How can you help?
Begin reviewing your courses and identifying those content items with red and orange indicators. Then, on October 3, start improving as many files as possible using those indicators as a guide. Focus on images that need a description and Microsoft® Word documents to start. Aim for 100%, but improvement is what counts!
Check Your Course Accessibility Score
Check your course’s accessibility score prior to October 3rd to identify areas of concern in your course.
Open your Blackboard Course
Under Details and Actions, select Course Books and Tools
Select Ally Course Accessibility Score
Overview
“The Overview dashboard shows the accessibility score for the course, course content grouped by content type, and a list of all issues identified in the course.”
Content
“The Content tab shows you the content with accessibility issues.”
Having trouble prioritizing? Focus on these areas:
Adding alt text to images directly through Anthology Ally
Fixing heading issues in Microsoft® Word documents (the syllabus is a great document to fix)
Replacing scanned PDFs by downloading an OCRed PDF from Anthology Ally’s alternative formats to boost your score
If the OCRed PDF is poor quality, look for an existing digital version of the file or rescan the original source
Additional Resources
For more information on how to fix files using Anthology Ally, check out our help page in the Wiki - Improve Content Accessibility with Anthology Ally