{"id":4936,"date":"2017-08-22T10:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T17:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/bcconnect\/?page_id=4936"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:20:07","slug":"ally-content-accessibility-checker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/ally-content-accessibility-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally Accessibility Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-light\"><h2 class=\"card-header\">What is Ally?<\/h2><div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Ally focuses on making digital course content more accessible. Ally is a tool that integrates into Canvas and works to support content creators ensure that the materials they are creating and using are accessible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2017\/08\/Ally-Accessibility-Tool-Handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download a one page guide on using Ally<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ally Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When uploading content, Ally will scan the file and produce an accessibility score. This score is symbolized by a little gauge next to the document\/image (on the Canvas page, the modules list, and in the Files list). The gauge will be red, yellow, or green depending on the score.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>score and the color gauge is visible only to Instructors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you click on the gauge explanation of the problem and guidance on fixing the problem appears.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you add a file to Canvas, Ally will produce alternative formats. To view\/access those formats, you click on the little editing wheel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Currently, these are the available formats:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tagged PDF version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HTML version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ePub version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic braille version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students will see a <strong>drop-down selection of various accessible formats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ally allows Canvas administrators to run institutional reports to monitor institution-wide accessibility improvement over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-panel card bg-default\"><h2 class=\"card-header\">Ally Video Tutorials<\/h2><div class=\"card-body\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1C8sxbtZBYU&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Overview<\/a>: Watch and learn more from this video created by SBCTC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJx-AW1EFdo\" target=\"_blank\">Ally First Steps Guide:<\/a> Feedback and guidance for instructors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2yll2A2DdVg\" target=\"_blank\">Ally First Steps Guide:<\/a> Alternative accessibility formats for students in Canvas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Ally? Ally focuses on making digital course content more accessible. Ally is a tool that integrates into Canvas and works to support content creators ensure that the materials they are creating and using are accessible. Download a one page guide on using Ally Ally Features When uploading content, Ally will scan the file <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/ally-content-accessibility-checker\/\">...more about Ally Accessibility Checker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18713,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4936\/revisions\/18713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}