Video Captioning Essentials: a web-based training course
Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans
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Overview of Course Modules


There are six discrete modules in this course. You can choose among the modules to learn just what you need to accomplish your goals. Studying the entire course will give you a good understanding of web video captioning from how its done to how to find the best resources for your needs.

Or you may want to focus on just a few segments of the course to quickly get the information you need. Clicking on My Syllabus at left allows you to select individual modules or even selected parts of modules.

To decide how to proceed, read the description of each module, below, and then review the Self-Assessment on the next screen.

Man taking the Video Captioning Essentials course.

This course is designed to meet the varying needs of people who want to learn about the different aspects of captioning.

Module 1: Getting Started

This module explains how to complete Video Captioning Essentials.

Module 2: Introduction to Web Video Captioning

This module provides the business case for captioning web video and provides a detailed overview of the various captioning processes.

Module 3: How to Caption Web Videos In House

In this module, you will learn the various options for in-house captioning and how to compare their relative advantages and disadvantages.

Module 4: How to Caption Live Web Videos

In this module, you will learn how live web captioning works and what products and services you need to pull together to make such an event possible.

Module 5: How to Contract for Captioning Services

In this module, you will learn how to hire outside professionals to create captions and how to use their work product.

Module 6: Summary and Wrap-up

This module provides a summary and overview of the course.


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