Blackboard Ally

Overview

Blackboard Ally supports diversity, equity, and inclusive learning following Universal Design for Learning's three principles of engagement, representation and action/expression in a way that equitably benefits all students, faculty, and staff.

• Ally automatically creates alternative versions of most course content so students can access the material in a format that best suits their needs.
• Alternative formats generated by Ally support the principles of Universal Design for Learning. 
• Ally provides useful tips and steps instructors can take to improve the accessibility of their course content. 
• Ally eliminates the need for instructors to use multiple tools to check course materials for accessibility issues.

Ally is dedicated to helping create truly inclusive experiences in education.

See how Ally works (video - 1:28)

Getting Started

• Blackboard Ally Basics
• Accessibility Checklist 
• Ally Accessibility Checklist FAQs 
• Universal Design for Learning
• Basic Guidelines for Creating Accessible Documents

Instructors

• Blackboard Ally Quick Start for Instructors
• Instructor FAQs for Blackboard Ally
• Using the Course Accessibility Report

Students

• Blackboard Ally Quick Start for Students
• Student FAQs for Blackboard Ally
• Which Alternative Format should I use?

Related Resources

• Microsoft Word - Adding Headings to a Document
• Using the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office Applications
• Add Alternative Text to Images in Microsoft Office Documents
• Blackboard - Add Alternative Text to Images
• Blackboard - Add Headings in the Content Editor
• Understand and Fix Text Contrast Issues
• Improve Accessibility for Scanned PDFs
• Add Headers to Document Data Tables
• Keep Documents and Presentations Accessible When Converting to PDF (Tag a PDF)
• How to Correct Scanned PDFs
• Create Accessible File Names (video - 1:57)