教师联盟
Ally is an 可访问性 tool that is integrated within 黑板上 Learn. 鼓励教师使用Ally和 联盟课程报告 作为评估他们的课程内容是否符合WCAG 2的一种方式.1机管局指引. Federal law mandates that all course material be accessible to all students. 像这样, Ally can help the college comply with federal law by converting an item or file into one of several alternative, 为学生提供更方便的格式. Ally还可以通过帮助确保他们的课程来协助教师, 以及所有的数字课程材料, 是尽可能容易接近的. Ally可以通过以下方式帮助教师使内容更易于访问:
- Delivering guidance to faculty on how to improve the 可访问性 of their course content.
- 根据WCAG 2检查课程材料.1 AA标准.
- Providing accessible alternative formats such as braille, audio, and PDF versions.
Ally automatically creates alternative formats of course files based on the original. 你不需要采取任何行动. These formats are made available with the original file, so everything is in one convenient location. Ally还提供 可访问性的反馈 for faculty on how to make content more accessible by coding content with 色规指示器. 学生将看不到这些指标.
Ally works best with documents created in Microsoft Word [to create alternative formats].
此时此刻, Ally's main intention is to give students alternative formats for viewing/listening to content. It is suggested for faculty to begin modifying their course documents to increase the 可访问性 他们的课程. 课程无障碍报告 仅供教师使用.
要开始,请阅读 教师快速入门:黑板学习的盟友 然后看着 教师在线数字无障碍视频. 欲知详情,请浏览 黑板联盟帮助教师.
联盟课程报告
The 联盟课程报告 examines the 可访问性 of each course site as well as the level of potential 可访问性 of commonly used file types. This report can be found in the Course Tools area of each 黑板上 Learn course site. 只有员工以讲师的身份报名参加课程, 或者拥有讲师级别的特权, 可以查阅联盟课程报告吗. 学生无法访问课程报告, nor are they able to view the gauges that indicate the level 可访问性 given to each file. The 联盟课程报告 is not part of any faculty evaluation nor is there a minimum score required for a course or file.
The Ally score for documents and files is merely one way for faculty to gauge the level of 可访问性. Ally cannot determine the context with which a faculty member intends to use a document, 也不是他们想要传达的学术信息. 例如, a high score does not guarantee there are no 可访问性 issues but a low score does indicate more than one issue needs to be addressed.
The college recognizes that there may be pedagogical reasons for not addressing some 可访问性 issues. However, no student can be denied the protection afforded to them by State or Federal Law. 像这样, faculty are encouraged to utilize the 可访问性 resources include in this document to help address any questions. 另外, faculty who receive an accommodation letter for a student may wish to meet with the CLE, 情景应用程序, and/or the Digital Instructional 可访问性 Specialist from OLAT to discuss what else may need to be done in order to meet the requested accommodations.
盟友无障碍得分
Ally checks new and existing content and assigns course items and content an 可访问性 score. Each score includes both a numerical score and a colored gauge that reflects that score. Newly added content may take 1-2 minutes to be analyzed before a score is reflected. The algorithms used by Ally to check and score content is always being updated. Some complex documents or files containing equations may score lower if Ally has difficulty reading an image or identifying information embedded into certain document types. Faculty should reach out to their CLE or OLAT for questions about how Ally has scored an item.
Ally检查以下内容:
- 微软Word文件
- 微软PowerPoint文件
- PDF文件
- OpenOffice / LibreOffice文件
- HTML文件
- 图像文件(JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF)
- 所见即所得内容(黑板特定项目、文件夹、链接等).)
盟友得分图标
盟友可访问性得分范围从低到完美. Items scored less than 100 percent are given suggestions as to how to improve the 可访问性 of the file. Any score given by Ally is subjective and based on many different criteria. Every file should be checked to ensure the accuracy of 可访问性 and to ensure that each file is conveying the correct information and intended purpose. 例如, is each image description conveying the correct context the instructor is using it in?
Low (0-33%): Needs attention as several 可访问性 issues have been identified. | Medium (34-66%): File is somewhat accessible but still has issues that need addressed. | ||
High (67-99%): File is mostly accessible but minor improvements are possible. | 完美(100%):没有发现问题,但可能有改进. |