Fixathon
- Online drop-in (Zoom) anytime between 13:00 - 16:00 (BST) Thursday 18th May 2023 to get advice or support in fixing your content or just to have a chat about Digital Accessibility.
- One-on-one sessions - book a Zoom session with a local expert:
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FIX YOUR CONTENT DAY 2023
May 18, 2023, marks the 12th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and as part of our campus-wide commitment to inclusive education, we are participating in the Anthology Ally Fix Your Content Day.
For 24-hours, we’ll be on a mission to fix as many accessibility issues in course files as we can.
At the end of the day, the campus with the most files improved will be recognized and awarded a prize.
How can you help?
Start clicking those red and orange indicators in your Moodle courses and improve as many files as you can. Focus on images that need a description and Word documents to start. Aim for 100% but improvement is what counts!
- Five steps to check your content using Ally (docx 0.4Mb)
Keeping it Simple
Some accessibility issues are easier to fix than others, so you can begin with simpler issues.
- Add alt text to images directly through Blackboard Ally
- Fix heading issues in Word documents
- Replace scanned PDFs by downloading an OCRed PDF from Blackboard Ally’s alternative formats to boost your score
Find out more
Ally overview
Ally Guidance
- Blackboard Ally Help Page: Improve File Accessibility - Includes: Add image description, add heading, accessibility checklist, fix text contrast, scanned pdfs, and more!