Veteran Resources
Saddleback College Vets Center – A model veterans center in the California Community College System
National Resource Directory, Wounded Warriors, Vets, and Caregivers
U.S Department of Veteran Affairs: Mental Health
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Hearing Loss Resources
DeafTEC – Home of Project Good2Go, DeafTEC is a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Resource Center, serves as a resource for high schools and community colleges that educate deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM-related programs and for employers hiring deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Project Access Online – Project Access Online explores ways to optimize teaching in the classroom, provides real-life strategies, and provides extensive online resources to help teachers and faculty modify their teaching behaviors to provide greater access to learning students with hearing loss, which in turn benefits all students.
Working Together Online Course – The Working Together: Deaf & Hearing People online course is designed to help employers create a productive workplace environment for both deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing workers that encourages effective communication and helps all employees realize their full potential
Best Practices for Teaching – This section of the DeafTEC website offers proven strategies and best practices designed to support instructors and staff working with deaf and hard-of-hearing students in mainstream classrooms. These resources aim to enhance teaching effectiveness, ensuring greater access to learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students—while also benefiting all learners in the classroom.
Captioning Resources
Self-Pace Video Captioning – Provided by the California Community Colleges Accessibility Center, this self-paced course will guide you through the process of creating captioning for online videos.
YouTube Captioning Instructions – YouTube will auto-generate captioning, or you can bring your own script to any video that is uploaded in the service. This is a great tool for short videos and is easy to use.
YouTube Captioning Video – YouTube will auto-generate captioning, or you can bring your own script to any video that is uploaded in the service. This is a great tool for short videos and is easy to use.
Zoom Cloud Recording and Auto-Captions – Zoom can be used to record a video to the cloud, and then provide an auto-generated transcript (using Otter.ai) that can be synced up and edited. It can then be shared online in various platforms.
CADET Captioning Tool – Provided for free by WGBH, CADET will produce high-quality captioning for online videos.
Otter.ai – Otter is an AI technology that will provide very good transcriptions of any recording or live presentation. The transcription can then be used to create captions for videos. It is free to try.