What WILL we be doing?

We will be studying and discussing and researching: (broadcasting) 
the history of captioning, the technology used, formating options, standards and conventions, applications locally and globally, offline, online, open, closed, time coding, realtime, live display, equipment, encoders and decoders, character generators, software*, the Internet; (Infosign) applications and use; Jumbotrons; Deaf Culture, sign language, C-Print, court reporting organizations, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing organizations and educational institutions; the Americans with Disabilities Act and practical applications, the FCC rules; CART reporting, NCRA and the CartWHEEL organization.

We will be doing study projects each week, beginning with observing and (yes) critiquing broadcast captioning, visiting web sites (it's all part of your class time) reading the textbook, participating in on-going discussions posted asynchronously, e-mailing each other AND captioner mentors, doing research on our particular area of interest and presenting it for the rest of the class, and more.

Okay, the other projects?  Several projects will be listed - some that all can do and others that will be ability and location specific.  Such as?  The students at Cerritos on-site will be asked to work with the encoder cart and practice encoding on- and offline to videos using ProCat software - some for practice and some that the school really needs captioned for students here and now.  The Infosign will be available and be one of the projects to do projects on or off campus.  Broadcast and classroom dictionaries will be built.  Dictionaries and writing will be analyzed.  Preparation of scripts to accompany videos can be done from any location.  Several opportunities to earn your participation points will be presented, including going to sit in with a captioner doing either CART or at a broadcast location or offline.  The class will be tailored toward your interests and your needs -- by you!

Hope that answers a few of your questions!  The intention is to further develop an advanced captioning course to follow this one and a captioning certificate that will prepare the court reporter/captioner for ready employment!