Creating accessible video

Experiences from SENnet, the Special Educational Needs Network

20 November 2014

Workshop aims

– Better understand special needs and access– Understand issues to consider– Share experiences and discuss examples– Know how to make video accessible and the

different tools available– Use an accessibility checklist

In pairs

• Who you are• Areas of interest• Level of expertise in making video• Have uploaded to YouTube?

Accessibility issues

Accessibility for whom?“’Special needs students’ are not well defined internationally but usually cover those for whom a special learning need has been formally identified because they are mentally, physically or emotionally disadvantaged .” OECD

Trend to integrate students with SEN into mainstream schools and close special schools

How many?

In England, the largest categories in schools are: • Moderate learning difficulty (24.2%)• Behaviour, emotional and social difficulties (22.7%) • Speech, language and communications needs

(16.3%) A much smaller proportion of pupils have:• Autism spectrum disorders (8.1%)• Physical disabilities (3.8%)• Visual or hearing impairments (3.4%)

UD and UDL

• From pavements and buildings

• To digital learning

Does it matter?

• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)– Eight guiding principles, of which two are:

• Full and effective participation and inclusion in society• Accessibility

• Standards bodies:– WCAG 2.0 Guidelines. Web content must be

perceivable, operable, understandable and robust

– W3C• It’s easy and there are additional benefits

Accessibility: practical considerations

• Belgium– Consumer tools: smartphone and MS MovieMaker– Permission, publishing– Fonts and contrast

• Italy– Professional equipment and tools– Scripting

• Portugal– iPad and iRig mic adapter, Final Cut Pro– Get the scenes, light, sound right– Captioning tools (Amara, YouTube)

Captions are easy!

1. Log on to YouTube 2. Choose a video you have uploaded3. Use the caption tool

Checking for accessibility

• WCAG 2.0 Guideline 1.2.2: "Captions are provided for all prerecorded audio content in synchronized media.”

• Before …• During …• After …

Take aways

• Accessible video is (only) now simple to do• We owe it to students and teachers• All organisations should as a matter of course

provide accessible video• …And proudly announce it!

Thank you

• sennet.eun.org• facebook.com/groups/SENnetwork/• roger.blamire@eun.org

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained

therein.