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Free Membership - Access to more than just media

Families and school personnel (including those in training) who have at least one student with a disability can sign up for free membership.

Accessible Media

Standards-aligned videos with high-quality captions and audio description.

Teaching Tools

Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.

Training Videos

Educator and sign language training videos for school personnel and families.
Learning Center

Find resources for providing equal access in the classroom, making media accessible, and maximizing your use of DCMP's free services.
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Accessibility Information

DCMP's Learning Center provides hundreds of articles on topics such as remote learning, transition, blindness, ASL, topic playlists, and topics for parents.

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Accessibility Guidelines

DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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Learn how to apply for membership, find and view accessible media, and use DCMP’s teaching tools.
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Continuing Education and Professional Development

DCMP offers several online courses, including many that offer RID and ACVREP credit. Courses for students are also available.
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QuickClasses

Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.

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Workshops

For interpreters, audio describers, parents, and educators working with students who are hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
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Modules

Modules are self-paced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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Students

These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.

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Make your educational content accessible and broadly available.

DCMP can add captions, audio description, and sign language interpretation to your educational videos and E/I programming.
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Accessibility

Captions are essential for viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing, and audio description makes visual content accessible for the blind and visually impaired.

Distribution

DCMP can ensure that your content is always accessible and always available to children with disabilities through our secure streaming platforms.

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About the Described and Captioned Media Program

The DCMP provides services designed to support and improve the academic achievement of students with disabilities. We partner with top educational and television content creators and distributors to make media accessible and available to these students.
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National Geographic Society

Inspiring people to care about the planet! National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, National Geographic gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.

Row upon row of grayish white stone crosses in a military cemetery. Caption. 1914-1918, World War I.

Closeup of black and white photo of molten steel pouring out of a container. Caption. 1929-1941, The Great Depression.

Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.

Aerial view of a dazzle of zebras running together in one direction across a blurred grassland area.

Tall snowcapped mountains covered in lush green trees and a light green river with two rafts winding through the valley. Caption: Clearly this place has to be preserved.

Computer rendering of an olive green and brown Tyrannosaurus rex standing on its hind legs and tilting slightly forward.

Senior man wearing glasses faces camera, surrounded by models of human skulls and full skeleton in background. Title card below reads, "Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor". Caption. A new species, a new line.

Sepia-tone photo of two men with black skin dressed in Western cowboy attire. A white saddled horse stands next to them.

Man wearing a headset leans over towards a Civil War-era submarine. Caption. Once we get it away, we'll run a wire inside to ensure.

Black and white closeup of a person's legs walking on a map with continents and latitude and longitude lines. They wear dark pants and sneakers and walk.

A lighthouse with the sails of ships in the background. Caption: the same natural enemy-- erosion.

Camera of a woman sitting in the rear seat of a car looks at camera with a surprised expression. Caption. I feel I have to go back.

Closeup of 2 arms, extended into a hand shake against a backdrop of a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds.

Person holding the head of a snake on the ground with a metal rod and holding the snake just behind the head with their hand. Caption: The snake charmers will burn the venom glands.

Men in military uniform sit amongst civilians in a crowd of people. Caption. Man 2 as narrator. That at Iwo Jima, all those who fought.

Closeup of a bird with a hot pink head and brown body perching on a branch.

Textile factory floor with high ceilings and long rolls of white and blue fabric in a production line.

Man crouches, looks down at an archaeological dig site. Caption: Narrator. Mark Lehner is professor of Egyptian archaeology.