Instructor Information
Realtime Captioning
Realtime captioning for an academic course involves a trained captioner transcribing spoken words into text in real-time. This text is then displayed on a screen or device for students to read, providing immediate access to spoken content for those who are D/deaf or hard-of-hearing. This service enables students to follow along with lectures, discussions, labs, and other verbal interactions, ensuring they can fully engage with the course material and participate in classroom activities.
Captioned Media
Academic captioned media is multimedia content that presents spoken dialogue, speaker identifications, sound effects, and music descriptions as on-screen text. This text-based representation of audio is commonly known as closed captions, allowing individuals to read along with the spoken content. Whether it's a recorded lecture, television clip, webcast, film excerpt, or short video, this conversion process ensures accessibility by providing a textual equivalent of the audio for students who are D/deaf or hard-of-hearing.
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreting
American Sign Language (ASL) serves as a mode of communication for students who are D/deaf or hard-of-hearing, relying on visual cues such as hand shapes, placement, and movements. Beyond manual gestures, facial expressions and body movements enrich communication in ASL, making it applicable across various university contexts including classrooms, discussion sections, labs, meetings, and seminars.