Closed Captioning Resources for Employees

Do you need to close caption media?  Follow the 3 Steps Below.

  • For Copyrighted Media Written Permission to Caption is required: complete Steps 1, 2 & 3.
  • For media that is your own original content or Madison College original content, copyright permission is not required to caption: Complete Step 3 only.

OR

Easy and Quick Alternatives to Close Captioning your media:

  • Purchase new media with Close Caption included.
  • FILMS ON DEMAND, if the media is available on Films on Demand they will Close Caption upon request. This service is provided via the Madison College Library (free).
  • Resources for development of media with closed captioning (podcasting, self-published YouTube content) is coordinated by CETL (free).

Step 1: Request for Permission to Caption from the Publisher

                  Required for copyrighted media only

 

Step 2: Fill out the Fair Use Checklist

                 Required for copyrighted media only

 

Step 3: Request for Captioning Media

                  Required for all closed caption requests