Ensuring Accessible Video

Learn how to make your videos accessible to all people, regardless of physical limitations or disability. By creating captioned media, you not only reach the widest audience possible, but also improve the searchability of your video content for everyone.

Choose Best Practices

Why Accessible Video is Important

Understand the Need

Learn core accessibility skills

Introduction to Web Accessibility (WebAIM)

Accessibility & Inclusion

Accessibility is everyone's job.

Impact of Accessibility in Digital Environments

Frequently Asked Questions

Understand the Requirements

Civil Rights Laws & Guidelines

UMN Accessibility of IT Policy

Planning for Accessible Video

Understand Basic Accessibility Principles

Plan for Accessibility from the Start

Learn Best Practices for Multimedia

Add Video Captions & Transcripts

Incorporate Audio Descriptions

Learn more about Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions (WebAIM)

Make Audio and Video Media Accessible (W3C)

Plan for Your Class & Course Site

Accessify Your Course

Canvas Accessibility Considerations

Use Videos that Already Include Captions

Filter your YouTube search so only videos with closed captions are returned.

Create Captioned Video

Creating Effective Captions

Understand How Captions Work

Quality Captioning

Captioning Style Guide

These guidelines are provided by the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP), via the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of the Deaf.

Text

Language Mechanics

Presentation Rate

Sound Effects & Music

Speaker Identification

Special Considerations

Appendices