Accessibility Tools and Library Access:
Videos for use in class: If you need an RIT/NTID copyrighted video for class, you can request that the DVD or videocassette be converted to online videos through the NTID video engineering department. Patrick Smith and Paula Hellaby are the contacts. You can also ask these services for voice interpretation and captioning. You may be asked to provide a transcript to make the voicing process more accurate and easier for the interpreters.
RIT faculty need to go through the Center for Teaching and Learning. Captioning video details in Panopto are available.
Captioning -⚠️ Professional captioning turnaround time is about one week, so please plan accordingly. Due to the turnaround time required, professional captioning is not suitable for discussion-based activities. The automatic speech recognition (ASR) generated captions or manually-typed captions should be used instead.
Additionally, videos need to have a voice track in order to be captioned by our vendor (the vendor cannot interpret ASL to English). If you need to have a voiceover added to your ASL videos, submit a request to NTID Engineering. Professional captioning can be requested after you have your voiced video.
Instructors can request professional captions for credit-bearing course videos stored in Panopto. RIT pays for these captions for you. Make sure you have finalized all of your edits before requesting captioning. Once captions are requested, you will not be able to edit the video using the Panopto editor until the captions are returned due to the fact editing could alter the captions. The video is viewable while professional captions are in progress.
Streaming Video Databases: View our database subscriptions for Swank, LinkedInLearning, Kanopy, Films on Demand, Alexander Street, Docuseek, JoVE, and O'Reilly. If you want an entertainment video, please check the JustWatch website to see if it is free or at a low rental cost. We will not purchase a streaming video if it is already available through rentals at JustWatch. FYI, Pronunciator is a language learning website that provides access to courses in 164 languages (including ASL and MSL). ESL is also taught.
Use of RIT resources is reserved for current RIT students, faculty
and staff for academic and teaching purposes only.
Please contact your librarian with any questions.
