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7 Accessible Practices for Creating and Sending Email
Accessibility starts before you hit send.
Email is one of the most universal communication tools we have at UMBC, and one of the most commonly overlooked places where accessibility breaks down. Whether you’re sending a department update,...
Posted: June 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
Ally's New Auto-Tagging Feature Takes the Hard Work Out of PDF Remediation
Accessible PDFs, now with less manual work.
If you've ever run an Ally course accessibility report and found a long list of untagged PDFs, you know the feeling: the problem is clear, but the path forward is time-consuming. Tagging PDFs for...
Posted: June 11, 2026, 2:41 PM
5 Tips for Creating Clear and Accessible Links
“Click here” doesn’t tell anyone where they’re going.
Links are everywhere -- in syllabi, announcements, email, assignments, websites, and Blackboard pages. They’re one of the most useful tools for connecting students to resources and one of the most...
Posted: June 9, 2026, 1:20 PM
Smarter Feedback and Flexible Rubric Improvements Arrive in the June Ultra Update
Turn every answer choice into a teachable moment
What if a wrong answer could teach just as much as a right one? This month’s Blackboard update brings tools that let instructors do exactly that: Guiding students not just to the correct response,...
Posted: May 28, 2026, 10:32 AM
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