Accessibility Resources
What does accessibility mean?
It means that we prepare digital information so that those with disabilities can use them. Studies show that when you make your content accessible, you make it more user friendly for everyone.
Making Content Accessible
There are many courses and tutorials to learn to make content accessible. We have some suggestions for where you can get started. We also offer some resources to help when you need a reminder.
Training
There are many resources for learning how to make your content accessible. These techniques can benefit all of the content consumers and sometimes improve your workflow. Making these techniques habits will increase the usability of your content for all.
Accessibility Training Resources
Accessibility Statement for Syllabi
Include the following statement, approved by the Bakersfield College Curriculum Committee, in your syllabus about accommodations:
Bakersfield College recognizes the importance and benefits of using technology to enhance student learning, especially as it helps students, faculty and staff communicate more effectively. Every effort will be made to ensure that the design of instructional material and activities for ALL classes taught at Bakersfield College, both face-to-face and at a distance, are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities.
DSPS Resources for Faculty
External Document Services
We do not currently have an internal document remediation service. Making documents accessible for the web site and the classroom is the responsibility of the department/staff/faculty providing the document. For complex documents or when you have numerous documents to make accessible, it may be more efficient to outsource the remediation of your PDF documents. The CCCCO recommends the vendors below. Services are at the expense of your department.
Captioning
All media, including video and audio, must be captioned. Captions must be 99% accurate for the sounds and speech on all videos. Accuracy includes punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization.
Captioning Your Own Material
See Accessibility for Video and Audio Files for resources and training.
Captioning Purchased Media
No captions on a video you purchased? It must be captioned to use in any class. You must request permission from the copyright holder before it can be captioned.
DECT Grant
To get your videos captioned by the DECT Grant via 3CMediasolutionslorg:
