Use Ally Reporting to Improve Course Accessibility for All Learners
Remediate in real-time: Fix images, PDFs, offer alt formats
Location
Online
Date & Time
September 30, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm
Description
Learn about Ally, a tool in Blackboard Ultra that scans content created in a course and offers instructors remediation options in real-time to improve accessibility. In this session we highlight Ally’s remediation capabilities and file conversion tools that help create an accessible and inclusive experience for all learners.
Instructors and students can also leverage Ally's powerful alternative format options to download content in multiple formats that support diverse learning styles.
Session topics and a demo include how to:
- Run Ally's Accessibility Report
- Use Ally's Instructor Feedback Panel to preview and prioritize remediation
- Follow Ally's step-by-step guidance to fix accessibility issues
- Leverage Ally's alternative formats and File Transformer
To RSVP for this event, click "Going virtually" below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registrants will receive a calendar invitation and reminder email prior to the session.
JOINING THE SESSION
This session will take place in a Google Meet virtual conference room. Enter the Google Meet room up to 10 minutes before the start time. To join the event, select the "Join Online Event" button in the top of the event posting.
- For best viewing, we recommend using Chrome, Brave, or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwith.
- If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the requirements to use Google Meet. Learn how to connect your audio & video, change or blur your background, and use reactions. You can also review the accessibility settings, including live captions.
At least 6 registrants are needed to run this session. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend. All registrants will receive a link to the captioned recording. All recordings are posted to the Instructional Technology Training Archive in Panopto.
Connect with Instructional Technology
As always, if you have questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC consider the following options:
Follow the Instructional Technology & DoIT myUMBC groups
(Thumbnail alt-text: Blackboard Ally Logo, "Accessible content is better content")
