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Create Accessible Instructional Videos for Your Courses

Featuring Panopto, Webex, Google Meet, and Voicethread

Location

Online

Date & Time

November 12, 2024, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you new to creating instructional videos for your courses? Join this session to learn some best practices for creating effective and accessible videos. Learn how to get started creating accessible videos using these common platforms: Panopto, Webex, GoogleMeet, and Voicethread. In addition, the session will focus on best practices that enhance video accessibility by leveraging video technical and production elements including:

  • Captions and transcripts 
  • Titles and descriptions
  • Graphics and templates
  • Audio and video quality
  • Use of cloud storage for videos
This session will be facilitated by Dr. Peter Ariev,  Ada Crutchfield, and Josh Abrams, Instructional Design Specialists.

To RSVP for the event, click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered. All recordings are posted to the Instructional Technology Training Archive in Panopto.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 10 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC Event post and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Google Meet session.

Prior to the Event

  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  
  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video, change/blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility support including live captions. 

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