Vinson, EmilyWeidner, Andrew2021-08-262021-08-262021-05-25https://hdl.handle.net/2249.1/156616TCDL 2021 Session 2E, Presentation 1, Tuesday, 5/25/2021, 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Speakers: Emily Vinson, Audiovisual Archivist, University of Houston; Andrew Weidner, Digitization Operations Coordinator, University of Houston | Moderated by Christina Kellum, Library Production Associate – Kempner Collection, University of North Texas | View the recording at https://youtu.be/iayM7ltoomgTo keep our on-site student staff gainfully employed in early 2020, as the realities of the coronavirus pandemic came into sharp focus, a University of Houston Libraries team hatched a plan for student employees to create high quality closed captions for hundreds of digitized archival films and videos. The project team developed training materials and began working with twenty-six students from six units across the libraries within two weeks of the campus closure. This presentation will discuss the project design, unique challenges of training and communicating with student employees, and the outcomes of the effort.en-USlightning talkaccessibilitycaptioningproject managementAvalonPresentation