What is your +1 or next step towards making your Blackboard content more inclusive and accessible for your students? During the Blackboard Ally open labs, we will be discovering some quick wins using Blackboard Ally as an accessibility testing tool…
Accessibility evaluation tools are software programs or online services that help to answer the question if created content meets accessibility guidelines. Did you know that automated accessibility checkers may be a place to take the first step but they only…
Zoom was designed with accessibility in mind, but there are always still a few more practices to make the experience more usable and accessible. Learn some of the best practices to be more inclusive in your next upcoming Zoom meeting. …
A descriptive link is link text that describes where the user is going or a document that will be opened. The link should indicate where the audience is going to go when the text is clicked or activated. Part of…
Blackboard Ally is an automated accessibility testing tool, which is a good starting point to begin remediating course content to be more accessible. Automated testing tools are not perfect and do not identify every barrier but will pick up items…
What is Alt text? Alt text is a text alternative that is given to images, graphs, charts, and tables. What is the benefit? Alt text, one of the core concepts of digital accessibility, also know as alternative text is a…
A descriptive link is link text that describes where the user is going or a document that will be opened. The link should indicate where the audience is going to go when the text is clicked or activated. Part of…
Color is an important element in design and communication, but also important for both color-blind and low-vision users. Insufficient color contrast could create a barrier for those consuming information. Sufficient contrast is defined as having a contrast ratio of at…