Get ready for an exciting enhancement to your learning experience with Ally for Canvas
The Teaching and Learning Academy is launching Ally on the 28th March. Designed to take accessibility to new heights in your Canvas courses Ally provides access to alternative formats making Canvas even more accessible to your diverse learning needs.
What is accessibility?
The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability.
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What are Alternative Formats?
Alternative Formats transform your course files into different formats to help you learn better. Next to your course files, click on the down arrow and select “alternative formats” to see your options.
Further Information
Resources
Accessibility in Digital Education Design (AiDED) Project
The Teaching and Learning Academy’s AiDED vision is to use the digital learning environment to help all our students improve their life chances.