![Decorative image: Bb Ally Logo][1] ## What is Ally? Blackboard Ally is a tool that works within Canvas to help instructors ensure course content is accessible to all users. It scans pages, documents, images, and more, providing each item with an accessibility score and options for how to remediate if necessary. ...
Bb Ally is a tool that works within Canvas to help your instructors ensure their course content is accessible to all users, as recommended by the principles of universal design. When instructors incorporate universal design into their course it benefits not only students with particular disabilities, but also students ...
## What do my students see? Your students will never see an accessibility score for your course materials. Students see a menu to the left or right of your documents. From this menu, they can select **Alternative formats** (such as HTML, ePub, electronic braille, audio, and [more alternative format options][1]) to do...
Ally's Course Reports can help you to get a big-picture view of how accessible your course content is. Then, you can drill down into the specifics to see exactly what types of content are getting good accessibility scores and what is scoring poorly and may need more attention. Ally can show you which files need remedia...
Looking to improve your course's Ally Accessibility Score? These four fixes are relatively quick and easy and help get you started on your path to having more accessible course content. ## 1. Delete/Remove Old Files We know removing old and unused files from your course can be a little scary at times, but nothing is ...
Ally's Institutional Reports can help you to get a big-picture view of how accessible your college's, school's, or department's course content is. Then, you can drill down into the specifics to see exactly what types of content are getting good accessibility scores and what types of content are scoring poorly and may n...
Ally checks a variety of digital content to calculate the accessibility scores in the institutional reports. This article contains the specific content that contribute to these scores. ## Files Ally currently checks the following types of files: * PDF. See [Ally's PDF checklist ][1]for more information about speci...
![decorative image][1] Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Distance Learning has a series of tips for making course content more accessible. Other tips in this series: [Easy Fix #1 - Image descriptions][2] [Easy Fix #2 - Optimum color contrast][3] [Easy Fix #3 - Descriptive document title...
![][1] Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Distance Learning has a series of tips for making course content more accessible. Other tips in this series: [Easy Fix #1 - Image descriptions][2] [Easy Fix #2 - Optimum color contrast][3] [Easy Fix #3 - Descriptive document titles][4] [Easy Fix...
![][1] Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Distance Learning has a series of tips for making course content more accessible. Other tips in this series: [Easy Fix #1 - Image descriptions][2] [Easy Fix #2 - Optimum color contrast][3] [Easy Fix #3 - Descriptive document titles][4] [Easy Fix...
