Video Production Guidelines

From UTEP's Official Captioning Policy:

• The University is committed to adhering to the requirements of Sections 504 & 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, by providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Provide equal access to videos, movie clips, DVDs, and films (whether shown in class or assigned outside of class, shown at a University event, or used to promote the University) by using products with open or closed-captioning, or subtitles.
• In accordance with federal law it is the responsibility of all colleges/departments, administrators, faculty, and staff to utilize only media products with open or closed-captioning, or subtitles, and/or provide an alternate format, such as a script.

It is the responsibility of the college/department, administrators, faculty and staff to:

1. Purchase and use captioned videos/DVDs/films for teaching purposes in their assigned classroom and/or college/department or University-sponsored event;
2. Substitute a video/DVD/film with captioning in the place of an older version without captioning;
3. Update all video/DVD/film stock to include only those with captioning; and
4. Create captions for any University-created video.

(via UTEP Captioning Policy)

It is the responsibility of the college/department, administrators, faculty and staff to:

1. Transition their media materials into captioned and accessible products for all;
2. Inquire in the Media & Microforms area of the Library to determine if the University has a captioned version;
3. Seek an alternative video/DVD/film with closed-captioning;
4. Make a determination if the video/DVD/film is essential to a course or if it may be deleted from a syllabus; or
5. Offer an alternative assignment to a student in place of viewing a non-captioned video/DVD/film.

(via UTEP Captioning Policy)

• ⬇ see below for resources to help you caption your own videos ⬇

Below are resources to help you create high-quality, DIY captions for your original videos.

• For tips on captioning videos on hosting sites such as YouTube or Vimeo, see Video Hosting Services