by Christina Sabo | Mar 3, 2020 | Accessibility, Featured
Whether you’re sharing your own content or clips, movies, and shows made by others, videos can be a great way to engage students and make a topic feel more easily understandable and accessible. But videos come with some drawbacks, too, namely that they require...
by Monnier | Mar 3, 2020 | Accessibility, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Obligatory disclaimer: I am not a designer. This is not my field. I’m just a community college prof trying to use best practice to the best of my abilities. In this post, I want to showcase some of the tools that I use the most commonly with respect to design....
by Christina Sabo | Jan 29, 2020 | Ally, Blackboard, Featured
While Ally was operational in for Summer of 2019, most students and faculty weren’t really aware of it and usage was low. As such, the Fall term was our first full term of use, and we were able to pull a lot of really interesting data from that experience. The...
by Christina Sabo | Oct 22, 2019 | Accessibility, Featured
While Ally is a great tool for assessing if the content items in your course are accessible, it doesn’t check everything. What about the content of webpages that you’re using in your course (or, gasp, your course page itself)? How do you assess if the contrast is...
by Christina Sabo | Oct 2, 2019 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard, Events, Featured
Ally is bringing its IncluCity tour to College of DuPage next week and you can take part! There will be several fun and engaging learning opportunities over the two days the tour will be here, touching not only on Blackboard Ally but also on larger accessibility...
by Christina Sabo | Sep 3, 2019 | Accessibility, Featured
It’s not uncommon for instructors to share PowerPoint slides used in class with students. This can be a great way to help students study, take better notes, or just catch up if they were out for the day. However, it’s also not uncommon for these...
