Tips for Faculty Working with a C-Print Captionist

1. Introduce the captionist and the C-Print™ service at the beginning of the first class. Show your support of the service.

2. Allow the captionist to explain briefly what C-Print™ is, and to invite interested students to look at the screen after class.

3. Give the C-Print™ captionist any available materials before the next class. Items such as a course syllabus, handouts, outlines, readings, overheads, and vocabulary lists are useful for the captionist’s class preparation. They are especially helpful for making the specialized dictionary for each class, with abbreviations of often used vocabulary specific to that class.

4. Speak loudly and clearly during class so that the captionist can hear you easily.

5. Allow the captionist to sit in a location that makes hearing you, and the other students, as easy as possible.

6. Be sensitive and supportive to the captionist’s comfort and needs in the classroom setting (e.g., close blinds to reduce glare on screen, allow use of desk or table of correct height/size).

7. Restate or summarize students’ comments if they are hard to hear, or somewhat disorganized.

8. Be aware that the captionist will use “down times” in the class to edit notes taken earlier. “Down times” include periods of silent reading or writing, pauses during class transitions, etc.

9. Decide whether hearing students will have access to the C-Print™ hardcopy notes. Be sure your preference on this matter is well understood by the captionist, all the students- both hearing and deaf- and your department head or dean.

10. Involve the captionist as part of the educational team when discussing student needs related to C-Print ™