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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.
Captioning Key
Description Key

Help Center

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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Still image from: Accessible Learning Across the Lifespan: Designing for Accessibility From the Beginning

Still image from: Accessible Learning Across the Lifespan: Features We Can Start Using Today

Still image from: Accessible Learning Across the Lifespan: Introduction to Accessibility

Still image from: Accessible Learning Across the Lifespan: People With Disabilities in the Workforce

Computer screen with a video call on it. A young girl sits in a blue room while on mute.

Woman sits for an interview in a classroom white talking and moving her hands. Text reads, “Julie Rusgo, third grade. Deveaux Elem. School-Toledo Public Schools.”

Woman sits for an interview in a classroom with her mouth open like she is speaking.

Digital image with 2 text boxes on a gradient blue background. Top, center box is orange and reads, "Ways to Create Partnerships." Middle box is light violet and reads, "Family Projects."

Man in bright blue collared shirt and dark blue necktie turns and looks to the side in a library setting. He sits in front of library bookcases filled with books.

Man wearing a collared, checked shirt holds his chin up and looks down in a classroom setting.

Digital image of a pie chart showing a distribution of school funding. Sports is 15%, Science is 25%, Theater is 16%, Band is 24%, and Dances are 20%.

3 girls with nametags on blue t-shirts look at seated people in front of them and smile. Other girls stand or sit in the background.

Cartoon clouds against a blue sky with an animated banner that's gradually revealing text. Partial text reads, "Skills and."

Floating frame over an animated night sky. Frame shows an aerial shot of pink all star sneakers jumping on hopscotch squares. Text on image reads, "Look for Numbers!"

Floating frame over an animated night sky with colorful floating numbers. The frame has overlapping geometric shapes. Text on image reads, "Numbers."

Floating frame over a cloudy sky with a ship passing on the sea below. Frame shoes parents and 2 children playing in cardboard moving boxes. Text on image reads, "Directional Words."

Floating frame over an animated night sky shows a kindergarten-aged child reading a book with a large number 10 on the front. Text nearby reads, "Books that teach math directly."

Woman seated next to a student in a classroom setting. Caption. In providing an equal opportunity in learning.

Young girl in business attire stands on a stage looking out and speaking to the audience.

Group of teenagers sit and chat around a dining table. Text below reads, "These kids all have the skills for Self Advocacy".

Middle-aged man in a blue sweater turns slightly off camera, eyes closed as he parts his lips as if speaking.

Cropped shot of 2 individuals sitting with their hands on their knees in a office setting. 1 wears a lanyard with a badge.

Still image from: Placed-Based Local History Projects: High School Place-Based History Project and Community Impact

Still image from: Placed-Based Local History Projects: Inspiring Deeper Understanding

Still image from: Placed-Based Local History Projects: Middle School Place-Based History Project and Community Impact

Slide with a blurred-out image of a woman taking notes from behind a laptop screen is overlaid with text, "Remote Learning Support. Never just give student the answer."

White-haired woman wearing glasses speaks in a webcam video. Behind her is a living room with a sofa, recliner, and end tables.

Slide with a blurred-out image of a child doing schoolwork while seated at a table. Text reads, "Remote Learning Space. Use quiet area for fewer distractions (people, pets, telephones)."

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Alphabetic Wordsigns--Part 1 (Contracted Braille or Grade 2)

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Alphabetic Wordsigns--Part 2 (Contracted Braille or Grade 2)

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Alphabetic Wordsigns--Part 3 (Contracted Braille or Grade 2)

Red-filtered image of Braille renderings, represented by patterns of blank and filled-in circles, printed above the letters of the English alphabet.

Blue-filtered image of Braille renderings, represented by patterns of blank and filled-in circles, printed above the letters of the English alphabet.

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Braille Characters a-j (Uncontracted Braille or Grade 1)

Green-filtered image of Braille renderings, represented by patterns of blank and filled-in circles, printed above the letters of the English alphabet.

Yellow-filtered image of Braille renderings, represented by patterns of blank and filled-in circles, printed above the letters of the English alphabet.

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Braille Numbers (Uncontracted Braille or Grade 1)

Purple-filtered image of Braille renderings, represented by patterns of blank and filled-in circles, printed above the letters of the English alphabet.

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Uncontracted Braille Test (Uncontracted Braille or Grade 1)

Woman speaks into a webcam from a clinic office in a video on the left side of the screen. On the right, a list forms, starting with, "Self-Awareness."

Slide shows a young woman holding up a notebook and writes while sitting on a couch. Overlaid text reads, "Help children set priorities and goals."

Slide shows a young woman wearing a transparent rain jacket joyfully dances outside in the rain with her arms spread wide and her hair tousled by wind. Overlaid text reads, "Encourage journaling and self-affirmation."

Three young girls practice a coordinated dance move in a backyard. Their right arms are up, elbows bent, with their hands behind their heads while their other arm spreads out.

Digital illustration shows two side-by-side linear drawings of a brain. On the left, two sections on the brain are highlighted with light blue, while one section is highlighted on the other brain. In the same shade of blue, text reads, "Empathy."

People look at purple and white flowers on display in a sunny plant nursery.

Cartoon of a woman in a lab coat with a clipboard and a stethoscope. She turns toward a man with glasses, a boy in a sweatshirt, and a woman in a pink collared shirt.

Woman with long blond hair closes her eyes as she opens her mouth to speak and touches her fingertips together in front of her. She sits in a room with limewashed brick walls and a large window.

Woman with curly brown hair opens her mouth as she speaks and looks off camera. She sits in a room with a limewashed brick wall and living room furniture.

Side view of a woman with brown hair looking forward intently as she tilts her head slightly up and parts her lips as she speaks.

2 girls gaze at each other in a friendly way as they play with objects at a sand table in a preschool classroom setting.

Medium view of woman with brown hair looking past camera and parting her lips as she speaks. She sits in a room with limewashed brick walls and a large window.

Seated man looks to the side of camera while speaking. He gestures with both hands and appears to be speaking as a subject expert in an interview.

Seated man looks forward and slightly downward as he speaks and gestures with his hands. He appears to be speaking as a subject expert.

Still image from: Supporting Mental Wellness: Insights for Educators--Building a Connected Classroom

Still image from: Supporting Mental Wellness: Insights for Educators--Creating a Safe Environment

Woman using sign language: palm faces toward her, one hand with index and middle finger creating hook shape and pinky finger pointed out; the other hand in a fist with the thumb sticking out.

Woman uses sign language with her hands circling each other, as man sitting next to her watches and listens.

Woman uses sign language with arms bent at the elbow, palms up, fingers folded toward her palms, and index fingers pointing out at us.

Split-screen video. On the left, a woman gestures with her hands while speaking. On the right, a woman translates using sign language: one hand is closed with the index finger pointing near her chin, while the other hand is closed in a fist in front of her chest.

Woman uses sign language, her clasped hands joined in motion in front of her chest.

Mother sits at table with her hands folded as she listens to her daughter who is speaking with sign language: one hand's index and pinky fingers are pointing up and the other hand is flat and open to the side.

Woman uses sign language: one hand is balled up and raised near her brow while the other hand is closed with thumb up in front of her chest.

Still image from: Teaching Media Literacy in the Classroom: Bringing Media Literacy to Life in the Classroom

Still image from: Teaching Media Literacy in the Classroom: Using School Resources to Make Media Literacy Happen

Still image from: Teaching Media Literacy in the Classroom: Why Is Media Literacy Important?

Still image from: The Importance of Educational Assessment in Early Childhood: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Still image from: The Importance of Educational Assessment in Early Childhood: Observational Assessment

Still image from: The Importance of Educational Assessment in Early Childhood: Why Do We Assess Young Learners?

Screenshot with a live video of a teacher presenting her computer screen. In the center is a window titled, “Session Report. The Kite (Journeys).”

Woman speaks to us from a home office.

Woman speaks to us in front of a blurry pastel background.

Child sits captivated in front of a tablet at a desk.

Woman explains something to us.

Woman holds her hands out, explaining something to us.