[Athen] Blackboard Ally

[kerscher at montana.com]

Hi,

 

Ally has a wonderful reputation for converting materials. In discussions
with the developer, clearly the most problematic format to convert is PDF.
If you can encourage the faculty to produce accessible materials from the
get go, that solves many problems. The freely available WordToEPUB is a
great start. The EPUB format is also what is available through VitalSource,
RedShelf, and Barnes and Noble, which goes by many names on campus.

 

Get it at daisy.org/wordtoepub

 

Best

George

 

 

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Norwich, Lorraine S
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 10:30 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Ally

 

Dear All,

 

I hope that you are all getting read for the upcoming Fall Semester.   We
are getting ready to implement Blackboard Ally at BU and are looking at
different ways to implement it.  If any of you are willing to share what
worked best for you when you started using it and any handouts that you have
for remediation of text that you handed out to faculty and students that
were helpful we would greatly appreciate it.

 

I look forward to hearing from you 

 

Best,

 

Lorraine

 

 

Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS 

Assistant Director of Disability & Access Services

25 Buick Street 3rd Floor, Boston MA 02215 

lnorwich at bu.edu <mailto:lnorwich at bu.edu>  (email) 

617-353-3658 (vox) 

617-353-9646 (fax) 

www.bu.edu/disability <http://www.bu.edu/disability>  (website) 

 

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