Cross Campus Partners Addressing Accessibility

Last updated: February 10, 2023 A quick guide for faculty regarding digital accessibility and accommodations.  This article covers: Accessibility Highlights Introduction Need to Know Contacts Bookstore Deadlines for Bookstore Disability Services Program Library Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) ADA Coordinator and the Office of Equal Opportunity Accessibility Highlights: Submit your textbooks to the DU […]

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Kaltura: Editing Captions for YouTube Videos using Kaltura MediaSpace

In this article Overview Log into DU MediaSpace Add new item import YouTube Copy YouTube share link Paste YouTube share link Edit video details Edit video captions How to download .SRT caption files from Kaltura How to upload .SRT to YouTube How to improve captioning quality Overview You might find a YouTube video that needs […]

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Kaltura – Editing Closed Captions

All video and audio files uploaded to Kaltura My Media within Canvas or DU MediaSpace will have an Auto Speech Recognition (ASR) closed caption file. The video owner or editor can edit the closed captions to improve accuracy. Captions should be close to 99% accuracy. This article describes how to edit captions. ASR captions can […]

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ZOOM Closed captioning and live transcription

Our DU community ZOOM enterprise license now allows for real-time closed captions and live transcription (see below). Tech Prerequisites Closed captioningZoom desktop client (enter or view captions)Windows: version 3.5 or highermacOS: version 3.5. or higherZoom mobile app (view captions only)Android: version 4.0 or higheriOS: version 4.0 or higherLive transcriptionZoom desktop client for Windows, macOS: version […]

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ZOOM Accessibility Checklist

Last updated on June 13, 2022 Our ZOOM enterprise license at the University of Denver now provides computer generated real-time closed captions and transcripts. This improves the accessibility and user experience for all ZOOM meeting/webinar participants.  Here are a few tips for the various people participating in ZOOM events. As the ZOOM host Here are […]

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How to produce videos that are accessible and improve learning

Here are some tips on how to produce videos that are accessible and improve learning via good design and implementation. The video below illustrates various techniques to reach both objectives. Why is this so important? 1 out of 5 students at DU has self-reported as a person with a disability. 15% of DU student population […]

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Making Video and Audio Content Accessible

This article includes: Does DU have a free video/audio closed captioning software? Does DU use any 3rd party captions/transcript providers? How to add or request captions depending on the technology type This document was created to help faculty and staff members create closed captions or text transcripts for video or audio files.  By law, we […]

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