Department of Education Zoom Closed Captioning Update - October 2020

In a roar of anxiety from New York City Department of Education teachers around compliance for students with hearing disabilities, it appears the DOE has finally enabled full closed captioning services in Zoom.  I made a quick video for how you can enable these services.


View Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JGVO7ltFrCM


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