About Ally - Accessibility Tool
Ally in an accessibility tool, inside Brightspace that automatically scans course content for common accessibility issues. Ally also provides feedback to help faculty along with step-by-step guidance for fixing issues.
Accessing the Course Accessibility Report
After opening your course, click on Course Tools and then in the drop-down menu select Ally Course Report.
A new window will open with your Course accessibility score.
The Course Accessibility Report provides an accessibility summary and overview of your content at the course level. Specific areas of the report include:
- Overall accessibility score for the course
- A breakdown of course content by file type
- Two quick links for remediating content: 1. content with the easiest issues to fix and 2. content with the most severe issues
- A list of all files with accessibility issues (grouped by issue type and severity)
Remediating Content
Scroll down the page and you will see a list of all content items that need remediating.
In the image below, take note of the following;
- The severity of the issue
- The Issue
- The number of content items with this issue
- There is a second page of issues that need remediating
Click on each row and a new window will open where you can see all of the content items with that specific issue.
In the image below, take note of the following;
- The name of the content item with the issue
- The number of issues in that specific content item
- The accessibility score (out of 100%) for that specific content item
Click on each content item to open a new window where more detailed feedback is provided for remediation. On the new window you will see the content item previewed on the left side of the screen. On the right you will see the accessibility score, the details about what the problem is and some explanations about it. You can also upload a new, more accessible version of the item and it will be replaced everywhere in your course.
