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Accessible Course Content: Creating and Fixing (repost)
5 Things You Can Do With Blackboard Ally
Join this virtual workshop from UMBC's Instructional Technology team that will offer ideas for developing a strategy to improve course usability and accessibility by getting started...
August 11, 2023 · 11:42 AM
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REPOST: Accessibility & Usability Resource Site via QM
Free Faculty Tools w/UMBC's Instructional Tech +Ally class!
In response to institutional and educator priorities for making education accessible for all learners, the Quality Matters peer community created the Accessibility and Usability Resource Site...
August 7, 2023 · 11:08 AM
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Calling All Faculty: Course Material Accessibility Help 8/26
Get ready for the new semester with Instruct'l Tech (repost)
Sign Up for this Sprint by clicking on the Website button to get to Instructional Tech's event page below! Instructional Technology will host a 90-minute support sprint on Friday, August 26,...
August 23, 2022 · 2:28 PM
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5 Things Ally Can Do For Bb Course Accessibility (IT Repost)
Making Bb Courses Accessible & Disability Friendly 8/16 10a
REPOST from Instructional Technology, click here or on the Website button to register for the 8/16/22 10:00a online session. Learn about Ally, a tool available in Blackboard Original and Ultra...
August 11, 2022 · 10:58 AM
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Free Webinar: The True Impact of Digital Accessibility 10/20
Discover how inclusion helps others and you (now or later)
Many of us have heard about digital accessibility but what would it really be like to walk in someone else's shoes — to need alt text, captions, audio descriptions, and more. Find out!...
October 13, 2021 · 12:34 PM
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Attention Faculty: Ally Event on 10/29 with Instr. Tech
Accessible content is a win for students of all abilities
Join our campus partner, Instructional Technology for Five (5) Things You Didn't Know that Blackboard Ally Can Do and learn about Ally, a tool available in Blackboard Original and Ultra courses,...
October 11, 2021 · 5:07 PM
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Calling All Faculty! Accessible Course Training with Ally!
How to Reach and Teach All Abilities with Ally
Have you met Ally?  Sign up for a proper introduction with Instructional Technology's training here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/events/79747 When:  February 12th at...
February 10, 2020 · 3:17 PM
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Make your PowerPoints Accessible w/Instructional Technology
Be an Accessible Content Ally with your PowerPoints!
Are your PowerPoint presentations accessible to every student in your course? Instructors routinely upload PowerPoint presentations into their course, but this doesn't mean that every student has...
October 9, 2019 · 2:09 AM
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UMBC DoIT Instructional Tech Team offers Ally Orientation
Webinar 9/16/19: Using Ally in Blackboard
WEBINAR IS ONLINE, SEPTEMBER 16, NOON TO 1 PM Learn to make your course materials accessible in Blackboard. During the SP2019 semester, Ally was deployed to courses using Ultra. Ally is...
August 8, 2019 · 4:45 PM
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A WIN for Course Accessibility with Blackboard Ally
How to be a Faculty Ally for Students with Disabilities
DoIT's Instructional Technology division will be holding various Blackboard training sessions to highlight changes to Ultra and the addition of Ally, which supports the accessibility of course...
July 23, 2019 · 7:38 PM

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