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Free Educational DVDs and Streaming Video from the U.S. Department of Education’s Described and Captioned Media Program
These videos are available to teachers, family members, and others involved with educating K–12 students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind.
Preview some of the quality educational content in our collection now (or check out our catalog—anyone may browse or search the catalog), and then register for a free account!
How Our Library Service Works:
- Sign Up
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Complete our easy online sign-up process and register for a “Level 2” account.
- Select Media
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Once you’ve received your confirmation e-mail, browse or search our catalog of titles.
- Order Media
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Stream your selected titles instantly or request postage-free DVD copies by mail.
- Provide Comments and Feedback
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Fill out our online comment form for each title to help us improve our collection and services.
Preview Our Media
In order to give you a taste of the sort of titles we have available, we’ve put together several short clips from our collection. Choose from a variety of popular topics and subjects below, select captions or audio description, and begin your preview!
If you are interested in full access to our collection of thousands of high-quality titles, register for a free DCMP account.
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Science
A Clip from Marine Predator-Prey Relationships with Captions
A Clip from Inquisitive Minds: Energy and Power with Audio Description
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Math
A Clip from Taking Credit for Your Credit with Captions
A Clip from Dynamic Decimals with Audio Description
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Language Arts
A Clip from The Gold Bug With Captions
A Clip from The Gold Bug With Audio Description
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Deafness
A Clip from Christy Smith, The Deaf "Survivor"
A Clip from Sound and Fury: 6 Years Later
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Blindness
A Clip from Young Heroes: Louis Braille with Captions
A Clip from Healing with Animals—Blindness
Other Services
News and Advocacy
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Information
Check out the DCMP clearinghouse of accessibility information for articles and resources about many topics, including the history of captioning and audio description as well as how to utilize accessible media with your students.
Training and Evaluation
The DCMP provides resources (such as our Captioning Key for Educational Media and Description Key for Educational Media) to help accessibility providers (from the beginning novice to the seasoned pro) improve their skills and products. We also provide voluntary evaluations to providers who wish to be included on our U.S. Department of Education–approved registry (contact info@dcmp.org to learn more about our evaluation for accessibility service providers).