To be accessible, technology must permit students with disabilities to receive the educational benefits provided through technology in an equally effective and equally integrated manner. Additionally, people with disabilities must be able to access the information with substantially equivalent ease of use as people without disabilities.
The Board of Regents has determined that all institutions in the USG fall within the scope of Section 508. Course content, to include audiovisuals such as DVDs and YouTube clips, must be accessible to all students, including students with disabilities.
Audio or video recordings must have closed captions or subtitles available.
If your audiovisuals are not captioned, please search UNG Libraries Databases: Films On Demand, Academic Video Online, or Kanopy. If you cannot locate the video, please email library@ung.edu as soon as possible for further assistance.
If a captioned version is not available, please proceed with one of the following steps:
Instructors who choose to use recordings from public websites (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) should carefully review review the closed for accuracy. Only use videos with accurate captions.
Alternatives to closed captioning of audiovisuals are required by law to be "equivalent" and "effective." For information on why sign language interpretation, C-Print captioning (real-time speech-to-text captions), and alternate assignments generally do not meet this standard for videos, please contact Student Accessibility Services.