Improve Course Accessibility with Bb Ally
Remediate content and use alternative formats for students
Location
Online
Improve Course Accessibility with Bb Ally – Online Event
Date & Time
August 21, 2024, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Description
Learn about Ally, a tool in Blackboard Ultra that scans content created in the course and offers instructors remediation support to improve accessibility. In this session we demonstrate Ally’s remediation capabilities and file conversion tools that help create an accessible and inclusive experience for all learners.
Instructors can leverage Ally's powerful alternative format options and let students know they can also download content in multiple formats that support diverse learning styles.
Sessions topics and demo include how to:
- Run the Ally Accessibility Report
- Use Ally's Instructor Feedback Panel to preview and prioritize remediation
- Leverage Ally's alternative formats and File Transformer
- Follow Ally's step-by-step guidance to fix accessibility issues
This session is ideal for instructors who are new to Blackboard Ultra or adopting Ultra in an upcoming term. It will be facilitated by Susan Biro, Manager, Online Learning.
To RSVP for this event, please click "Going virtually" below and be sure to add the event to your calendar!
JOINING THE SESSION
This webinar will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Select the "Join Online Event" button in myUMBC to join.
- For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.
- If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video, change/blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility support including live captions.
The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered. All recordings are posted to the Instructional Technology Training Archive in Panopto.
Connect with Instructional Technology
As always, if you have questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC consider the following options:
Follow the Instructional Technology & DoIT myUMBC groups
Thumbnail alt-text: Blackboard Ally Logo, "Accessible content is better content"
