Disability and Access Services (DAS) may approve closed captioning as an accommodation
for students. DAS will request faculty to use closed captioned materials.
However, there may be times where alternate accommodations will be implemented. For
example, a transcript may be provided or the student may view outside of class with
an interpreter.
The following identifies the responsibilities of the student and DAS if the student
chooses to utilize closed captioning accommodation:
Responsibilities: Student
- Student will request the accommodation for classes a minimum of six weeks prior to
the quarter. Student understands that accommodation requests made with less than six
week notice may be difficult to fill. Student must notify DAS immediately of any changes
to his or her class schedule.
- Students will need to pick up an Accommodation Summary each quarter from DAS to take
to their instructors notifying them of the specific accommodations such as closed
captioning and return signed to DAS.
- Student will notify DAS within a reasonable amount of time, preferably three weeks
in advance, when requesting closed captioning is needed for events, appointments,
or meetings outside of regularly scheduled class time.
- Student will utilize DAS Early Priority Registration, which is usually eight weeks
prior to the start of the quarter.
- Student will notify DAS of any difficulty with closed captioning.
Responsibilities: DAS
- DAS will send a letter of approved accommodations usually by email to the student.
- DAS will email faculty requesting the use of closed captioning for the appropriate
Lower Columbia College classes. The DAS office will ask faculty to try and locate
closed captioned versions of their educational materials.
- DAS will refer faculty to the campus library staff for assistance in searching for
closed captioned version of their educational materials.
- DAS will place orders to an outside captioning agency when needed for the conversion
of non-captioned materials to captioned formats.
- The DAS department will be financially responsible for the fee to convert to closed
captioning. This process can take several weeks and is dependent upon when student
turns in Quarterly Request and when instructors notify DAS that their materials are
unavailable in a closed captioned version.
The above responsibilities have been explained to me, and I understand my responsibilities.