Ensuring Accessible Course Content: Blackboard Ally Accessibility Report

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Blackboard Ally, is a tool designed to enhance accessibility in course content, offers a comprehensive Accessibility Report that empowers instructors to create more inclusive learning resources. Explores Ally’s main features some common issues identified, and strategies for rectifying accessibility barriers highlighted in the Accessibility Report.

Examples of Flexible Assessment in Practice

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Prioritising flexible assessment arrangements in a hybrid model means shifting on to more sustainable approaches designs that are sensitive to the needs and circumstances of students, giving them more control and ownership over assessment processes. ‘Flexibility’ in assessment is about responding to students’ individual learning needs as well as needs of the curriculum. The key is making assessment relevant to the learner.

Introducing the Accessibility Help Guides

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Academic Registry will be publishing a series of help guides over the next 3 weeks every Tuesday and Thursday to assist staff in developing inclusive learning resources.  These step by step guides will help everyone meet the requirements of the new accessibility regulations with comprehensive advice.  Guidance will cover various topics such as accessibility features of various tools available to us all and simple techniques we can use to ensure resources are accessible as possible.