{"id":687,"date":"2023-02-13T12:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/?p=687"},"modified":"2023-02-13T13:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:17:03","slug":"elevating-course-accessibility-with-ally-in-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/teaching\/elevating-course-accessibility-with-ally-in-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevating Course Accessibility with Ally in Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is Ally?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ally is a tool that assists with improving accessibility in courses especially for course materials. Ally is turned on in all Spring courses and allows your students to download alternative formats of any course documents (e.g. searchable .pdf, mp3, electronic braille, HTML, ePub, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Ally provides feedback for each file in your course with a step-by-step guide to improving accessibility.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-692\" style=\"width: 1573px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-692 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1.png\" alt=\"The four different Ally indicators repotring missing alt-text.\" width=\"1573\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1.png 1573w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1-1024x312.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2023\/02\/Ally2-1-1536x469.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1573px) 100vw, 1573px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instructor feedback and indicators within Canvas as alternative text is added to improve accessibility score.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Want to learn more?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Sign-up for a 30-minute demonstration of what Ally looks like and what it can do<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927226\">Thursday, February 16<\/a>, 2:00 \u2013 2:30 PM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927233\">Wednesday, February 22<\/a>, 1:00 \u2013 1:30 PM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927236\">Monday, February 27<\/a>, 3:00 \u2013 3:30 PM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927235\">Friday, March 3<\/a>, 2:30 \u2013 3:00 PM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927234\">Tuesday, March 7<\/a>, 3:00 \u2013 3:30 PM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cglink.me\/2dK\/r1927235\">Thursday, March 23<\/a>, 10:00 \u2013 10:30 AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learn on your own<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dv851Cr-YLQ&amp;list=PLontYaReEU1v0axvApW4PHZLkwioVfuv4&amp;index=3\">Ally Alternative Formats<\/a> Video (1 minute)<\/li>\n<li>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jTgJcOKZcbQ&amp;list=PLontYaReEU1v0axvApW4PHZLkwioVfuv4&amp;index=7\">&#8220;Ally Instructor Feedback&#8221; video<\/a> (1 min and 45 seconds)<\/li>\n<li>Review\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/accessibility\/assistive-technology\/document-conversion-for-accessibility\/ally-for-canvas\/index.html\">Ally information<\/a> on the accessibility website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Take a deeper dive into other ways to increase accessibility in your course<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bowdoin.campusgroups.com\/events?group_ids=49036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">List of accessibility online workshops <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/accessibility\/curricular-accessibility\/creating-an-accessible-course-in-canvas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips for creating an accessible course in Canvas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions and\/or support<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/staff\/jhaugen\/index.html\">Juli Haugen<\/a> for questions about digital accessibility and assistive technology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/staff\/jsnow\/index.html\">Jennifer Snow<\/a> for questions about Canvas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Ally? 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