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Introduction
Ally is a tool from Anthology that "can be integrated into Moodle to provide guidance to the instructor on how to improve the usability and accessibility of their content. Ally also creates alternative formats for students to access. This increase in usability and accessibility will amplify the efforts Carleton has put into making all public-facing web content accessible to the world (we are legally required to create accessible web content to receive federal funding since 1998)." (see our ITS Blog Post about Ally, or our ITS Ally landing page for more information).
Enabling Ally in your Moodle Course
You are able to turn Ally on in any of your Moodle courses, but you will need to do this individually for each course. Follow the steps below to enable Ally in your Moodle Course.
- Step1: Log into Moodle, and go into the course(s) you wish to enable Ally in
- Step2: Click on the More tab, and select Filters from the drop down menu
- Step3: Find the Ally option from the list, select the drop down box in the same row and switch it to On
- Step 4: Click Save Changes
Please be aware, this filter only works with files uploaded to Moodle and does not apply to any files linked outside of Moodle (ex. documents in Google Drive). Please review Ally's Guide for Instructors to learn more about Ally, how it works and additional features.
Questions?
Submit a Moodle Support ticket.
Acknowledgement
Created by Don Vosburg, 7/21/23. Last modified by Em Palencia 8/13/25.