VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 3
Related Resources
In addition to correlating the content to standards, DCMP offers a variety of
related resources to assist teachers in making the most of these accessible videos.
Some videos come with lesson plans developed by master teachers. Many videos
have links to resources created by the film's producers, such as activity guides,
idea books for teachers, lesson guides, and much more.
Transcript Features
The transcript feature allows users to view the transcript of the caption file
and/or the description file. When both are included, the video becomes accessible
to students who are deaf-blind through refreshable braille. The transcript is a
valuable teaching tool for pre-teaching vocabulary from the video and can be given
to students in electronic or print format as a study guide. Students can highlight
important segments as a note taking technique. The transcript feature also allows
users to search through the video for specific words or phrases and jump to those
points. Refer to Figure 3 for an example of the transcript features.
Searching and Browsing
As DCMP has over 11,000 videos in the library, there are a couple of
different ways to make it easier to locate the desired content. Users can type in
keywords, phrases, or titles to search for videos. Alternatively, DCMP videos can
be browsed according to topic area. The videos are divided into 21 main topic
