{"id":4073,"date":"2018-11-05T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/?page_id=4073"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:48:20","slug":"closedcaptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/closedcaptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for Closed Captioning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In keeping with Accessibility Law and University policy, you should use closed captions or subtitles:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. When you have instructional content and video recorded and hosted in Online Learning Platforms (Distance Education, MOOCs, blended and flipped classes, etc.);\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. For classroom lectures that are video recorded for student use (including classroom lecture capture, streamed capture, personal faculty capture);<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. For video or film-based content presented in, required for or recorded in class (assigned videos or films, student-made videos or films presented in class);<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. When your class involves communication between student and faculty via digital tools such as live discussions, chat, or live to video conference;<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. For videos hosted on academic and non-academic websites on the bu.edu domain (those viewable within the BU community as well as by the general public);<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. For library reserve material, for a course, that is video or film (including current purchases and archived films and videos);\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. For training films, videos, etc. used in Human Resources, classrooms, labs, and\/or departments;<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. For promotional videos and marketing tools; or,<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. When you have additional media required or requested for use by a user with a disability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Caption instructional material and media according to the following list (in order of priority):\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Material for use by students, faculty or staff with disabilities<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Material which is in public-facing courses and\/or webpages<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Material that will be used multiple times or over an extended period of time (will be used for more than one class or semester)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Material that will be re-used in new courses\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Captioning of captured classrooms may be considered a lower priority if it is\u00a0<\/span>a review of a face-to-face class,\u00a0is to be used only one semester, <\/span>is not needed by a student with a disability.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Also see our resources page for Faculty and Staff.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Closed Captioning Service Vendors<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In keeping with Accessibility Law and University policy, you should use closed captions or subtitles:\u00a0\u00a0 When you have instructional content and video recorded and hosted in Online Learning Platforms (Distance Education, MOOCs, blended and flipped classes, etc.);\u00a0 For classroom lectures that are video recorded for student use (including classroom lecture capture, streamed capture, personal faculty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2997,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2997"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6941,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4073\/revisions\/6941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}