by Christina Sabo | Sep 20, 2022 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Featured
Wondering what’s new in Bb this fall? Here’s a list of all the updates to Blackboard for September 2022! Let us know if you have any questions or notice anything that’s not working as expected! For Instructors Here are the instructor-specific updates to...
by Christina Sabo | Aug 30, 2022 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Featured
Blackboard Ally has a number of tools to help you improve the overall accessibility of your courses. Among these is a tool just for instructors called the accessibility report. It allows instructors to see the overall accessibility score for their course as well as...
by Christina Sabo | May 4, 2022 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Events, Featured
This year, Fix Your Content Day takes place on Thursday, May 19th and will last for 24 hours. This coincides with Global Accessibility Awareness Day and helps to highlight the need for more inclusive digital content. What Is Fix Your Content Day Fix Your...
by Christina Sabo | Apr 6, 2021 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Featured
One of the cool things that Ally offers students is the ability to download alternative formats of a wide range of types of course content. What’s even cooler is that now there are even MORE types of course content that students can access in alternative formats....
by Christina Sabo | Jul 20, 2020 | Accessibility, Ally, Featured, Quick Tips
Even if you know how important it is and have the best intentions at heart, the idea of going through every single piece of content in your course to improve accessibility can be overwhelming to say the least. There’s simply so much to do and there’s so little time to...
by Christina Sabo | Jan 29, 2020 | Ally, Blackboard, Featured
While Ally was operational in for Summer of 2019, most students and faculty weren’t really aware of it and usage was low. As such, the Fall term was our first full term of use, and we were able to pull a lot of really interesting data from that experience. The...
