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Introduction
Ally is a tool from Blackboard 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
If you find that Ally is not on in your course, you are able to turn Ally on by following the steps below to enable Ally in your Moodle Course.
- Log into Moodle, and go into the desired course(s).
- Click on the More tab, and select Filters from the drop-down menu.
- Select the drop-down box in the same row as the Ally option and switch it to On.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Save Changes button.
ℹ️ Please be aware, this filter only works with uploaded files in Moodle and does NOT apply to any files linked outside of Moodle (e.g. linked documents in Google Drive).
Please review Ally's Guide for Instructors to learn more about Ally, how it works and additional features.
Looking for more Ally support?
Please visit Ally's support site with tailored guides for instructors and students, or submit a Moodle Support ticket.
Acknowledgements
Contributions from Don Vosburg, Em Palencia, Paul Claudel Izabayo ‘25 and Mohammed Albarassi ‘28.