioning for lecture capture at a university level.
This presentation will cover:
- How Tacoma Community College uses lecture capture
- The importance of accessibility and how it concerns lecture capture
- Benefits and legal requirements for accessible lecture capture
- Tacoma's approach to accessibility for eLearning
- Demo of Tacoma's captioning workflow
How Yahoo Is Making Their Technology Accessible to Everyone3Play Media
Yahoo has more than a billion monthly active users. Knowing that roughly 10% of the world’s population identifies as having some kind of disability, it's important that we build our products for all users to access and enjoy, whether or not they are disabled.
Join us on July 28 to learn more about how Yahoo is committed to building cutting-edge products that make every user experience delightful, inspiring, and accessible to all.
Mike Shebanek, Senior Director of Yahoo's Accessibility Team, and Larry Goldberg, Accessible Media Expert at Yahoo, will present on:
An overview of accessibility at Yahoo, including closed captioning, screen reader accessibility, and single switches
Yahoo's mindful approach to accessibility for all their products
Yahoo’s Accessibility Labs
A deep dive into Yahoo’s closed captioning initiatives
How Yahoo goes above and beyond FCC captioning requirements
Challenges and opportunities in closed captioning, including different viewing platforms, distribution networks, file formats, and video player user settings
Implementing Universal and Inclusive Design for Online Learning Accessibility3Play Media
Accessibility is a critical component of any online learning content. With legal requirements stronger than ever, colleges and universities must find tangible ways to improve their web accessibility. This webinar will discuss how the principles of universal and inclusive design can be applied to the online learning environment, with a particular focus on the accessibility of course content and materials.
Howard Kramer, an Access Specialist at University of Colorado at Boulder, and Sheryl Burgstahler, the Director of Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington, will explain what universal design is, the importance of incorporating universal design principles into online courses, and strategies for doing so.
This webinar will cover:
What is universal and inclusive design?
Strategies for implementing universal design
Best practices for the presentation of information and resources
Incorporating inclusiveness into a syllabus
Creating accessible documents and media
Providing information through multiple mediums
Resources and tools for incorporating inclusive design into the online environment
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Web Content with WCAG 2.03Play Media
Web accessibility is a hot topic right now, with lawsuits, a Section 508 refresh, and the impending requirements of WCAG 2.0 fresh on people's minds. However, web accessibility is nothing new, and there are a lot of actionable ways to make your content compliant. A quote from World Wide Access says, "If you can design a website, you can design an accessible one."
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader (founded at the University of Georgia) and Web Accessibility Trainer, will walk you through 10 tips for creating accessible websites following the international standard WCAG 2.0. Her in-depth presentation, designed for content managers, designers, and developers, focuses on steps that you can take now to make your websites and online learning content accessible.
In this webinar, you'll learn about:
- Legal requirements for web accessibility
- Repercussions of not complying with web accessibility laws
- An overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- 10 tips for creating accessible websites and online learning content
- Tools for evaluating the accessibility of your website
The Anatomy of an IT Accessibility Coordinator3Play Media
With accessibility on many schools' minds, campuses across the country are creating new roles (IT Accessibility Coordinator, Accessible Technology Specialist, Accessibility Manager, etc.) to help them comply with web accessibility laws and guidelines. But what exactly does an IT Accessibility Coordinator do?
In this webinar, you'll learn the answer to that question directly from Kara Zirkle, the IT Accessibility Coordinator at George Mason University. Looking at the responsibilities and expectations of the role, Kara will discuss strategies for accomplishing accessibility goals at the university level.
This presentation will cover:
- What are the responsibilities of an IT Accessibility Coordinator?
- What are the expectations and the realistic goals for the role?
- Budgeting for accessibility
- Building an accessibility strategy at your school
- Getting administrative buy-in & centralizing efforts
- George Mason University's road to accessibility
- Challenges Kara has encountered along the way
Empowering YouTube for Higher Education3Play Media
This webinar will teach you how to leverage your YouTube videos to create an engaging learning portal for your students. Justin McCutcheon, the CEO and co-founder of Cattura, will walk you through the tools available for utilizing learning solutions that bridge Google Apps for Education, YouTube, and other Google services to create a rich video experience for your YouTube videos directly inside of your learning management system course.
This webinar will cover:
- An overview of video solutions with Google Apps for Education and YouTube
- Creating a well-organized YouTube course portal
- Delivering lecture capture and flipped classroom content to YouTube
- Making recorded and public YouTube videos accessible with closed captions
- Enriching YouTube videos with time-coded video metadata to drive notes, chapters, tags, and video search
- Creating a complete educational integration between Google Apps for Education and your LMS
- Leveraging Google tools such as YouTube annotations, video clipping, and Google Analytics to improve your educational video content
Copyright Made Simple for Digital Educators3Play Media
Are you worried that a limited understanding of digital copyright law is putting you or your educational institution at risk for copyright infringement?
With so much digital content being shared in the classroom these days, copyright laws surrounding electronic information technology (EIT) are especially relevant but can be hard to fully grasp. So, to give you an overview of what boundaries apply to different forms of electronic media (YouTube videos, eBooks, image files, etc.) and what constitutes fair use when attempting to make these materials accessible to students with disabilities, for example, we’ve put together a presentation with an expert on the subject.
In this webinar, author, professor, and self-styled “copyright nerd” Tom Tobin simplifies the concept of copyright as it applies to electronic resources for higher education so that anyone can create, use, and credit materials in a fair and consistent way. Professors, instructional designers, librarians, social scientists, educational administrators, and adult-learning leaders will all leave this workshop with specific, actionable, simple rules of thumb for staying on the right side of U.S. and Canadian copyright law.
This presentation will cover:
Copyright basics
Copyright law and cases
Licenses and permission
When copyright doesn’t apply
Who owns what you create
About Tom Tobin:
Dr. Thomas J. Tobin is the Coordinator of Learning Technologies in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. His latest work is Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (Wiley, 2015) with B. Jean Mandernach and Ann H. Taylor. He is currently writing Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: A Practitioner’s Guide to Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, expected from West Virginia University Press in 2017.
Since the advent of online courses in higher education in the late 1990s, Tom’s work has focused on using technology to extend the reach of higher education beyond its traditional audience. He advocates for the educational rights of people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Tom serves on the editorial boards of InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration and the Journal of Interactive Online Learning, and he is an internationally-recognized speaker and author on topics related to quality in distance education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
National Research Results: How Colleges Nationwide Are Handling Captioning3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted two nationwide research projects on closed captioning in higher education. One of the projects focused on how colleges and universities are handling captioning at the institutional level.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the institutional survey. Katie will take a close look at the results from over 50 colleges and universities nationwide, focusing on the challenges of and solutions for captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Whether institutions are prioritizing captioning
How institutions are budgeting for closed captioning
Whether captioning efforts are being centralized
The people and departments involved in captioning decisions
Whether colleges & universities are meeting legal requirements for captioning
How much captioning is currently being done
A comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional purposes
Awareness of captioning across campus
University of Wisconsin: Captioning and Transcription Policies, Uses and Work...3Play Media
This slideshow comes from a presentation at UB Tech in June, 2014. The presentation was led by Josh Miller of 3Play Media and Patrick Wirth of University of Wisconsin-Extension, Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning (CEOEL). 3Play Media provides captioning and transcription services for UW-Extension.
CEOEL serves as the coordinator for University of Wisconsin continuing education programs at all 26 campuses. The presentation covered:
- Overview of CEOEL accessibility policies and procedures
- Overview of media team captioning and transcription workflows
- Discussion of CEOEL strategies for addressing accessibility issues/needs
- Showcase of creative uses for transcripts and captions around marketing initiatives
- Access to media players and templates (audio, video, narrations, etc.)
Video Captioning for Accessibility: University of Florida and Regis Universit...3Play Media
With the proliferation of education video, captioning has become an essential part of many university accessibility policies. Although captioning is sometimes perceived as obtrusive and expensive, in this session University of Florida and Regis University demonstrate their cost-effective, streamlined captioning workflows that provide push-button simplicity for instructors and administrators campus-wide.
Watch this session to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to implement video captioning solutions. We will also cover the basics of how to create closed captions, accessibility laws, captions formats including emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile, video player compatibility, and automated workflows with Kaltura.
This session was part of the Kaltura Education Video Summit held on December 6, 2012.
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
Tips About Accessibility for Online Learning Instructors3Play Media
Learn what is reasonable for instructors and online course designers to know in order to begin designing courses that are welcoming to, accessible to, and inclusive of all students and instructors, including those with disabilities.
How Copyright Law and Fair Use Impact Third Party Captioning3Play Media
The prevalence of online video in the past few years has led to an incredible virtual library of resources on pretty much every topic you could imagine. It is no surprise that because of this, educational institutions have taken to utilizing YouTube videos (as well as other online video sources) as course material. One of the great challenges of using videos that you don't own is that accessibility laws require most educational institutions (as well as government programs and other industries) to provide closed captions for video content. This is where copyright law can interfere.
This webinar is presented by Blake Reid, who is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Technology Policy and Telecom Law at Colorado Law as well as the Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law. He earned his J.D. from Colorado Law and his LL.M in Advocacy with distinction from Georgetown Law. He has prepared an in-depth discussion on the conflict between copyright law and captioning law, focusing on the legality of captioning videos that you don't own. Topics covered include:
Captioning laws and regulations
The conflict between captioning and copyright
Statutory exemptions
Fair use
The future of copyright and captioning
Leveraging Closed Captions and Transcripts: 3Play Media, Johns Hopkins Univer...3Play Media
CJ Johnson from 3Play Media spoke with Matt Bochniak from Johns Hopkins University and Wendy Collins from Infobase Learning about how they are leveraging closed captions, subtitles, and transcripts in higher education. The presentation was given at Kaltura Connect 2014.
The Future of Video Player Accessibility3Play Media
There's no denying that online video makes up an increasingly important part of our everyday lives: online video traffic is expected to make up 79 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2018. There's also no denying that individuals with disabilities represent a growing percentage of the population: in the 2010 U.S. Census, 19% of the population had a disability, a number that is only increasing with medical advancements and an aging society.
For software developers, this means keeping pace with technological improvements that accommodate all users—which is not easy. In
this webinar, developers from YouTube/ Google, JW Player, Video.js, and University of Washington will come together to discuss video player accessibility. Taking a look at their different players, we will discuss the current capabilities, known shortcomings, and plans for future development. This webinar will provide a forum for major developers to take a top-level look at the future potential of video player accessibility.
Topics covered include:
What goes into developing an accessible video player
Accessibility features and current capabilities
Future development goals
Why accessibility is important in online video
How accessibility law impacts video player development
Upcoming technologies to keep an eye out for
Panelists:
Matt Schweitz, Engineering Manager, Google/YouTube
Vlad Vuskovic, Product Manager, Google/YouTube
Eric Boyd, Director of Product, JW Player
Steve Heffernan, Author, Video.js
Terrill Thompson, Technology Accessibility Specialist, University of Washington
Greg Kraus (Moderator), IT Accessibility Coordinator, North Carolina State University
The Long Road from Reactive to Proactive: Developing an Accessibility Strategy3Play Media
Implementing accessibility policies in higher education is no easy task. For many, it is easy to get caught in a cycle of reactive accommodation where larger accessibility policies are never implemented. So how do you transition from reactive policies to proactive policies?
Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through their two-year process of moving from reactive solutions to proactive accessibility policies. His own experience with how difficult it can be to shift campus climate and administrative support towards proactive accessibility is incredibly useful for other universities struggling with the same thing. His detailed presentation will provide insight into how George Mason has overcome these challenges and developed a proactive approach to accessibility.
This webinar will cover:
- Collaborative strategies for campus-wide IT accessibility
- Strategies for getting faculty to use and create accessible material
- George Mason's accessibility policies & recent updates
- Workflow, collaboration, and policy recommendations
- Resources for accessibility training and testing
- Analysis of completed accessible media requests by fiscal year
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
Creating Accessible PDFs with Acrobat: Requirements, Implementation, and Eval...3Play Media
In this webinar, the Chief Accessibility Officer of SSB BART Group, Jonathan Avila, will walk you through the requirements for PDF accessibility. He will provide you with implementation and evaluation techniques that you can follow to create accessible documents with Acrobat XI. You'll learn how to provide textual alternatives for visual elements as well as how to use various Acrobat tools that will make accessibility implementation as simple as possible.
In this webinar, Jonathan will cover:
Creation of accessible source documents
Use of proper heading structure and reading order
Textual alternatives for visual elements
Using the Make Accessible Wizard and Accessibility Checker in Acrobat
Using the Touch-up Reading Order and Tags panels
Best practices to maintain and update document creation processes and ensure ongoing accessibility
The Road to EIT Accessibility at Four Colleges: A Centralized Approach3Play Media
In 2015, the Five College consortium in Western Massachusetts created a new shared position to better address the growing challenges associated with campus-wide Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) accessibility at four private colleges.
As the new EIT Accessibility Coordinator for Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, Rob Eveleigh has worked with the schools to develop and implement parallel and collaborative campus-wide EIT accessibility solutions.
In this webinar, Rob will share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in the concurrent development of four EIT Accessibility programs across the colleges he coordinates.
Topics will include:
Developing individual and centralized goals for EIT accessibility across four colleges
Parallel and collaborative solutions for multi-campus college EIT accessibility programs
Strategies for getting administrative buy-in for accessibility
EIT Accessibility rubrics and guidelines
Lessons learned in the first year of a shared EIT Accessibility Coordinator position
The Legal Year in Review: Digital Access Cases3Play Media
While every year is active in the federal and state courts, 2015 saw several cases focused on the accessibility of online content. These cases demonstrate that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are taking a more comprehensive position on digital access, and organizations across industries should take note of the precedents being set to better understand their legal obligations.
In this webinar, Paul Grossman, who served as the OCR Chief Regional Attorney in San Francisco for 30 years, will analyze key illustrative cases and decisions in 2015 that have potential impact on campus and organization policies, practices, and environments as they relate to web accessibility.
This presentation will cover:
- Legal requirements impacting web accessibility
- What is a "public accommodation" subject to Title III of the ADA?
- Captioning lawsuit against Harvard and MIT
- Cases of "deliberate indifference"
- Key DOJ/OCR compliance reviews in 2015
- Accommodating employees
- The legal horizon for web accessibility
Explore new ways to locate and use educational podcasts to enhance teaching and learning by integrating them in the classroom. Obtain instructional step-by-step guides for creating podcast and student examples for practical use.
Australian Research Study: How Useful Are Closed Captions for Learning?3Play Media
Adding to the rapid-growing number of studies surrounding closed captioning in higher education, an Australian academic study on how closed captions impact student learning in mathematics has just been released.
The study involved 135 students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and investigated the perceived level of usefulness that both accurate and automated captions lent in a mathematics course over a 2-month period.
It was discovered that students broadly agreed that captions are a useful learning feature allowing flexibility of where and when a video is watched, while helping to understand speaker accents, and clarify explanations that are difficult to hear in the recording.
Dr. Chris Tisdell, who is one of two authors on the study, Associate Dean of Education, and Associate Professor of Mathematics at UNSW, will present on the study and main takeaways from the insights as they apply to closed captioning use in higher education everywhere.
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Levels of student engagement with closed captions
How and why students used closed captions in the study
How students perceived the usefulness of accurate vs. automatically-generated captions
The percent of overall students responding who report using closed captions as a helpful learning aid
Takeaways from the study
About the presenter:
Chris is Associate Dean (Education) at UNSW Science, a globally-acknowledged leader in digital innovation and technology in education. Chris is driven by the challenges of: scale, personalized learning, and inclusion and diversity in education. His digital and open classroom has positively transformed the learning experience of 10+ million learners in over 200 countries – including those groups who have traditionally faced challenges of participation and success in STEM education. Chris’ thought leadership is regularly featured in the Australian national media.
AD CC and Me: Lessons Learned in Video AccessibilityBilly Gregory
"If accessibility is about inclusion, videos about accessibility should be too." Part case study, part primer. Lessons learned while making "The Viking and The Lumberjack", an accessible video web series.
Learn how V&L filmed, edited, added audio description, and captions to their series.
Seriously, if these two can do it, anyone can!
Originally presented at CSUN 2016.
The Future of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, evolving legal requirements, and continuous advancements in technology, the question of closed captioning in higher education is one that is on a lot of people's minds. What does the future of captioning hold?
In this webinar, Sean Zdenek, author of the book Reading Sounds: Closed Captioned Media and Popular Culture and an Associate Professor at Texas Tech University, will answer exactly that question. Given the legal landscape, he will first focus on the hurdles and challenges of developing an infrastructure for closed captioning at the university level. Sean will then take a closer look at where closed captioning is going, focusing on the likely future requirements for, advancements in, and features of captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Developing an infrastructure for captioning at the university level
Training faculty & addressing faculty resistance
Economic analysis of captioning
Integrating closed captioning with lecture capture & video platforms
Faculty response to new captioning mandates
Future requirements for captioning
Current & future advancements in closed captioning technology
Advanced features that make captioning beneficial to all users
Implementing Universal and Inclusive Design for Online Learning Accessibility3Play Media
Accessibility is a critical component of any online learning content. With legal requirements stronger than ever, colleges and universities must find tangible ways to improve their web accessibility. This webinar will discuss how the principles of universal and inclusive design can be applied to the online learning environment, with a particular focus on the accessibility of course content and materials.
Howard Kramer, an Access Specialist at University of Colorado at Boulder, and Sheryl Burgstahler, the Director of Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington, will explain what universal design is, the importance of incorporating universal design principles into online courses, and strategies for doing so.
This webinar will cover:
What is universal and inclusive design?
Strategies for implementing universal design
Best practices for the presentation of information and resources
Incorporating inclusiveness into a syllabus
Creating accessible documents and media
Providing information through multiple mediums
Resources and tools for incorporating inclusive design into the online environment
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Web Content with WCAG 2.03Play Media
Web accessibility is a hot topic right now, with lawsuits, a Section 508 refresh, and the impending requirements of WCAG 2.0 fresh on people's minds. However, web accessibility is nothing new, and there are a lot of actionable ways to make your content compliant. A quote from World Wide Access says, "If you can design a website, you can design an accessible one."
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader (founded at the University of Georgia) and Web Accessibility Trainer, will walk you through 10 tips for creating accessible websites following the international standard WCAG 2.0. Her in-depth presentation, designed for content managers, designers, and developers, focuses on steps that you can take now to make your websites and online learning content accessible.
In this webinar, you'll learn about:
- Legal requirements for web accessibility
- Repercussions of not complying with web accessibility laws
- An overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- 10 tips for creating accessible websites and online learning content
- Tools for evaluating the accessibility of your website
The Anatomy of an IT Accessibility Coordinator3Play Media
With accessibility on many schools' minds, campuses across the country are creating new roles (IT Accessibility Coordinator, Accessible Technology Specialist, Accessibility Manager, etc.) to help them comply with web accessibility laws and guidelines. But what exactly does an IT Accessibility Coordinator do?
In this webinar, you'll learn the answer to that question directly from Kara Zirkle, the IT Accessibility Coordinator at George Mason University. Looking at the responsibilities and expectations of the role, Kara will discuss strategies for accomplishing accessibility goals at the university level.
This presentation will cover:
- What are the responsibilities of an IT Accessibility Coordinator?
- What are the expectations and the realistic goals for the role?
- Budgeting for accessibility
- Building an accessibility strategy at your school
- Getting administrative buy-in & centralizing efforts
- George Mason University's road to accessibility
- Challenges Kara has encountered along the way
Empowering YouTube for Higher Education3Play Media
This webinar will teach you how to leverage your YouTube videos to create an engaging learning portal for your students. Justin McCutcheon, the CEO and co-founder of Cattura, will walk you through the tools available for utilizing learning solutions that bridge Google Apps for Education, YouTube, and other Google services to create a rich video experience for your YouTube videos directly inside of your learning management system course.
This webinar will cover:
- An overview of video solutions with Google Apps for Education and YouTube
- Creating a well-organized YouTube course portal
- Delivering lecture capture and flipped classroom content to YouTube
- Making recorded and public YouTube videos accessible with closed captions
- Enriching YouTube videos with time-coded video metadata to drive notes, chapters, tags, and video search
- Creating a complete educational integration between Google Apps for Education and your LMS
- Leveraging Google tools such as YouTube annotations, video clipping, and Google Analytics to improve your educational video content
Copyright Made Simple for Digital Educators3Play Media
Are you worried that a limited understanding of digital copyright law is putting you or your educational institution at risk for copyright infringement?
With so much digital content being shared in the classroom these days, copyright laws surrounding electronic information technology (EIT) are especially relevant but can be hard to fully grasp. So, to give you an overview of what boundaries apply to different forms of electronic media (YouTube videos, eBooks, image files, etc.) and what constitutes fair use when attempting to make these materials accessible to students with disabilities, for example, we’ve put together a presentation with an expert on the subject.
In this webinar, author, professor, and self-styled “copyright nerd” Tom Tobin simplifies the concept of copyright as it applies to electronic resources for higher education so that anyone can create, use, and credit materials in a fair and consistent way. Professors, instructional designers, librarians, social scientists, educational administrators, and adult-learning leaders will all leave this workshop with specific, actionable, simple rules of thumb for staying on the right side of U.S. and Canadian copyright law.
This presentation will cover:
Copyright basics
Copyright law and cases
Licenses and permission
When copyright doesn’t apply
Who owns what you create
About Tom Tobin:
Dr. Thomas J. Tobin is the Coordinator of Learning Technologies in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. His latest work is Evaluating Online Teaching: Implementing Best Practices (Wiley, 2015) with B. Jean Mandernach and Ann H. Taylor. He is currently writing Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: A Practitioner’s Guide to Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, expected from West Virginia University Press in 2017.
Since the advent of online courses in higher education in the late 1990s, Tom’s work has focused on using technology to extend the reach of higher education beyond its traditional audience. He advocates for the educational rights of people with disabilities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Tom serves on the editorial boards of InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration and the Journal of Interactive Online Learning, and he is an internationally-recognized speaker and author on topics related to quality in distance education, especially copyright, evaluation of teaching practice, academic integrity, and accessibility/universal design for learning.
National Research Results: How Colleges Nationwide Are Handling Captioning3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted two nationwide research projects on closed captioning in higher education. One of the projects focused on how colleges and universities are handling captioning at the institutional level.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the institutional survey. Katie will take a close look at the results from over 50 colleges and universities nationwide, focusing on the challenges of and solutions for captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Whether institutions are prioritizing captioning
How institutions are budgeting for closed captioning
Whether captioning efforts are being centralized
The people and departments involved in captioning decisions
Whether colleges & universities are meeting legal requirements for captioning
How much captioning is currently being done
A comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional purposes
Awareness of captioning across campus
University of Wisconsin: Captioning and Transcription Policies, Uses and Work...3Play Media
This slideshow comes from a presentation at UB Tech in June, 2014. The presentation was led by Josh Miller of 3Play Media and Patrick Wirth of University of Wisconsin-Extension, Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning (CEOEL). 3Play Media provides captioning and transcription services for UW-Extension.
CEOEL serves as the coordinator for University of Wisconsin continuing education programs at all 26 campuses. The presentation covered:
- Overview of CEOEL accessibility policies and procedures
- Overview of media team captioning and transcription workflows
- Discussion of CEOEL strategies for addressing accessibility issues/needs
- Showcase of creative uses for transcripts and captions around marketing initiatives
- Access to media players and templates (audio, video, narrations, etc.)
Video Captioning for Accessibility: University of Florida and Regis Universit...3Play Media
With the proliferation of education video, captioning has become an essential part of many university accessibility policies. Although captioning is sometimes perceived as obtrusive and expensive, in this session University of Florida and Regis University demonstrate their cost-effective, streamlined captioning workflows that provide push-button simplicity for instructors and administrators campus-wide.
Watch this session to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to implement video captioning solutions. We will also cover the basics of how to create closed captions, accessibility laws, captions formats including emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile, video player compatibility, and automated workflows with Kaltura.
This session was part of the Kaltura Education Video Summit held on December 6, 2012.
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
Tips About Accessibility for Online Learning Instructors3Play Media
Learn what is reasonable for instructors and online course designers to know in order to begin designing courses that are welcoming to, accessible to, and inclusive of all students and instructors, including those with disabilities.
How Copyright Law and Fair Use Impact Third Party Captioning3Play Media
The prevalence of online video in the past few years has led to an incredible virtual library of resources on pretty much every topic you could imagine. It is no surprise that because of this, educational institutions have taken to utilizing YouTube videos (as well as other online video sources) as course material. One of the great challenges of using videos that you don't own is that accessibility laws require most educational institutions (as well as government programs and other industries) to provide closed captions for video content. This is where copyright law can interfere.
This webinar is presented by Blake Reid, who is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Technology Policy and Telecom Law at Colorado Law as well as the Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law. He earned his J.D. from Colorado Law and his LL.M in Advocacy with distinction from Georgetown Law. He has prepared an in-depth discussion on the conflict between copyright law and captioning law, focusing on the legality of captioning videos that you don't own. Topics covered include:
Captioning laws and regulations
The conflict between captioning and copyright
Statutory exemptions
Fair use
The future of copyright and captioning
Leveraging Closed Captions and Transcripts: 3Play Media, Johns Hopkins Univer...3Play Media
CJ Johnson from 3Play Media spoke with Matt Bochniak from Johns Hopkins University and Wendy Collins from Infobase Learning about how they are leveraging closed captions, subtitles, and transcripts in higher education. The presentation was given at Kaltura Connect 2014.
The Future of Video Player Accessibility3Play Media
There's no denying that online video makes up an increasingly important part of our everyday lives: online video traffic is expected to make up 79 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2018. There's also no denying that individuals with disabilities represent a growing percentage of the population: in the 2010 U.S. Census, 19% of the population had a disability, a number that is only increasing with medical advancements and an aging society.
For software developers, this means keeping pace with technological improvements that accommodate all users—which is not easy. In
this webinar, developers from YouTube/ Google, JW Player, Video.js, and University of Washington will come together to discuss video player accessibility. Taking a look at their different players, we will discuss the current capabilities, known shortcomings, and plans for future development. This webinar will provide a forum for major developers to take a top-level look at the future potential of video player accessibility.
Topics covered include:
What goes into developing an accessible video player
Accessibility features and current capabilities
Future development goals
Why accessibility is important in online video
How accessibility law impacts video player development
Upcoming technologies to keep an eye out for
Panelists:
Matt Schweitz, Engineering Manager, Google/YouTube
Vlad Vuskovic, Product Manager, Google/YouTube
Eric Boyd, Director of Product, JW Player
Steve Heffernan, Author, Video.js
Terrill Thompson, Technology Accessibility Specialist, University of Washington
Greg Kraus (Moderator), IT Accessibility Coordinator, North Carolina State University
The Long Road from Reactive to Proactive: Developing an Accessibility Strategy3Play Media
Implementing accessibility policies in higher education is no easy task. For many, it is easy to get caught in a cycle of reactive accommodation where larger accessibility policies are never implemented. So how do you transition from reactive policies to proactive policies?
Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through their two-year process of moving from reactive solutions to proactive accessibility policies. His own experience with how difficult it can be to shift campus climate and administrative support towards proactive accessibility is incredibly useful for other universities struggling with the same thing. His detailed presentation will provide insight into how George Mason has overcome these challenges and developed a proactive approach to accessibility.
This webinar will cover:
- Collaborative strategies for campus-wide IT accessibility
- Strategies for getting faculty to use and create accessible material
- George Mason's accessibility policies & recent updates
- Workflow, collaboration, and policy recommendations
- Resources for accessibility training and testing
- Analysis of completed accessible media requests by fiscal year
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
Creating Accessible PDFs with Acrobat: Requirements, Implementation, and Eval...3Play Media
In this webinar, the Chief Accessibility Officer of SSB BART Group, Jonathan Avila, will walk you through the requirements for PDF accessibility. He will provide you with implementation and evaluation techniques that you can follow to create accessible documents with Acrobat XI. You'll learn how to provide textual alternatives for visual elements as well as how to use various Acrobat tools that will make accessibility implementation as simple as possible.
In this webinar, Jonathan will cover:
Creation of accessible source documents
Use of proper heading structure and reading order
Textual alternatives for visual elements
Using the Make Accessible Wizard and Accessibility Checker in Acrobat
Using the Touch-up Reading Order and Tags panels
Best practices to maintain and update document creation processes and ensure ongoing accessibility
The Road to EIT Accessibility at Four Colleges: A Centralized Approach3Play Media
In 2015, the Five College consortium in Western Massachusetts created a new shared position to better address the growing challenges associated with campus-wide Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) accessibility at four private colleges.
As the new EIT Accessibility Coordinator for Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, Rob Eveleigh has worked with the schools to develop and implement parallel and collaborative campus-wide EIT accessibility solutions.
In this webinar, Rob will share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in the concurrent development of four EIT Accessibility programs across the colleges he coordinates.
Topics will include:
Developing individual and centralized goals for EIT accessibility across four colleges
Parallel and collaborative solutions for multi-campus college EIT accessibility programs
Strategies for getting administrative buy-in for accessibility
EIT Accessibility rubrics and guidelines
Lessons learned in the first year of a shared EIT Accessibility Coordinator position
The Legal Year in Review: Digital Access Cases3Play Media
While every year is active in the federal and state courts, 2015 saw several cases focused on the accessibility of online content. These cases demonstrate that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are taking a more comprehensive position on digital access, and organizations across industries should take note of the precedents being set to better understand their legal obligations.
In this webinar, Paul Grossman, who served as the OCR Chief Regional Attorney in San Francisco for 30 years, will analyze key illustrative cases and decisions in 2015 that have potential impact on campus and organization policies, practices, and environments as they relate to web accessibility.
This presentation will cover:
- Legal requirements impacting web accessibility
- What is a "public accommodation" subject to Title III of the ADA?
- Captioning lawsuit against Harvard and MIT
- Cases of "deliberate indifference"
- Key DOJ/OCR compliance reviews in 2015
- Accommodating employees
- The legal horizon for web accessibility
Explore new ways to locate and use educational podcasts to enhance teaching and learning by integrating them in the classroom. Obtain instructional step-by-step guides for creating podcast and student examples for practical use.
Australian Research Study: How Useful Are Closed Captions for Learning?3Play Media
Adding to the rapid-growing number of studies surrounding closed captioning in higher education, an Australian academic study on how closed captions impact student learning in mathematics has just been released.
The study involved 135 students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and investigated the perceived level of usefulness that both accurate and automated captions lent in a mathematics course over a 2-month period.
It was discovered that students broadly agreed that captions are a useful learning feature allowing flexibility of where and when a video is watched, while helping to understand speaker accents, and clarify explanations that are difficult to hear in the recording.
Dr. Chris Tisdell, who is one of two authors on the study, Associate Dean of Education, and Associate Professor of Mathematics at UNSW, will present on the study and main takeaways from the insights as they apply to closed captioning use in higher education everywhere.
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Levels of student engagement with closed captions
How and why students used closed captions in the study
How students perceived the usefulness of accurate vs. automatically-generated captions
The percent of overall students responding who report using closed captions as a helpful learning aid
Takeaways from the study
About the presenter:
Chris is Associate Dean (Education) at UNSW Science, a globally-acknowledged leader in digital innovation and technology in education. Chris is driven by the challenges of: scale, personalized learning, and inclusion and diversity in education. His digital and open classroom has positively transformed the learning experience of 10+ million learners in over 200 countries – including those groups who have traditionally faced challenges of participation and success in STEM education. Chris’ thought leadership is regularly featured in the Australian national media.
AD CC and Me: Lessons Learned in Video AccessibilityBilly Gregory
"If accessibility is about inclusion, videos about accessibility should be too." Part case study, part primer. Lessons learned while making "The Viking and The Lumberjack", an accessible video web series.
Learn how V&L filmed, edited, added audio description, and captions to their series.
Seriously, if these two can do it, anyone can!
Originally presented at CSUN 2016.
The Future of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, evolving legal requirements, and continuous advancements in technology, the question of closed captioning in higher education is one that is on a lot of people's minds. What does the future of captioning hold?
In this webinar, Sean Zdenek, author of the book Reading Sounds: Closed Captioned Media and Popular Culture and an Associate Professor at Texas Tech University, will answer exactly that question. Given the legal landscape, he will first focus on the hurdles and challenges of developing an infrastructure for closed captioning at the university level. Sean will then take a closer look at where closed captioning is going, focusing on the likely future requirements for, advancements in, and features of captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Developing an infrastructure for captioning at the university level
Training faculty & addressing faculty resistance
Economic analysis of captioning
Integrating closed captioning with lecture capture & video platforms
Faculty response to new captioning mandates
Future requirements for captioning
Current & future advancements in closed captioning technology
Advanced features that make captioning beneficial to all users
Implementing and Evaluating Web Application Accessibility3Play Media
While awareness of web accessibility is increasing, it can often be an overwhelming thing to implement.
In this webinar, Jared Smith, the Associate Director of WebAIM, will provide an overview of web accessibility. His expertise in the field will leave you with web accessibility tips and strategies that you can implement right away, as well as tools and resources for evaluating your site or web application's current accessibility.
Jared's presentation will cover:
The principles of web accessibility
Accessibility laws and standards
The challenges of making web content accessible
Tips for implementing an accessible website or application
Why you need to test your website for accessibility
Tools for evaluating your site's current accessibility
I talk through different unique accessibility techniques to provide more then just a checkbox of "accessibility, yup". This shows different javascript technologies that can help produce empathy as well as performing testing through the perspective of other users. I challenge people to look at accessibility as more an issue of access as opposed to disability.
If you're familiar with accessibility, you may know some of the basics already. We'll review some newer or more obscure techniques that can help prime you to look at the new hotness features with a more critical eye.
“Selfish Accessibility” for Create Upstate 2016Adrian Roselli
We can pretend that we’re helping others by making web sites and software accessible, but we are really making them better for our future selves. Learn some fundamentals of accessibility and how it can benefit you (whether future you from aging or you after something else limits your abilities). We’ll review simple testing techniques, basic features and enhancements, coming trends, and where to get help. This isn’t intended to be a deep dive into ARIA, but more of an overall primer for those who aren’t sure where to start nor how it helps them.
What you will learn:
• Broader context for how all users are or will be disabled, whether temporarily or permanently.
• High-level overview of standards and tools already available.
• Review of WAI-ARIA and best practices for using it.
• Basic tests and best practices that can be integrated into development team.
• Specific code techniques.
National Research Results: How Different Student Subgroups Use Closed Captioning3Play Media
University students with hearing disabilities aren’t the only ones who depend on closed captioning to succeed in their courses.
How many students struggling to focus in class rely on closed captions to help retain information from a video? What about students who speak English as a second language? What other student subgroups benefit from closed captioning?
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University (OSU) Ecampus Research Unit conducted a nationwide research project on closed captioning in higher education. With over 2,800 student respondents, this is the largest study on the topic to date.
In this third installment of our joint webinar series, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will take a closer look at how different student subgroups use and perceive captioning and transcription at their institutions (beyond the need for accommodation).
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study, broken down by student subgroups
Student subgroup awareness of the availability of captioning
Student subgroup use of captioning and transcription
How the availability of closed captions and transcripts impacts students’ perceptions of whether they are helpful or a hindrance
How students with disabilities compare to students without disabilities regarding closed caption and transcript use
The percent of overall students responding who report using closed captions or transcripts as a learning aid
Takeaways from the study
Making Video Communications and Training Searchable and Accessible3Play Media
On October 16th, 3Play Media co-hosted a 30-minute webinar with MediaPlatform to discuss how organizations can leverage an enterprise video platform with interactive transcripts and captions to enhance their internal communications, training and marketing programs.
Want Your Video to Go Global? The Power of Community Translation3Play Media
A report from Cisco predicts that globally, video traffic will make up 80% of all consumer Internet traffic by 2019. However, less than 27% of Internet users speak English as their primary language. This means that as online video content booms, it is critical to consider translating your videos into multilingual subtitles to increase your global audience. In this webinar, Darren Bridenbeck from Amara will discuss the benefits of using community translation to help your videos go global.
His presentation will cover:
- An overview of community translation
- TED's success with DIY subtitles
- The anatomy of a DIY subtitling project
- How to develop a DIY or community translation workflow
- Promoting your translation projects
- Working with a vetted team of translators
- Scaling your DIY translation projects
- How Amara translation integrates with 3Play Media
- The benefits of adding multilingual subtitles to your video content
National Research Results: How & Why Do Students Use Closed Captioning?3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted a nationwide research project on closed captioning in higher education. With over 2,500 student respondents, this is the largest study on the topic to date.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the study. She will take a close look at how students use and perceive captioning and transcription at their institutions (beyond the need for accommodation).
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Student awareness of the availability of captioning
Student use of captioning and transcription
How & why students who have not requested an accommodation for captioning use captions and transcripts
How captions & transcripts support learning
The perceived benefits of captioning & transcription on learning
Common captioning hindrances identified by students
Takeaways from the study
2016 Legal Update on Digital Accessibility Cases3Play Media
Digital access is a civil right, and there is a lot happening in the legal space. Court decisions, government agency activity, and private party settlements are defining best practices and the scope of digital accessibility requirements. Organizations across industries need to be aware of these developments to better understand their legal obligations.
This webinar will be presented by Lainey Feingold, a nationally recognized disability rights lawyer and pioneer of Structured Negotiation known for negotiating landmark accessibility agreements. Lainey’s book, Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, is now available from the American Bar Association (link in bio, below). Her presentation will analyze key cases, government agency activity, settlements, and other developments in digital accessibility through September 2016.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements impacting web accessibility
Updates on major digital access court cases, regulations and settlements in 2016
How the law is impacting accessibility in fields as diverse as finance, education, voting, healthcare, employment, and transportation.
U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education activity in digital access
Best practices for digital accessibility as defined by major settlements
The legal horizon for web and mobile accessibility
Accessible Video Captioning for Blended Learning and Lecture Capture3Play Media
In this session, University of Wisconsin- Madison discusses their accessibility policy, budgeting, prioritization, costs and benefits derived, and best practices for deploying video captioning technologies.
3Play Media was awarded a state-wide captioning contract with UW System in 2010. 3Play Media provides video transcripts and captions for 26 campuses across the state and one extension program.
Like many universities, a majority of classes are not captioned. But UW-Madison wants to make sure those that need captions aren’t dissuaded from asking for accommodation. They added a notice at the bottom of their webpage to inform students about this option. Furthermore, the University of Wisconsin is working towards accessibility proactively. Having vendors, contracts, and a reliable workflow in place is the necessary accessibility framework that facilitates an agile response to captioning needs.
Presenters:
Dusty Smith
Digital Media Manager | University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tole Khesin
VP Marketing | 3Play Media
Make your online videos searchable and more engaging with interactive transcripts. Join us for a webinar to learn about the features and benefits that make interactive transcripts so compelling. We'll show live demos of different use cases and do a walk-through of how easy it is to install one on your website. We'll also show a gallery of examples and customization options. The webinar will cover these topics:
- Features and options
- Benefits and impact on user engagement
- Live demos of different use cases
- Installation tips for your website
- Gallery of examples and customization
options
- Video player compatibility
- Application for large video libraries
- Tools and resources to get started
The Impact of Recent Lawsuits on Video Accessibility Requirements3Play Media
Although many accessibility laws were written before the Internet was an integral part of everyday life, recent lawsuits and case law have extended accessibility requirements to online video.
In this webinar, Owen Edwards from SSB BART Group and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will take a look at recent video accessibility lawsuits and their implications for other organizations across industries. Their focus will be on closed captioning and video description legal requirements, case law, and standards.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements for video accessibility
NAD vs. Netflix
NAD vs. Harvard & MIT
OCR & DOJ inquiries into IT accessibility at colleges & universities
NFB vs. Penn State
Lighthouse for the Blind vs. Redbox
California Council for the Blind vs. AMC Theaters
Best practices for caption quality
Best practices for video description quality
Benefits of making video accessible
The FCC Explains Their 2016 Order on Closed Captioning Responsibility3Play Media
On February 18th, the FCC released a 2016 order to clarify who is responsible for complying with closed captioning requirements. The commission unanimously agreed on their decision, which divides responsibility between video programming distributors (VPDs) and video programmers. There are significant changes that all VPDs and video programmers should pay attention to.
In this webinar, Eliot Greenwald, the Deputy Chief of the Disability Rights Office at the FCC, will go over closed captioning requirements and responsibilities. He will cover the FCC's 2014 order for closed captioning quality, the FCC's recent 2016 order that allocates responsibility for captioning, and best practices for captioning according to the FCC.
Eliot's presentation will cover:
The FCC's requirements for closed captioning
The FCC's captioning quality standards
Overview of the FCC's recent 2016 order
Responsibilities for ensuring captioning compliance for VPDs
Responsibilities for ensuring captioning compliance for video programmers
FCC best practices for captioning
Use of Electronic Newsroom Technique
Revisions to the FCC's captioning complaint procedure
The State of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
How are schools handling captions? How do captions improve learning for college students? Where does the budget come from? To what extent is captioning motivated by fear of litigation?
Presenting on the results from two national research studies and a survey on closed captioning in higher education, Katie Linder from Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will look at the current state of closed captioning in 2017 at colleges and universities across the US.
Together, these surveys provide a clearer picture of the benefits, solutions, complications, and direction of closed captioning in higher education.
This presentation will cover:
How and why students are using closed captioning
Perceived benefits of captioning beyond accessibility
How colleges and universities are handling closed captioning
Current successes and limitations of captioning in higher ed
Comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional marketing content
How colleges & universities perceive and react to legal requirements for captioning
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. This webinar covers legal compliance, closed captioning lawsuits, creation of closed captions, explanation of caption formats and video player compatibility, as well as an overview of automated workflows and integrations with lecture capture and video platforms.
This webinar will cover:
Accessibility laws and compliance
How to create closed captions
Getting the right caption format
Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile
How closed captions benefit all users
Results of SEO studies
Video player compatibility
Working with lecture capture and video platforms
How to edit closed captions after they have been processed
Translation and multilingual subtitles
Interactive video search
Tips for Getting Your Colleagues to Adopt Universal Design for Learning3Play Media
When most people in higher education hear the phrase “universal design for learning," they think about students with physical disabilities and the accommodations we provide to them in order to help them meet course outcomes.
To help make educational materials and practices inclusive for all learners, this interactive webinar session radically reflects on how faculty members and course designers can adopt Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Presented by Thomas Tobin, author and speaker on quality in distance education, this session will help broaden the focus of UDL beyond learners with disabilities and toward a larger ease-of-use/general inclusion framework.
This presentation will cover:
How accommodations and UDL are very different
What you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach out to your biggest segment of learners—people on their mobile devices
How you can incorporate UDL elements into your courses
How you can design and retrofit existing course components using UDL principles
How to implement UDL across campus to increase persistence, retention, and satisfaction for all learners
Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, & PDF Accessibility3Play Media
Web accessibility is a growing priority across industries, and in light of recent lawsuits, the threat of non-compliance in higher education is very real. However, bringing an entire organization up to accessibility standards can be daunting. In this webinar, David Berman, the #1 rated speaker on the topic of web accessibility standards as well as an international expert in the field, will provide you with strategies for meeting WCAG 2.0 standards in various design platforms.
David's presentation will focus on building accessibility into your design process, with tips for web, Office, InDesign, and PDF. David provides not only a deep understanding of web standards and requirements, but also a passion for accessibility. His enthusiastic and entertaining presentation style will give you a new perspective on the importance of web accessibility, and his expert approach to developing an accessible infrastructure will provide you with a roadmap of what needs to be done to meet your accessibility goals.
This webinar will cover:
- An overview of WCAG 2.0 guidelines and conformance levels
- Current legal requirements for web accessibility
- How WCAG 2.0 will impact the Section 508 refresh
- Why accessibility matters
- Tips for creating accessible PDFs and web content
- Accessibility tips for Office, Acrobat, and InDesign
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is th...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5,, 2019
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is this Really Possible? Lesley Blicker, Minnesota State Educational Innovations and Kathleen Coate, Normandale Community College
Dr. Sam Musa01-01-2017Network LAN Design with VoIP and Wireles.docxkanepbyrne80830
Dr. Sam Musa 01-01-2017
Network LAN Design with VoIP and Wireless Services
This section will provide a detailed LAN-design of network with VoIP services, Wireless services, protocols, devices, and interconnectivity, with WAN.
This section includes but not limited to
· Equipment List
· Hierarchical IP scheme and VLAN
· Link IP addresses
· High Level Diagram
· Voice and Wireless Design
Equipment List:
Select all networking hardware
Suggested Template
Device
Cisco Model#
Quantity
Comments
Distribution Switches
Cat 3850 Series Swiches
2
48 port model, wireless capacity/PoE
Branch office router
RV220W Wireless
2
4 port switch, built in firewall
Access Switches
Cat 2600
10
48 ports
IDS
Network Monitoring System
Fire wall
Cisco Unified Call Manger
2
Voice services
Step 2:
Now name each device as per naming convention (Since it is new company, make it for them)
Suggested template
Device
Device Configured Name
Placement
Connection
Comments
Cat 3850 Series switch
Data center Switch 1
Data center
Distribution Switch
VLAN1, 2, 8
The switch has Inventory server, Payroll server, and VLAN 1, 2, 8
Core Switch 7600 Series
CoreRouter1
Room#1014
DSW1 and DSW2
ISP1
Hierarchical IP scheme and VLAN
Create an IP Scheme and VLANS.
I suggest use the table below to create your hierarchical IP addressing scheme.
Location
Number of
IP Addresses
Required
Future
Growth
Rounded
Power of 2
Number of
Host Bits
Subnet Address Assigned
Floor1
1500
200
2048
11
172.20.0.0-172.20.7.254/21
Floor2
200
100
500
9
172.20.8.0-172.20.9.254/23
Floor 3
45
20
128
7
172.20.16.0-172.20.16.122/25
Floor4
Create VLAN: In creating VLAN, I will suggest use organizational structure model for simplicity.
Examples: VPOPRVLAN1, VPOPRVLAN2
High Level Diagram:
Drawing a network topology diagram is the most challenging task. To overcome this challenge, we need to use Cisco modular technology in upgrading the network in other words top down design approach. The top design approach starts with Application, Devices and infrastructure. You will also use the same approach in designing WWTC network. Select all the applications for the network. Then select the devices needed to run these applications. Now you are ready creating network topology diagram. Since, in WWTC network we have one floor, so all of our devices, application and infrastructure will reside in one floor.
Create subnets. Generally subnet matches organizational structure. Also, in a large network to increase performance or for security reasons, subnets are created. Furthermore to accommodate the need of a department, the subnets can be subnetted further or VLANs are created or both. Every organization have subnets and VLANs. Let us say we need 20 VLANs, which will serve client’s requirements, performance and security of the network. Assign these VLANs to switches. For example; you need 3 switches to host 3 VLANs for VPOPR. The diagram below depict the scenario.
Sample Network Diagram
.
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Worthy & Heatley Networking
Kimberly N. Worthy
CIS 499-Senior Seminar
July 22, 2012
Professor Jimmie Flores
Running head: WORTHY & HEATLEY NETWORKING
1
27
Table of Contents Comment by CC: Kimberly- Use the Table of Content creator that MS word offers. Also Left align all text below the Table of Contents Title. This should mirror the APA guide that was provided in discussion.
Executive Summary---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pg. 2
Objective------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------pg. 2
Team Members and their responsibilities--------------------------------------------------------pg..3
Four Phases of Project Management Implementation----------------------------------------pg 3-5
1. Initiation Phase
2. Project Installation Phase
3. Enterprise-Level Installation Phase
4. Maintenance Phase
Physical and Logical Designs------------------------------------------------------------------------pg.5-6
Figure 1.1- Typical Diagram of Enterprise Internetworking Infrastructure-------------- pg.7
Figure 1.2 Components used when designing an Enterprise Networking infrastructure pg.8
Figure 1.3 How communication is related between Corporate and the Frame Relay--- pg 9
Closing----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------pg.10
Software Attachment----------------------------------------------------------------------------------pg 12
Schematics-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------pg.13
Worthy&Heatley Networking -Executive Summary Comment by CC: Adjust Running head
Executive Summary
Worthy & Heatley University has been usingused a manual library system since September of 1993. Due to the huge response of students that registered for the summer quarter, which was unexpected, the project manager has found finds it hard to provide current information for the instructors to make sure they have all of the required textbooks for their discipline of study. Comment by CC: Provide specifics. We want to create a baseline to start. “Huge” is too vague.
The management team proposed a solution which is to computerize the library system so that it will lessen the work load of the librarian. The student’s will be able to log into their accounts via a secure website and display book information for the present quarter. There will be different screens which will allow the students to update files and information will be updated within 24 hours. Comment by CC: Please review this for grammar. Ending a sentence with “ok” is not a formal ending to professional writing. I suggest having a peer review further submissions for other suggestions.
Worthy & Heatley University has accomplished a great deal in our community, so it gives me great pleasure to show how different parts of the operation functioned. It is due ti ...
On-Demand Video Tagging, Annotation, and Segmentation in Lecture Recordings t...IJITE
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced much of the academic world to transition into online operations and online learning. Interactions between the teachers and students are carried out via online video conferencing software where possible. All video conferencing software available today is designed for general usage and not for classroom teaching and learning. In this study, we analyzed the features and effectiveness of more than a dozen major video conferencing software that are being used to replace the physical face-to-face learning experiences. While some of the video conferencing software has pause feature but none allow annotation and segmentation of the recording. We propose tagging and annotation during the live streaming to improve direct access to any portion of the recorded video. We also propose automatic segmentation of the video based on the tagging so that the video is short, targeted, and can easily be identified.
EDU customers are leveraging Speechpad-Mechanical Turk to drive revenue thru increased accessibility, discoverability, and compliance. Gain efficiencies such as pay-for-what-you-use, speed & accuracy, and on-demand production.
Amazon Mechanical Turk does not endorse factual or legal conclusions of third parties based on their use of services offered through the Mechanical Turk Marketplace.
Using the power of OpenAI with your own data: what's possible and how to start?Maxim Salnikov
The top questions we get about ChatGPT-powered enterprise scenarios are all about using the company's own data as the basis for the responses. In this session, we'll explore various options starting from simply injecting data into the prompt to the advanced architectures with multiple Cognitive Services chained together and fine-tuning models - all for you to choose the flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient solution that works the best for you.
Water billing management system project report.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project entitled “Water Billing Management System” aims is to generate Water bill with all the charges and penalty. Manual system that is employed is extremely laborious and quite inadequate. It only makes the process more difficult and hard.
The aim of our project is to develop a system that is meant to partially computerize the work performed in the Water Board like generating monthly Water bill, record of consuming unit of water, store record of the customer and previous unpaid record.
We used HTML/PHP as front end and MYSQL as back end for developing our project. HTML is primarily a visual design environment. We can create a android application by designing the form and that make up the user interface. Adding android application code to the form and the objects such as buttons and text boxes on them and adding any required support code in additional modular.
MySQL is free open source database that facilitates the effective management of the databases by connecting them to the software. It is a stable ,reliable and the powerful solution with the advanced features and advantages which are as follows: Data Security.MySQL is free open source database that facilitates the effective management of the databases by connecting them to the software.
Advancing Equity and Inclusion for Deaf Students in Higher Education3Play Media
Join us for a session presented by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) on creating inclusive environments in higher education for deaf students. NDC will provide valuable insights into the common barriers faced by deaf students in higher education and offer strategies for fostering inclusivity.
"Am I Doing This Right?" Imposter Syndrome and Accessibility Maturity3Play Media
Register for this free webinar to learn ways to navigate challenges, embark on an exciting growth trajectory, and ensure a smooth accessibility career journey.
The 3Play Way: Real-Time Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
During the session, you will gain insights into 3Play Media’s technologies and integrations to understand how these tools work in harmony with our highly skilled captioners to provide seamless, real-time captions that meet the highest standards of quality. Whether it’s live lectures, virtual classrooms, or campus events, our real-time services ensure that students have equal access to educational content.
Developing a Centrally Supported Captioning System with Utah State University3Play Media
Join us for a spotlight chat with Utah State University (USU) as they share their remarkable journey in developing a centrally supported captioning system across their statewide university campuses. This engaging webinar will delve into the various aspects of their captioning initiative, highlighting the challenges they faced, the strategies they've implemented, and their progress so far.
Lessons Learned: Canada’s Past, Present, and Future Leadership in Digital Acc...3Play Media
Canada is recognized as a global leader in digital accessibility, most recently with their introduction of the Accessible Canada Act. Like all countries, Canada has an imperfect history when it comes to accessibility and inclusivity, but what can others learn from Canada in how to operationalize an accessible ecosystem? How can other countries build inclusive practices into their culture and legislation?
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), join us as David Berman, an internationally recognized expert in inclusive design and strategic communications, discusses Canada’s history of leadership in accessibility, as well as predicting where the puck is heading regarding regulations and emerging standards that can benefit everyone within and beyond its borders.
David will share experience and insights that will help you leave no one behind online... while enjoying the “Accessibility Dividend” for all.
As Product Professionals we are told our job is to create products that either solve user problems or take advantage of opportunities. The challenge is that, during this time, this seems hard to find as new product innovations are being released every day. Are we running out of problems or opportunities? No, we have simply only been looking at the problem/opportunity from our usual viewpoint of the average user. What if we looked at it from a different lens? What if we look at people who always struggle with problems based on their environments not accommodating their unique needs? I argue, this is the gold mine of opportunity for creating innovative products. Solving the mismatches of people with disabilities will lead into innovations for your users and customers of all abilities! We will discuss the real-world examples of this, how to do it, and future market demand. We will all be disabled one day.
Why Every Company Needs to Think and Act Like a Media Company3Play Media
In this session, we will explore what it means to operate as a media company by owning your own channels and ensuring your content is accessible to a diverse audience.
2023 State of Automatic Speech Recognition3Play Media
This session will discuss the findings from a 2023 research study of leading ASR engines to understand how speech AI measures up to the task of captioning and transcription without the intervention of a human editor. The study tested 549 files across nine industries, testing approximately 107 hours of content with a total of over 900,000 words.
Although Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is commonly heard of in higher education, most are implementing it at the level of individual interactions or think it's just another facet of accessibility efforts. During this session, we will build on the foundational knowledge of UDL to create expert-level UDL systems at our institutions. We will work together to develop observation and assessment techniques for UDL to create a foundation from which we can build.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace - Part 13Play Media
This webinar, presented in partnership with Tara Cunningham from Beyond-Impact, aims to illuminate the experiences of neurodivergent people in the workplace – from the first interview to annual performance reviews. We’ll discuss the impact of a neurodiverse team on overall productivity and communication, as well as introduce easy-to-implement accommodations that could benefit neurodivergent employees… and your organization as a whole.
How To Deliver an Accessible Online Presentation3Play Media
This presentation will share the challenges people with disabilities face in delivering or participating in online presentations at conferences and meetings.
In this webinar, Bet Hannon, Founder and CEO of AccessiCart, gave non-technical, practical tips for improving website accessibility and discuss the benefits of having an accessible site.
2022 Digital Accessibility Legal Update.pdf3Play Media
3Play Media’s annual end-of-the-year Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold.
Learning Objectives:
--Legal requirements impacting digital accessibility (primarily in the US, touching upon international requirements).
--Updates on major digital access court cases, laws, regulations, and settlements over the past twelve months.
--Best practices for digital accessibility to stay ahead of the legal curve as defined by industry leaders, court orders, and major settlements.
-- Ethics in the digital accessibility legal space (centering disabled people and avoiding fear, quick fixes, and shortcuts).
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Free Complete Python - A step towards Data Science
Advanced Workflows for Closed Captioning
1. 1
Advanced Workflows for
Closed Captioning
Kara Zirkle
IT Accessibility Coordinator
George Mason University
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Lily Bond
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Director of Marketing
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2. OLC Workshops of Interest to You
• Special discounts available for OLC Members!
June 20 - 26, 2016 – Fundamentals: ADA & Web Accessibility
http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/workshops
4. Accessibility Laws: 508, 504
Rehabilitation Act: Sections 508, 504
‣ Covers federal agencies and orgs with federal funding
‣ Assistive Technology Act
5. Accessibility Laws: ADA
Rehabilitation Act: Sections 508, 504
‣ Covers federal agencies and orgs with federal funding
‣ Assistive Technology Act
ADA: Titles II, III
‣ Covers public and commercial entities
‣ Lawsuits: What is a “place of public accommodation”?
6. Accessibility Laws: CVAA
Rehabilitation Act: Sections 508, 504
‣ Covers federal agencies and orgs with federal funding
‣ Assistive Technology Act
ADA: Titles II, III
‣ Covers public and commercial entities
‣ Lawsuits: What is a “place of public accommodation”?
CVAA
‣ Covers Internet content that aired on TV
‣ Includes video clips
‣ Copyright owner bears responsibility
7. Closed Captioning Lawsuits: Netflix
‣ National Association of the Deaf (NAD), et al. v Netflix
– What constitutes a place of public accommodation?
– How did the NAD originally bring Netflix under the ADA?
– Settlement & implications
8. Closed Captioning Lawsuits: Harvard/MIT
‣ National Association of the Deaf (NAD), et al. v Netflix
‣ NAD vs. Harvard & MIT
– Current state of the case
– Implications for higher education
– Changing scope of the ADA
10. Integrations: How Do They Work?
First, link your accounts
Video Platform
Captioning Vendor
2. Captioning vendor will get started
11. Integrations: In-Depth Look
1. Link accounts
2. Option: upload media directly to
your captioning account
File is automatically sent to
vendor
3. Transcription and captioning
process is kicked off
4. Captions are automatically posted
back to platform for viewing
2. Upload media into video platform
(e.g., Mediasite or YouTube)
Captions text editor available for use
if needed by some vendors
5. Output files stored
and available for
download in any format
from some vendors’
account systems
13. Aug 2009 –
Purchase of DocSoft
(Faculty and Staff to use
on their own)
Jan 2011 –
Submitted Captioning
Proposal (ATI DIY, we do
it, you send it)
June 2011 -
Proposal Approved
(hired students and
purchased technology)
July – Sept 2011
Training and Launch of
Pilot Project (Small
group of Instructional
Designers)
Jan and Spring 2012 –
Time to update and
better our process from
lessons learned. Full
time Accessible Media
Coordinator was hired.
2013 – Started using a
Hybrid method of
moving from DIY to
more Vendor. (See
costing slide)
Spring 2014 – Kaltura
implemented and a RFP
(Request for Proposal)
was sent out for
captioning
Spring 2015 – IFB
(Invitation for Bid) all
money comes from
overhead funds from
the University due to
high costs and demand.
Today – We have multiple
contracts with captioning
vendors to help with cost
based upon turn around
time costs, SME topics,
etc.
14. Current Process
Old Process
EMAIL REQUEST
SUBMISSION RECEIVED VIA
ATI WEBSITE
ACCMEDIA COORDINATOR
PREPS FILE
UPLOAD FINAL VIDEO AND
SRT FILE TO YOUTUBE or
KALTURA, THEN SEND
LINK(S) OR PUSH VIDEO
Outsource to 3rd party
15. FY12* FY13 FY14 FY15 FY 16 (so far)
Total Minutes 3,453 7,309 16,419 19,261 14,766
Total Hours 57.55 121.82 278.4 321 241
Total Jobs 195 371 1034 1296 876
Hours
(Outsourced)
18.63 68.97 222.55 275.95 241
Jobs (Outsourced) 24 177 901 1136 876
Avg. Cost/Min
(Outsourced)
$2.94 $2.73 $2.35 $1.88 $1.39
Hours (In-house)* 38.92 52.85 51.1 45.05 2.68
Jobs (In-house)* 171 194 133 160 70
Total Costs (In-
house)*
$13,723.45 $0 $0 $0 $0
Avg. Cost/Min (In-
house)*
$5.87 $0 $0 $0 $0
Cost Savings ($6,858.55)* $10,163.36 $13,420.31 $9,050.83 $7,180.02
*In FY12, all in-house work is attributed solely to grad students. That work is now shared
amongst a number of Mason staff/faculty since FY13.
Cost Comparisons by FY
16. What the overall numbers show…
147
337
1034
1296
877
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 (so far)
Completed Acc Media Requests
17. Website and Videos
• University Web Audit
– Provided accessibility reviews, which were included in
University’s web audit, number of documents were
included but number of videos were impossible.
– Reviewed Priority 1 and Priority 2 websites (over 110
websites)
• P1: Academics, Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Health, Housing,
Visitors, HR
• P2: Individual College and School websites
– Page scans 5 levels deep, up to 100 pages
– Reports provided to Web Developer
• University Web Overhaul
– Phase 1 websites redesigned.
– Raise in captioning requests for websites
18. What the breakdown shows part 1
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Compliance DE
Compliance Web
Accommodation
23
17
14
133
12
226
813
40
181
990
24
256
664
62 150
Compliance Breakdown vs Accommodation
FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 (so far)
20. Who’s Using the Service?
• Over 180 faculty/staff members have made requests
• Top 3 Schools/Colleges/Units making requests
– Volgenau School of Engineering
– SPGIA (School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs) – Due to
Web Overhaul
– College of Science
• Reasons for Request
– Compliance for DE Course – 74.9% (up 1.7%)
– Compliance for F2F Course – 0% (down 1.1%)
– Web Compliance – 7.5% (up 4.2%) – Due to web overhaul
– Disability Accommodation – 17.8 % (down 4.6%)
21. Improved Access to Library Resources
• How does this effect captioning?
Library purchases media databases as well as provide media
to be loaned out. Captioning and audio description still come
in as requests.
• Library established an Accessibility
Coordinator/Instruction Designer position
- Liaison between our office and library staff/resources
• This has led to:
- Improved hand-off when captioning library resources
- Improved coordination with Copyright Office
– Informal process for review of library technology purchases – For
example, helping library Procurement to ensure responsibility of
captioning isn’t solely on Mason if a media database is purchased.
22. What the breakdowns show part 3
546
1326
26
1640
EMAIL KALTURA LIBRARY (DATABAES) YOUTUBE
Breakdown of Delivery of Media File
Overall #s
23. Next Steps
• Assess Workflow
• Continue working with stakeholders (DE, Library)
• Continue tracking media, finding new areas for tracking
• All options on table!
• Continue to improve campus buy-in
• MARKETING, MARKETING, MARKETING!
• Targeted marketing (Semi-annual mailings)
• Faculty/Staff Trainings (monthly)
• DE Course Reviews
• Department Champions to help spread the word
• Everything located in one place
• Improve costs/timelines
• RFP for captioning to was used to reduce per minute costs
• Outsource ALL requests. Doing this allows more time for the Accessible
Media Coordinator to work hands on with various faculty and departments to
make the process easier which builds more overall business.
25. What Is “Good Enough” for Captioning?
‣ ADA, Section 508,
Section 504, CVAA,
and FCC all state:
– An equivalent
alternative must be
provided video
content
‣ How Accurate Is
Accurate?
–
26. For Example …
‣ What does 85%
accuracy look like?
– An 8-word sentence can
be ≅27% accurate
– A 10-word sentence can
be ≅20% accurate
– This example of a 9-
word sentence is 22%
accurate (2 words are
correct).
27. Create a Transcript for Your Video
This short video shows you how to get started in the
3Play Media account system. First, log in to
account.3playmedia.com. In Settings, you can specify
your Transcription Settings, Favorite Formats, and other
preferences which will help to personalize and simplify
the captioning, subtitling, and transcription process. In
particular, make sure that you specify your preference for
speaker identification. You can upload video or audio files
from your computer, from links, via FTP, or directly from
your video platform or lecture capture system.
Click Upload to select a service, turnaround time, and file
location. If you already have a transcript for your media
file, you can use the automated transcript ...
Note: transcription takes 5-6x real time
28. Create Your Own WebVTT or SRT File
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WebVTT (.vtt) SRT (.srt)
29. Use YouTube for Captioning
YouTube provides a great starting point
for captioning!
• Create transcript and set timings,
then download SRT file for use in
other video platforms
• Upload video to YouTube and
download SRT file of automatic
captions to edit
31. FCC Standards for Caption Quality
‣ Caption accuracy
– Must match spoken words to fullest extent possible and include non-verbal
information
– Allows some leniency for live captioning
‣ Caption synchronization
– Must coincide with their spoken words and sounds to the greatest extent possible
‣ Program completeness
– Captions must run from the beginning to the end of the program
‣ Onscreen caption placement
– Captions should not block other important visual content
32. Best Practices for Captioning Quality
‣ Spelling & Grammar
‣ Speaker Identification
‣ Sound Effects
‣ Punctuation
– “(SHOUTING) Hi” vs. “Hi!”
‣ Verbatim
‣ Minimum Duration
‣ Caption Placement
‣ Silence
‣ # Characters per line
‣ Font
‣ Synchronization
Transcription Standards Caption Frame Standards
35. What Is an API?
‣ “Application Programing Interface”
‣ Graphical User Interface (human to computer) vs. Application
Programming Interface (computer to computer)
‣ APIs allow two computers to interact with each other by passing data and
commands
36. What’s So Great About APIs?
‣ Design workflows that suit your business needs
‣ Automate repetitive manual tasks (esp. at scale)
‣ These reduce:
– Cost
– Labor hours
– Organizational and workflow complexity
37. What Can I Do with an API?
‣ Manage caption/translation/alignment jobs
– View media resource information
– Request captioning, translation, or alignment
– Download finished captions and transcripts
‣ Add interactive transcripts to your video
SubtitlesCaptions Transcripts Alignment Interactive
Transcripts
38. API Example
‣ Penn State Art & Architecture’s workflow
‣ Reason: scale
‣ Benefits: automation, cost
‣ Workflow
39. Take Part in a Research Study on Closed
Captioning in Higher Education
‣ Institutional Solutions for and Student Perceptions of Closed
Caption and Transcript Use in Institutions of Higher Education
– A collaborative research project funded by 3Play Media and the Oregon State University
Ecampus Research Unit
‣ Incentives
– Five 10-hour captioning credits valued by 3Play Media at $1,500 will be raffled to institutional
participants who elect to share their email address for the purpose of the raffle
– Institutions will also receive anonymous aggregated data for their institution
‣ Two reports will be created for this project: one regarding data
from the student survey and one regarding data from the
institutional survey
‣ Principal Investigator:
– Dr. Katie Linder, kathryn.linder@oregonstate.edu, 541-737-4629
40. 40
Presenters
Kara Zirkle
IT Accessibility Coordinator
George Mason University
Lily Bond
3Play Media
Director of Marketing
lily@3playmedia.com
Q&A
Upcoming Webinars:
May 12: The Future of Closed Captioning in Higher
Education
May 26: The Anatomy of an IT Accessibility
Coordinator
June 2: Quick Start to Captioning
You can register for these free webinars at:
www.3playmedia.com/webinars/
Please type your questions into the window in your control
panel. A recording of this webinar will be available for replay.
Editor's Notes
1973
Section 504: anti-discrimination law that requires equal access for individuals with disabilities
Section 508: introduced in 1998 to require federal communications and information technology to be accessible
Closed captioning requirements are written directly into Section 508, and are often applied to Section 504
504 = federal & federally funded
508 = just federal, but any states receiving funding from the Assistive Technology Act are required to comply with Section 508, so often that law will extend to state-funded organizations like colleges and universities
1990
5 sections
Title II: public entities; Title III: commercial entities
"Places of public accommodation" – what constitutes this?
Tested against online businesses
2010
Previously aired on television
Clips
Netflix sued by National Association of the Deaf in 2012 for failing to provide closed captions for most of its "Watch Instantly" movies and television shows streamed on the Internet.
First time that Title III of the ADA (place of public accommodation) had been applied to Internet only businesses (before, it had only been applied to physical structures like wheelchair ramps)
Landmark lawsuit: Netflix argued that they don't qualify as a place of public accommodation in accordance with the ADA – but the plaintiffs' lawyers (some of whom were involved in the writing of the ADA in 1990) argued that the ADA was meant to grow to expand accommodations as the world changed
Court ruled in favor of the National Association of the Deaf, saying that:
"The legislative history of the ADA makes clear that Congress intended the ADA to adapt to changes in technology"
"Excluding businesses that sell services through the Internet from the ADA would run afoul of the purposes of the ADA"
Netflix settlement: Netflix agreed to caption 100% of its streaming content.
This case set a profound precedent for companies streaming video content across industries, including entertainment, education, health care, and corporate training content (FedEx was sued for this recently – not providing closed captions on training videos).
Harvard and MIT were sued by the National Association of the Deaf for providing inaccessible video content that was either not captioned or was inaccurately/unintelligibly captioned
The first time outside of the entertainment industry that accuracy has been considered in legal ramifications for closed captioning
Crowdsourced and automatic captions can't guarantee that accuracy
Argument: that educational online videos are a public accommodation regardless of whether or not the ADA originally applied to physical structures. Arlene said:
"If you are a hearing person, you are welcomed into a world of lifelong learning through access to a community offering videos on virtually any topic imaginable, from climate change to world history or the arts. No captions is like no ramp for people in wheelchairs or signs stating ‘people with disabilities are not welcome.’”
In June, the Department of Justice submitted a statement of interest supporting the Plaintiffs' position that Harvard and MIT's free online courses and lectures discriminate against deaf and hard of hearing individuals by failing to provide equal access in the form of captions.
"The ADA applies to websites of public accommodations, and … the ADA regulations should be interpreted to keep pace with developing technologies."
"The United States respectfully submits this Statement of Interest to correct Harvard's misapplication of the primary jurisdiction doctrine and its misunderstanding of the ADA and Section 504.3."
Final argument was held in September; still waiting on a decision.
Outcome will have huge implications for higher education.
February 9 of 2016: Judge denied Harvard & MIT's motion to dismiss the lawsuit (barring objection from District Judge)
Integrations basics:
Link accounts (usually requires API key)
Tag video for captioning in platform
Sent directly to captioning vendor
Captions automatically post back to your videos when completed
Integrations more in depth:
Go through map
1. Box 1: 2009: Prior to 2009 – No Solution
August 2009 – Purchased Docsoft:AV Unit
ATI paid 1/3 upfront costs, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities (KIHd) covered rest
50/50 split of annual maintenance costs w/ KIHd
ATI
Manage access to service
Provide Docsoft:AV and :TE applications training to faculty and staff
Market and promote
KIHd
Host Docsoft:AV unit on their server
Set up website, http://docsoft.gmu.edu
Box 2 Jan 2011: January 2011 – Submitted proposal to provide in-house captioning services
Box 3 June 2011: – Proposal for FY12 was approved!
Bulk went toward increased staffing (1 PT to FT, 2 grad students)
Technology-related needs (laptops, Docsoft:AV/:TE licensing, etc.)
Unexpected costs (Outsourcing captioning and AD)
Box 4 July 2011: – Training and Setup (In-house)…
Aug./Sept. 2011 – Launching the Pilot Project!
Worked with 1 Instructional Designer
Emphasis on Windows Media Files (WMV)
Content came from:
YouTube, GMU-TV station, iTunesU, DE courses, Mason “channels” (i.e., YouTube, Vimeo)
3-week turnaround time on jobs!
Box 5 Jan and Spring 2012: End of Jan 2012 (Beginning of Spring semester)
**Goal to make service available to more IDs/faculty…eventually entire university**
How we fixed issues?
Delivery method (Created 3 YouTube channels—initially so many because of copyright issues—Kaltura has alleviated some of these issues)
Quality of captions (e.g., Media Access Group at WGBH Best Practices)
Procedures to address video description requests & outsourcing (e.g., over 60 min, less than 3-wk)
Lack of technical knowledge (Trial & Error)
Marketing (DE Council, Faculty Orientation Workshops, CDE, ID, Library)
Box 6 2013: FY 13 Highlights:
Good
YouTube was familiar
2.5x # of requests from FY12
Included in DE course reviews
Reduced turnaround time to 7-10 days
Bad
A lot of manual hand-off
Lack of predictability
GA’s couldn’t handle most immediate requests
Hire/Lose/Re-hire SWs
Copyright issues (2 YouTube accounts)
FY14 Highlights:
Good
Inclusion! University shift (Kaltura)
Growing predictability
2.8x # of requests from FY13
RFP for captioning/transcription
Improved workflows
Reduced turnaround time to 4 business days
Bad
Copyright Issues (Added 3rd YouTube account)
Outsourcing costs
Box 7 Spring 2014 - ITU purchased and implemented Kaltura video management platform during Spr/Sum 2014…full implementation Fall 2014/Spr 2015
Solved a number of captioning issues
Easy process for addressing last-minute requests
Standardized video management process
RFP for captioning/transcription vendors with Kaltura partnerships
Streamlined workflows/timelines/costs
Allowed for scalability
Box 8 Spring 2015: An Invitation for Bid was put out. This allowed multiple vendors to put in a request for pricing of captioning, no negotiations were made due to the IFB, unlike that of the RFP.
Box 9 Today: 2016 We have multiple contracts with captioning vendors to help with cost based upon turn around time costs, SME topics, etc.
2011 Workflow:
Accessible Media Pilot Workflow
EMAIL REQUEST SUBMISSION RECEIVED VIA COMMONSPOT
SENT TO GA FOR FILE PREP
DOCSOFT.GMU.EDU
DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT
EDIT WITH DOCSOFT:TE
UPLOAD VIDEO TO GMU
STREAMING SERVER
ATI WEB SERVER (Upload ASX and SMI files)
Finally, Email link to ASX file for faculty/staff member (from Web Hosting Server)
2012 Workflow:
Improved Accessible Media Workflow for Spring 2012
EMAIL REQUEST SUBMISSION RECEIVED VIA COMMONSPOT
ACCMEDIA COORDINATOR PREPS FILE or Outsource to 3rd party (>60 minutes)
Note: If you outsource, then skip to step #6.
Upload content to DOCSOFT.GMU.EDU
DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT from DOCSOFT.GMU.EDU
EDIT WITH DOCSOFT:TE/MOVIECAPTIONER
UPLOAD VIDEO AND SRT FILE TO YOUTUBE
Improved Accessible Media Workflow for Spring 2014
Email request submission received from website.
Sent to Accessible Media Coordinator for file prep (video/audio over 15 minutes or immediate need is sent out automatically)
Upload content to ATI’s Captions Channel on YouTube or directly to vendor’s website through Kaltura API.
Note: if you outsource, then skip to step #5.
If uploaded to YouTube, video is editing directly on YouTube using built-in editing tools.
Occasionally, videos are uploaded to http://docsoft.gmu.edu. If this is done, the SRT files is edited with Docsoft:TE or Moviecaptioner.
After editing, final video and captions file are delivered via Kaltura or YouTube (i.e., link to captioned video is emailed to faculty member if it is on YouTube. If video is already hosted on Kaltura, then videos are pushed directly to faculty member’s course through Bb)
Current 2016 Workflow:
Email request submission received from website.
Sent to Accessible Media Coordinator for file prep (video/audio over 15 minutes or immediate need is sent out automatically) Sometimes videos that may seem difficult due to background noise, accents, etc. may still be sent out if less than 15 minutes.
Upload content to ATI’s Captions Channel on YouTube or directly to vendor’s website through Kaltura API.
Note: if you outsource, then skip to step #5.
If uploaded to YouTube, video is editing directly on YouTube using built-in editing tools.
After editing, final video and captions file are delivered via Kaltura or YouTube (i.e., link to captioned video is emailed to faculty member if it is on YouTube. If video is already hosted on Kaltura, then videos are pushed directly to faculty member’s course through Bb)
ASRB, Online request process really opened the door…
Volgenau School of Engineering and College of Science are both large DE programs.
Chart shows what accuracy percentages look like when you put a lot of words together
80% look like?
Read out screen
Step 1: Create a transcript
5-6x real time
Important to follow standards
Non-speech elements
WebVTT & SRT are used in a lot of web-based media players
YouTube, Brightcove, Wistia, HTML5, JW Player
Time code, alignment, words in the frame (WebVTT)
Frame #, time codes, words in the frame (SRT)
Can save a lot of time
Create or upload transcript, then set timings > most complicated part of DIY captioning
Or: edit YouTube automatic captions (already have timings)
You can edit them in the platform, too
Accuracy, synchronicity, program completeness, onscreen placement
2014
vertical caption placement
Transcription standards
Should use proper spelling and grammar
Should include speaker ID
Should include relevant sound effects (keys jangling)
Can use punctuation to make speaker’s intent clear
Verbatim: important for things like scripted TV shows – the “um” is intentional there – can be left out in other types of content
Caption Frame standards
Minimum duration – 1 second
Captions shouldn’t obscure other visual information
Don’t allow last caption frame to hang on the screen through 15 seconds of silence
Should not exceed 32 characters per line, nor more than 3 lines of text at a time
Font should be non-serif (like Helvetica medium)
Caption frames should be precisely time-synchronized to the audio.
List of common formats & where you need them
SRT caption file example
SCC file = hex frames, more difficult to understand and create from scratch
GUI vs API
Computers interacting w/o user interface
Integrations are built using APIs – their system connects with ours
Can also be used for your own internal systems – plug into our API
custom designed workflows
Scale automated tasks (uploading, downloading, posting, etc.)
Efficiency of cost, hours, etc.
commands that allow you to manage captioning, translation, and alignment
view info
view progress
download finished captions & transcripts
add int trans
system constantly checking for these commands
ELMS Media – host all their media assets for online courses
Almost 2,000 videos
Took Bryan Ollendyke and his team less than a week to develop and test the API integration
Matter of scale: "saved us from probably hiring 2-3 other people to be a dedicated part of the media staff to pretty much just click the buttons."
PROCESS:
Upload video.
Transcription status: needs transcription (send to 3play, received, completed, none)
BACKEND: transcription workflow button
Fields for needs captions, caption, transcript
Bulk select or select one
Switch to send to 3play media
The servers have this thing called Cron – a job that runs on an interval
Batch and ship off nightly
Ask 3Play about everything that's already processing
Send any files that say "send to 3play"
Get caption and transcripts in specified files
Check status
Stores files locally
Staff doesn't need to know HTML, understand captioning & transcription, etc.
When done: automatically downloads caption & transcript file and posts back to video.