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Accessible Videos: Basics of Captions and Transcripts

Practical tips to ensure inclusive and effective videos

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 17, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you interested in improving the effectiveness of your instructional videos? Do you know how to ensure your videos are accessible for all learners? In this session, we'll share strategies to design instructional videos that enhance learning, boost engagement, and meet accessibility standards. Learn practical strategies to make your videos more effective for all learners. 

Session Objectives

  • Identify key accessibility features of effective instructional videos

  • Recognize how visual and audio quality enhance video accessibility.

  • Recognize how communication style impacts accessibility.

  • Learn how to create accessible videos with captions and transcripts

This session will be facilitated by Dr. Peter Ariev, Instructional Design Specialist and Dr. Ben Amudzi, Instructional Technology Specialist. Open to all faculty and instructional staff. No prior accessibility experience needed.

To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” in the myUMBC event and be sure to add it to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host at least one week before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC Event post and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Google Meet session.

Prior to the Event

  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  

  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video, change/blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility support including live captions. 

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Event Registration

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