{"id":10941,"date":"2021-03-18T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:35:00","slug":"blackboard-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/2021\/03\/18\/blackboard-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving digital teaching excellence through accessibility and inclusive academic practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SLAR has just launched <b><i>Ally<\/i><\/b> \u2013 a unique way of improving the accessibility of your online teaching materials.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating seamlessly with Blackboard, it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supports the University in meeting its responsibilities under the new accessibility requirements for public sector websites; and<\/li>\n<li>allows students to access their learning materials in a variety of automatically created formats, such as audiobook, screen reader or electronic braille; and<\/li>\n<li>assists academic colleagues in producing more accessible learning materials by scanning each content item and providing simple, in place help for them to make improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Ally <\/i><\/b>will be a key component of our new VLE coming in September, but we were so impressed with it, we have turned it on early to give colleagues a heads-up and a chance to try out what is to come.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see our online guide (<u><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/ally-module-leaders-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/ally-module-leaders-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/eatsupport.tees.ac.uk\/staff\/knowledgebase\/ally-module-leaders-guide\/<\/a><\/u>)<\/p>\n<p>To enable <b><i>Ally <\/i><\/b>in your modules, please contact the Digital Transformation team in SLAR: <u><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"mailto:elearning@tees.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:elearning@tees.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elearning@tees.ac.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLAR has just launched Ally \u2013 a unique way of improving the accessibility of your online teaching materials. 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