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As previously announced, Ally goes live in Blackboard Learn on Wednesday, April 17. This means that Ally will be available in spring 2019 Blackboard course sites on April 17.

Ally is a tool, embedded in Blackboard Learn, designed to make digital course content more accessible to all students. Alternative formats include OCRed PDF, HTML, ePub (for e-book devices and apps), electronic braille, audio (MP3), and machine translation. The Ally tool also assists faculty members in identifying and correcting accessibility issues within their own course content.

A detailed message has been sent to all deans, chairs, and directors of student support services. Please review the IT Knowledge Base article about Blackboard Ally, and sign up for training via the Workshop Registration System.

A summary of feedback from the Ally pilot conducted on campus is available online.

Watch how students can choose alternative content delivery in this generic Blackboard Ally video. Messaging to students begins after April 17.