4 key things to know about ALLY

Alternative Formats:

Ally automatically creates alternative formats of your course files, you don't need to do anything.

Click on the "alternative formats" option or where you see the Alternative Format icon

Accessibility Score Indicators:

Ally measures the accessibility of each file attached to your course and shows you how it scores. Scores range from Low to Perfect. The higher the score, the fewer the issues. For files with Low to High scores, Ally shows you the issues and gives a step-by-step guide on how to fix them.

red accessibility score indicator icon

Low: File is not accessible and needs immediate attention.

orange accessibility score indicator icon

Medium: File is somewhat accessible and could use improvement.

light green accessibility score indicator icon

High: File is accessible but could be improved.

dark green accessibility score indicator icon

Perfect: File is accessible. No improvement needed.

Instructor Feedback:

Ally provides you 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 for the instructor feedback. Follow the steps given to you. Select All issues for an overview of every issue in the file and decide what issues to fix first.

Screenshot of Ally tool being used to fix accessibility issues in a word document

Course Accessibility Report:

The course accessibility report provides an accessibility summary and overview at the course level.

The report shows instructors:

Accessibility score for the course
Distribution of course content by content type
List of all issues identified in the course

Instructors can then access the instructor feedback from the report to fix an issue.

The report helps instructors determine priority and gives options for order of fixing. For example, content with most severe issues first or start with content that's easiest to fix.

Screenshot of the Course Accessibility Overview

The following video provides an overview of Ally for learning management systems.