[Athen] Ally for Blackboard

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Jon,

I agree that getting instructors to change is the biggest step. Hopefully
the construct of Ally will help with the process of increased awareness and
behavioral change.

Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
ARKU 209
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
479.575.3646 tdd
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund at illinois.edu>
wrote:


> Heidi,

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> I think Blackboard A11y will be great for raising awareness of

> accessibility issues and bring some data to the problem of accessibility,

> and I am hoping the University of Illinois will purchase the feature.

>

> But it is just the first step, the real work will be getting instructors

> to change behavior to adopt accessible authoring practices and hopefully

> help higher education pressure authoring tool vendors to support

> accessibility during the original authoring practices, rather than relying

> on error reports and remediation.

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> Jon

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Heidi Scher

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> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Ally for Blackboard

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> Hi Lorraine,

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> If anyone else has any insights to Ally, I'd also be very interested.

>

> I believe that the cost is based upon a formula (possibly number of

> student at an institution, Bb components, etc). I don't remember exactly,

> but I do remember it's based on aspects of the institution.

>

> We are looking at Ally. Had a demo meeting that was very impressive -

> especially with features that they expect to have in place by the end of

> the year. We are waiting for further info and hope to have a sandbox in

> which we can do some testing.

>

> It looks almost too good to be true - just hoping that's not the case!

>

> Kind regards,

>

> Heidi

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> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

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> Associate Director - Assistive Technology --- Center for Educational Access

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> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director

> Center for Educational Access

> University of Arkansas

> ARKU 209

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Norwich, Lorraine S <lnorwich at bu.edu>

> wrote:

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> HI

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> Does anyone have information that they have on the software.  How well

> does it work and is it cost effective to buy

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> Thanks

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> Lorraine

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> Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS

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> Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University

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