We’ll teach your team how to create accessible multimedia. They’ll learn about the different factors that impact accessibility and walk away with an understanding of captions, transcripts, audio descriptions and media players. We’ll cover the regulations, policies and guidelines applicable to multimedia, so you’re following the most up-to-date standards.
Learning Objectives
Multimedia guidelines
Learn the accessibility standards that guide multimedia best practices.
Creating captions
Learn best practices, workflows, and social media considerations for captions.
Creating transcripts
Learn when transcripts are needed and how to create them.
Creating audio descriptions
Learn what audio descriptions are, how to write them and what workflow to follow.
Accessible media players
Learn the characteristics of an accessible media player with examples.
Audience:
This training is primarily intended for media departments and content creators, but also recommended for front-end developers.
Time estimate:
This training typically takes two hours.
Topics covered:
During this training, we typically cover the following topics:
Introduction to accessibility
Accessibility and inclusive/universal design
Digital accessibility: the big idea
Brief WCAG review
Criteria that focus on multimedia
Introduction to accessible multimedia
What is accessible multimedia?
Introduction to:
Captions
Transcripts
Audio descriptions
Media players
The benefits of accessible multimedia
Relevant regulations
Overview of creating captions (note: this is not a tutorial on using a specific tool)
Caption support in media players
How captions are transmitted/delivered to users
Available tools for DIY captions (no endorsements implied)
Caption-creation workflow
Automatically generated captions
Caption support in video platforms (Zoom, WebEx, Google Meet, etc.)
Caption support in social media
Creating transcripts
When to provide a transcript
Formatting transcripts
Overview of creating audio descriptions (note: this is not a tutorial on using a specific tool)
Audio-description support in media players
Available tools for DIY audio descriptions (no endorsements implied)
Audio-description workflow
Additional approaches for audio-description
Characteristics and examples of accessible media players
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re here to help you achieve better digital accessibility. If you can’t find an answer you need, please contact us.
Our team makes training recommendations based on your unique needs and project timeline. We incorporate training strategically, weaving sessions into your project, so that your teams have the skills they need when they need them, making an immediate impact. Building skills in-house throughout our engagement sets you up for continued success.
As many as you’d like! We don’t limit participants, because as educators, our goal is to build your organization’s skills. We open up our training to your entire team, so you have the help you need to sustain accessibility across your organization.
Of course you can! As you train with us, you can develop your own internal training library, which can serve as a resource for your current and future employees.
Yes, we can work with your vendor! We recommend training be provided in the most accessible format possible and will work directly with your caption provider to implement. If you don’t have a caption provider, we can make recommendations.
Talk to an expert about your accessibility needs.
We’re excited to partner with you to help your organization reach, engage and serve more people, more fully.