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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.

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Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.

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

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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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Science Methods

Within Science

Silver four-door sedan sits on top of a huge air-filled bag as two men look on.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science in the Kitchen

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science Magic

Inside a science museum, three kids look at a display made of wood, metal, and coils.

Inside a science museum, we see an inflated parachute above a gated-off machine. In the background is a large dinosaur skeleton.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Science of Suds

We see a child’s toy set with six test tubes, each filled with clear liquid and colorful bubbles.

Person stretches out a giant glob of clear sparkly slime, as it oozes through their fingers.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Soda

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Sound Experiments

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Supermarket Science

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: The DIY SCI Challenge

Close-up of the sign in front of a museum that reads, “The Franklin Institute Science Museum." A smaller sign below reads, “Education and Conference Center Entrance.”

Though he is inside, a bearded man in a canary yellow raincoat holds a bright yellow umbrella over his head.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: The Power of Air

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Toys

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Weather Experiments

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Animal Kingdom Meets Future Tech

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Growing Food

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Humans Adapting to Extreme Environments

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Nature Inspires

Public works facility stands under a cloudy sky.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: The Future of Money

Close-up of a machine in a makerspace.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Urban Farmers

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Warfare

We see a close-up rendering of a colorful twisting strand of DNA against a dark background.

Man wearing a suit holds a phone in his hand as a holographic diagram leaps out of the screen.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky reads the text, “Life 2.0, ‘The Body Shop.’”

Twisting strand of blue and gold DNA lit up against a dark background.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Digi-Life.’”

Digital rendering shows a ship pulling up to a floating multi-family residence amongst floating bio-domes accompanied by rows of solar panels.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Homo Spaciens.’”

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Life Eternal.’”

Close-up shot of a quartz clock featuring roman numerals, showing a time of 7:15.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Making Contact.’”

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Mastering Memory.’”

In a lab, a scientist with gloved hands injects liquid drops into testing equipment.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Rise of the Cyborgs.’”

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: A Satellite's Eye View

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Citizen Science

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Deep Space Exploration / Risk and Rewards

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Discovering Mars

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Exoplanets

Three people wearing space suits crouch together in a red and rocky Mars-like landscape.

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Moon to Mars

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Myths and Mysteries of Mars

Illuminated crust of an unnamed planet; it is tan in color and appears dry and cracked.

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Shifting Sands

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Student Astronaut Contest

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Surviving Space

Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Why We Explore

Person holds out an iPad displaying a digital city street map. Behind the iPad is a table painted to represent the basic roads and waterways of the same city map.

Hand-sketched drawings of scientific diagrams and several mathematical equations against a black background.

Silver and navy blue Goodyear blimp floats over a large city.

River rushes towards us as snowy mountains loom large in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Red-toned Mars is illuminated against a dark black space, showing off its deep canyons and craters.

Black and white woodpecker braces itself against a tree limb, ready to peck.

Against a black background, we see a question that reads, “True or false. Jupiter has more than 50 moons.”

Weightless astronaut effortlessly backflips inside the cabin of a space shuttle, tucking his knees in towards his chest.

Cartoon of a girl and another cartoon character sitting at a table. The girl has an empty plate and the character has a plate full of hot dogs. Caption: Why didn't you get anything to eat?

Cartoon of a girl and another cartoon character holding a cardboard box. Caption: Yeah. What do you think is inside?

Cartoon character with African landscape and animals in background. Caption: Yana, oh, thank goodness you're here.

Cartoon of a girl holding a stopwatch between two aardvarks. Caption: And we'll see who sneezes the most in a minute.

Cartoon of a girl and a second character next to a gumball machine. The machine has a yellow gumball descending the chute. Caption: Yellow! Another yellow!

Elephants of various sizes in natural habitat. Caption: elephants have a big impact on their environment.

Monkey hanging from a latticework of bamboo poles. Caption: This enables primates to grab things better,

Closeup of the spines on a plant. Caption: that they develop to deter predators.

Cheetah making a sharp turn while running. Caption: so, when they're making a quick turn, they won't fall.

A group of penguins with white chests, yellow-orange throats, and black heads and backs. Caption: (Thane) Birds are found in all kinds of color, shapes, and sizes.

Person placing a clear plastic container with a thermometer in the freezer. Caption: Let's put the containers with thermometers in the freezer.