My experience with video production extends across multiple platforms, including iMovie, GarageBand, Microsoft ClipChamp, Camtasia, and Murf.ai. I’ve applied these tools to produce high-quality instructional and promotional videos that integrate Creative Commons images and video clips to ensure both visual engagement and copyright compliance. In my graduate-level Multimedia Production course at North Carolina Central University, I teach students to plan, produce, and edit video content while emphasizing copyright, fair use, and ethical media practices. Each project connects directly to workforce readiness, helping students build a portfolio of professional, accessible, and purpose-driven multimedia products.
Defining Accessibility and Inclusion: AI-Enhanced Creative Process
The following video production project demonstrates how human creativity and artificial intelligence can intersect to tell meaningful stories. The script was generated through strategic prompting in ChatGPT, refined for emotional tone, and narrated using Murf.ai to create a consistent and empathetic voice. I curated Creative Commons video footage from Pexels to visually echo the narration, ensuring every scene reinforced the emotional weight of accessibility challenges and triumphs. The design intentionally balanced realism with inspiration, using lighting, music, and pacing to connect technical accessibility concepts to human emotion, empathy, and purpose.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Strategic Design and Iteration Focus
This video was developed as an evolution of my previous accessibility awareness project, using the same foundational assets, AI-generated narration, and production workflow to expand the message through the lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). By strategically repurposing script segments, audio, and Creative Commons visuals, I demonstrated how designers can build efficiency and continuity across related projects while introducing new meaning and value. The branching narrative explores how accessibility and UDL intersect, emphasizing flexibility, learner variability, and equitable access to information. This piece was featured in my presentation proposal for the International UDL Conference as an example of scalable, purposeful multimedia storytelling.
From Non-Accessible to Accessible: Working with Audio Descriptions
The following project began as a marketing video produced by the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Operations and Marketing Team. The original version featured background music and captions but no narration or spoken dialogue. Recognizing that the video was not fully accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, I used Camtasia to produce an enhanced version featuring professionally written and recorded audio descriptions. By tracking down the original interview audio and synchronizing it with descriptive narration, I transformed the video into a fully accessible learning artifact.
I now use both versions side by side in accessibility workshops to demonstrate the importance of inclusive video design. When participants close their eyes during the original, music-only version, they quickly recognize how much essential meaning is lost without audio description. This exercise powerfully reinforces that accessibility isn’t just a compliance requirement, it’s about ensuring everyone can experience and understand the message.