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Pop out video for DHH student's ASL Interpreter

Our deaf and hard of hearing students can not see their interpreter well once the teacher uses screen share/presents because the video of the interpreter shrinks too small. Please have an option to select and pop out a participant. This is the sole reason our district is allowing the DHH team to use Zoom instead. However we have DHH students in non-DHH classes with hearing students and that teacher is required to use Teams for synchronous learning. Please add this accessibility for our DHH students so they can join ALL classrooms.

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  • Stephanie S. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is absolutely essential, not just for D/HH Students, but also D/HH employees! PLEASE add the pop-out participant feature!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Pop-out flexibility is the KEY to using this. Different students need different levels of viewing for individual engagement!

  • Deb commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the pop out feature for DHH students to access.

  • Kirsten commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I love this to make the product more accessible for DHH students (or adults who are using Teams, too). Making it possible to pop out a single person in a separate window would be helpful to others without disabilities as well. For example, it would let people watch a screen share in the main window with the speaker's video feed in another. 1:1 aids in a classroom could pop-out 1 student while still seeing the typical class view in the main window. There are many applications beyond people with interpreters.

  • THD commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the pop out video for DHH student's access! Access is a human right!

  • Meg Dube commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This should just be automatic, it is unfair that the deaf don’t have equal access!

  • Alex Paulson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Split screen will help me see the interpreter on the left side and my other meeting on the right side

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please strongly consider this option!!! It could be a game changer for some of our DHH Students.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please do your part and help these kids learn. Be the start of something great for the deaf/hard of hearing community. These kids have education at the tip of their fingers, they just need your help fully accessing it.

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