Need assistance with Captioning?

Captioning Requests: a quick how-to guide

All captioning requests should come through our Media Service Request Form

Faculty has made a video themselves:

They can insert a link to download the video in the form. If it is for a class, we will need the course description, ticket number, and how many students are enrolled in the class. The DECT (Distance Education Captioning Transcription) grant should pay for it, but it does take about 3 weeks. If it is not for a class, someone will need to pay for it ($1.85
per minute).

Faculty has a DVD they usually show in class:

They need to put the title of the film in the form, and Monica Lopez in the Library checks to see if

  1. We already have it available to stream and
  2. If not, Kristen Towhid looks up licensing costs and permission to stream. If the video is not captioned, it can take up to 3 months to receive permission to caption. There is a cost for streaming rights, but no cost for captioning. Since it is for a class, the DECT (Distance Education Captioning Transcription) grant should pay for it.

Faculty need live captioning for a zoom class:

They should fill out the same request form with the course title and section number, the first and last session dates, the day of the week the sessions are on, the start and end times, the student and teacher’s name and email address, and finally the Zoom meeting ID and password. DECT grant will pay for this captioning also since it is for a class. This live captioning takes a few days to arrange ahead of time.

Staff need live captioning for a live zoom workshop or event:

Live captioning takes a few days to arrange ahead of time. Since the captioning is not for a class, someone will need to pay for it ($1.85 per minute). The company will need the date and time of the event, the host’s name and email address, and the Zoom meeting ID and password.

Faculty or staff has made a video themselves and would like to show in a campus workshop or on the Cerritos College website:

Since the video will not be shown in a class, someone will need to pay for it ($1.85 per minute). Because of the overwhelming amount a captioning needed at this time, we always say allow 3 weeks for turnaround.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Pirtle at spirtle@cerritos.edu