[Accessibility_sig] Captioning requirements on supplemental materials

[Sean Keegan]

Hi Jan,

 > When an instructor in a classroom-based class tapes every lecture using
 > Camtasia Studio and produces videos, and posts these on the Web as
 > supplemental materials (i.e., not required, but just provided in case
 > students wish to review the lecture), are those videos required to be
 > captioned?

I do not believe that the existence of the materials as supplemental or 
required is the issue.  If the materials are provided for student use, 
then the materials need to be in an accessible format.

That being said, a few questions:
- are the materials within a closed LMS (e.g., Blackboard/WebCT, Moodle, 
etc.) that does not allow for general public participation?  In other 
words, the availability of the materials are restricted.
- Are the materials being re-used in that environment (i.e., archived 
for use next quarter/semester?).
- Is there a need in this class to provide captions for a student who is 
deaf/hard-of-hearing?

If the answers are "These materials are *not* available for general 
public use" AND "The materials will *not* be archived or reused again in 
a subsequent course, quarter, semester", AND "There are *no* students 
who need the materials captioned", then you are probably okay to not 
caption.

For a complete legal answer, I would recommend checking with your campus 
legal counsel or the CA Community College System Office.

take care,
Sean

Sean Keegan
Web Accessibility Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges