Education:

Associates degree.

Experience:

Demonstrated experience coordinating the adaptation of a variety of media used in the accommodation of students with disabilities for one year. 3 or more years of experience with alternative media format and captioning systems preferred.

* An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job may be acceptable in lieu of those requirements listed above.

Knowledge:

• Current laws regarding media accessibility and copyright;
• Current delivery media formats including, but not limited to VHS, DVD, Camtasia, Desire to Learn and HTML;
• Alternative text programs such as Kurzweil and DAISY;
• Captioning programs such as Adobe Encore, Ensemble, Subtitle Workshop and video file conversion programs.
• Familiarity with Screen readers such as JAWS, Voice Over, Zoom Text, NVDA

Skills:

• Coordinate and adapt a wide variety of instructional and related materials into a format that can be readily accessed by students with disabilities in collaboration with faculty, Accessibility Services staff, and other college technology staff.
• Analyze course media to be presented, and researches viable formats currently available.
• Coordinate the archival of adaptive materials for faculty to access, and maintain appropriate production records while ensuring that items are destroyed in a manner consistent with current legal practices when appropriate.
• Research media in transcribed or captioned format. Produce captioned or transcribed materials as required by student needs in accordance with disability and copy right laws.
• Ensure students can access materials in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with college staff and faculty to provide the alternative media in a mode that meets students’ individual needs.
• Develop, implement, evaluate and revise alternate media formats as necessary for ADA compliance.
• Research new alternative media technologies and makes recommendations to the college community.
• Convert original materials and specially encrypted files into a variety of media formats.

Physical:

• Positions in this class typically require: reaching, standing, walking, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Incumbents may be subjected to electrical currents, workspace restrictions, and travel.

License:

None.