In your class, the Ally system automatically enhances the accessibility of original content for a diverse group of students with unique learning abilities, allowing them to select the format that best suits them—be it HTML for optimized mobile phone reading, Electronic Braille for the visually impaired, or audio for on-the-go learning.
- Automatically checks course materials against WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards
- Provides students with accessible alternative formats such as audio and electronic braille
- Delivers guidance to instructors to improve the accessibility of their course content
Ally creates alternative formats of your course content based on the original content item. These formats are made available with the original content so students can find everything in one convenient location.
Select the Alternative formats icon anywhere you see it in your course to view the different formats available for download.
Ally measures the accessibility of each file attached to your course and shows you at-a-glance how it scores. Accessibility scores include the following:
- Low - File is not accessible and needs immediate attention.
- Medium - File is somewhat accessible and could use improvement.
- High - File is accessible but could be improved.
- Perfect - File is accessible. No improvement needed.
The course accessibility report acts as a complement to the existing accessibility indicators. It provides an accessibility summary and overview at the course level.
The report displays the following helpful information:
- Accessibility score for the course
- Distribution of course content by content type
- List of all issues identified in the course
The report helps you determine which issues to fix first. For example, you can start with the content with the most severe issues or start with the content that's easiest to fix.
Ally provides you with detailed feedback and support to help you become an accessibility pro. Learn about accessibility issues, why they matter, and how to fix them. Green is the goal!
Select the Accessibility score to open the instructor feedback. Follow the steps in front of you to go step-by-step. Select All issues to see every issue in the file and decide what issues to fix first.
Select All issues if you want to see how much each fix will improve the accessibility of the file.