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.

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)