{"id":8242,"date":"2025-05-15T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=8242"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:50:31","slug":"gaad-week-blog-day-4-anthology-ally-in-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2025\/05\/15\/gaad-week-blog-day-4-anthology-ally-in-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"GAAD Week Blog Day 4 &#8211; Anthology Ally in Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2023\/05\/gaad-full-text-logo-navy-1-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2023\/05\/gaad-full-text-logo-navy-1-3-1.png 998w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2023\/05\/gaad-full-text-logo-navy-1-3-1-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2023\/05\/gaad-full-text-logo-navy-1-3-1-768x188.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thursday 15th May 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Ally?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ally<\/strong>&nbsp;is an external tool integrated into&nbsp;<strong>Canvas<\/strong>&nbsp;that automatically checks course materials against&nbsp;<strong>WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards<\/strong>&nbsp;and provides feedback on their accessibility. It\u2019s important to note that Ally doesn\u2019t evaluate the quality of your course content; it simply assesses how well the content meets accessibility standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overview for Instructors of Ally for LMS\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BgVmiq344Dg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video provides an overview of Ally in Canvas and how it works within our Virtual Learning Environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ally for Instructure Canvas\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ljqOwhd1xtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alternative Formats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A beneficial feature is that it also enables students to download accessible alternative formats of published module materials, without the need to create and upload these ourselves. These formats are made available with the original file, so students can find everything in one convenient location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the alternative formats are created for you, you can, if you want, disable alternative formats for any individual content item for whatever reason (a good example being translated versions of texts on foreign language courses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternative formats made available by Ally are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tagged PDF;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HTML;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>e-Pub;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic braille;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio (text-to-speech conversion);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BeeLine Reader;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alternative formats - Ally\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qc83xTXruHM?start=164&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course Accessibility Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accessibility Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The course accessibility report acts as a complement to the existing accessibility indicators. It provides an accessibility summary and overview at the course level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report gives an overall accessibility score for the course, which is an average of the accessibility scores of all course materials. Scores range from Low (0-33%), Medium (34-66%), High (67-99%), to Perfect (100%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Detailed Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It identifies specific files that need remediation, categorizing them by accessibility score and issue type. This helps instructors prioritize which content to fix first&nbsp;<a>1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Guidance and Corrective Actions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The report provides detailed explanations of why certain issues are problems and offers step-by-step instructions on how to fix them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors can even upload corrected versions of files directly within Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Course Report (Canvas)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1z9cdZ_jxgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Ally? Ally&nbsp;is an external tool integrated into&nbsp;Canvas&nbsp;that automatically checks course materials against&nbsp;WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards&nbsp;and provides feedback on their accessibility. It\u2019s important to note that Ally doesn\u2019t evaluate the quality of your course content; it simply assesses how well the content meets accessibility standards. This video provides an overview of Ally in Canvas &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2025\/05\/15\/gaad-week-blog-day-4-anthology-ally-in-canvas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GAAD Week Blog Day 4 &#8211; Anthology Ally in Canvas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8487,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[631,701],"tags":[416],"class_list":["post-8242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility","category-effective-practice","tag-accessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8242"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8255,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242\/revisions\/8255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}