University of Arizona

Paying For and Implementing Captioning Both Proactively and Reactively

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About The University of Arizona

Students: 40,000

Faculty & Staff: 5,000

Students with Disabilities: 2,000

Deaf & Hard of Hearing students & staff: 75

The University of Arizona – Old Main

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UA’s Commitment to Captioning

• Disability Resource Center identified as the campus resource • Locate captioned media

• Create captioned media

• Work with vendors to add captions

• Defines content requiring captioning

• Provides best practices and resources

• http://drc.arizona.edu/outreach-education/captioning-commitment

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Captioning - Encouraged

• Outreach Activity:• UA public relations staff

• Departments producing training materials

• Suggested Access Statement:• To request a transcript or a captioned version of this audio material

as a disability-related accommodation, please contact Disability Resources at drc-info@email.arizona.edu.

Partnerships

University Libraries

• Streaming media services

• Ensure faculty know, and use, resources

• Library staff can request captions

Digital Learning and Online Education

• New online education program

• Adopting Quality Matters standards

• Create accessible online experience

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Captioning - Required

• Targeted Faculty Outreach• Caption all media before classes start

• Minimize captioning during semester

• Address faculty purposes for use of media

• Mandatory Student and Employee Training

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Paying the Bills

• Institutional account managed by Disability Resources• Campus commitment to accessible, equitable access

• Uncontrollable, unpredictable expenses

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Discoveries

• Use campus resources, i.e. Library

• Copyright

• Technology: A + B = C?

• Always review media

• Communicate

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The Future

• Continue to increase awareness and support

• Questions/Possible Solutions• Central campus support

• Staff Positions

• Student employees

• On-campus solution for DIY

• On-going campus discussions