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Welcome to Ally: Are your course materials accessible?

Build inclusive environments for all student learning styles

Location

Online : Collaborate

Date & Time

November 20, 2019, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Learn about Ally, a tool now available in Blackboard Original and Ultra, that improves the accessibility of your course content. Attend this session to see Ally’s remediation capabilities and powerful file conversion tools that generate alternative formats for you and students. 


Upon completing this online session, participants should be able to:

  • Review and apply Universal Design for Learning principles to their course content.

  • Review key barriers that hinder the ability of students to easily access digital content.

  • Create accessible course content before uploading in Blackboard.

  • Run an Ally Accessibility Report for their entire course.

  • Remediate course content by utilizing the Ally course report.

The webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Use the link below to enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time:

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled.

Prior to the session

If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review Getting Started Guide. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs. 

For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or a recent browser update. Webinars are bandwidth intensive, so closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth. After joining the session, please configure your audio. 

The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

For more information about Ally at UMBC, please see this announcement and the FAQ collection.


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