Blackboard Ally WYSIWG Accessibility

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Ally allows you to improve the accessibility of “What You See is What You Get”, or WYSIWYG, content within the Document pages you build in Blackboard Ultra.

1. In a new Document page, click "Add content":

Add Content button with a red border around it and the three other buttons are Upload from Computer, Upload from Cloud Storage and Browse Content Collection.

2. Begin entering content into the rich content editor:

The words Sample content item text highlighted within the rich content editor.

3. The Ally accessibility score will pop up in the Document page header as you type. Click the score indicator:

ally score showing 33% with a red border along with the visible to students, alternative format icon and the gear icon.

4. Ally will highlight any accessibility issues throughout the Document page:

In the Ally in-browser document view, the words with insufficient color contrast have a red box around them.

5. Details about each issue are listed in the feedback panel to the right. Within the feedback panel, you may make corrections and apply them to all occurrences of an issue:

In the Ally instructor feedback window, it showing that item contains text with insufficient contrast and it provides alternate color choices with the black option being select by default.

6. After making your selections, click “Apply”:

In the Ally instructor feedback window, it showing that item contains text with insufficient contrast and it provides alternate color choices with the black option being select by default. and clicking the Apply button

7. You may also click “All issues” next to the Ally score to see a full list of accessibility issues:

The Ally instructor feedback panel is displaying 33% along with a red arrow pointing to All Issues.

8. The Ally score will update in real time as you resolve accessibility issues. Click “Close” when you are finished:

The accessiblity score is displaying 100% along with the words Perfect! You have successfully improved the contrast of this item.

9. Your corrections will not be applied to the Document page until you slick “Save” below the rich content editor:

The content editor is displaying the words Sample content item text four times and the black font color has been applied to them.

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