Need Assistance?

The Distance Education Instructional Accessibility Specialist is the main contact for faculty assistance for online course materials.
 

Disability Resources Department (DRD)

DRD assists with accommodation for student needs. The DRD website has information for faculty on the accommodation process, FAQs, and resources.

The Distance Education Department can assist you in developing accessible course materials

To schedule an appointment for accessibility reviews, consultations, or help making your materials accessible, contact Distance Education's Accessibility team (deaccessibility@santarosa.edu).

Making PDF and Word Doc files accessible

Contact DE's Accessibility team (deaccessibility@santarosa.edu) for assistance with making your documents accessible.

For guidance on PDF and Word doc accessibility, see the documentation on Creating Accessible Word Documents, Creating Accessible PDF Documents, and Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations.

Making Multimedia Files Accessible

For all online courses, to comply with federal and state laws, any multimedia files that the instructor requires their students to watch or listen to will need to be made accessible.

The Distance Education Captioning and Transcription grant (DECT) provides California Community Colleges with funding to create captions and transcripts for online course materials. The instructor will not experience a significant work load in this process.

There are two ways to order captions using the DECT grant:

1. Upload your video to 3C Media Solutions. You can order captions through the DECT grant with one click from 3C Media Solutions. See more about 3C Media Solutions here.
    
2. Contact the Media Services Department at 707-521-7927 to help you in procuring a transcript and subsequent captioning. You will need to note:
   1. the first semester you will be using the file in your class
   2. approximately how many students will be in the course
   3. approximate length of video or audio files
   4. a list of any technical words used in the audio portion of your file
   Upon completion, transcript or captioned files are returned to the instructor. If there are any problems with files, the instructor will return to Media Services for editing.

More multimedia help can be found on the Canvas Studio page and the DistanceEd: Multimedia Tools Canvas course (open to all). In this course, find information about multimedia creation, uploading to 3C Media, and requesting captions.