Live events can be transmitted over the internet using streaming media technologies. Because of bandwidth limitations, it s usually best to break anything other than live events into brief clips no longer than 90 seconds to two minutes in length. Any video can be developed into a digital video application. The quality of digital web video is dependent upon several factors, most notably the quality and bandwidth of the user s own connection to the internet. High speed connections such as Gallaudet s campus network, cable modems or DSL usually result in a high quality image with excellent support for sign language and larger images.
Captions are almost always necessary to ensure full accessibility for web-based video applications.
We can also offer advice through Academic Technologies about integrating digital media into web applications and selecting the appropriate digital video formats. Captioning for digital video clips is provided by our Captioning Unit. The digital video servers are located in the Learning Center and are managed by Michael Cooper.