0:000:46Ally for Students in Blackboard Learn - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipLet's take a look in your course select the icon to the right of a file to access the menu. ThenMoreLet's take a look in your course select the icon to the right of a file to access the menu. Then choose the version that works best for your needs.
Blackboard Ally is a tool that helps you make your course content in Blackboard accessible to all users. It does this by: Automatically scanning course content and providing accessibility scores and feedback on how to improve the accessibility of the content.
Go to Ally Configuration and select Features. Find the feature you want to turn on or off and select it. Translated version alternative format: Students can download a translated alternative format of an original file.
Ally is a tool from Blackboard that integrates seamlessly with the UW's Canvas learning management system to automatically check accessibility of course content, including files uploaded by instructors.
Ally Makes Websites More Accessible Providing web pages and documents in alternative formats to site visitors: Ally allows visitors to download any web page or attached documents on a website in several alternative formats.
Ally is a tool that assesses the accessibility of your content on the LMS and provides guidance for improving its accessibility rating. Ally also has the ability to provide students with alternative formats of your LMS content.
Available at no cost with Blackboard Assist enabled. An Ally license is not required. It converts files to alternative, more accessible formats including HTML, ePub, electronic braille, audio, BeeLine reader and to a PDF that's undergone optical character recognition (OCR).
Below are some suggestions for faculty that can help make a course more accessible for students within the Blackboard environment. Include alternative (alt) text for all non-textual items. Use descriptive names for file uploads. Consider your themes and backgrounds when designing your site and text formatting.
To access Blackboard Learn, first make sure you are using the recommended browser, Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox.Go to the Blackboard Learn site.Enter your username and password. Your username is your 8-digit NWTC ID number. Your password is the password that you created upon registration.