Accessibility & Blackboard Ally

Blackboard Ally is a tool that integrates with Blackboard to provide data on the accessibility of your course and its content. 

With Blackboard Ally, you can:

• Provide multiple formats of your content to learners

• Review your content and make adjustments to improve accessibility all within one location in your course

Let’s take a look…

CamelTracks is a strategic initiative to embed accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into the fabric of our academic culture. This yearlong journey is designed to equip faculty and staff with the knowledge, tools, and support needed to create inclusive, engaging, and legally compliant digital content and learning environments.

Check out the CU Guide to using Blackboard Ally for ideas to improve course document accessibility.

Click this link to access Campbell's CamelTracks website for more information and resources.

What does the instructor need to do to generate alternative formats for a content item?

Nothing. Ally automatically picks up on any existing or new materials, runs it through the accessibility checklist, and makes the alternative formats available to both the student and the instructor.

What threshold is used for the color of the accessibility indicator?

An accessibility score is provided with every document which is a percentage score that reflects how accessible the item is.  Accessibility is a spectrum where further improvements are always possible.  However, once an item is in the green zone it should be doing reasonably well.