by Christina Sabo | Nov 13, 2018 | Accessibility, Blackboard, Featured
This spring, College of DuPage will be piloting Ally, a new tool for Blackboard, with the goal of a full rollout later in 2019. Haven’t heard of Ally? You’re not alone. Here, we explain just what Ally is and what it does for both instructors and students. The Basics...
by Christina Sabo | Nov 13, 2018 | Accessibility, Featured
Have a question about how to make your courses more accessible? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a quick and easy cheat sheet with links to information on every kind of accessibility issue you can think of that might impact your courses and your students. Accessibility...
by Christina Sabo | Sep 26, 2018 | Accessibility, Blackboard, Featured
Blackboard Learn is fully compatible with internationally recognized accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) and has several built in features that allow students with impairments to engage more easily with digital content. Problem solved? Not so fast. While Blackboard has...
by Christina Sabo | Jul 19, 2018 | Accessibility, Featured
PDFs are one of the most common file formats found in COD courses and it’s likely that everything from your syllabus to the course reading materials is in PDF form. That ubiquitousness is why it’s so critical to ensure that the PDFs in your course are...
by Christina Sabo | Jul 3, 2018 | Accessibility, Featured
While there are lots of desktop publishing solutions out there, Word is by far the most widely used. In terms of accessibility, that’s actually a great thing. Word is loaded with all kinds of features that make it really simple to check for and create documents that...
by Christina Sabo | May 29, 2018 | Accessibility, Featured
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, better known as WCAG, are a series of web accessibility guidelines created by the Web Accessibility Initiative, a branch of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG is geared towards serving those with disabilities, but also...
