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<p class="MsoNormal">We are using Ally as well with Canvas. It does a great job of providing feedback to faculty and facilitating the remediation of a number of accessibility fixes. We do have concerns that some of the feedback they provide to faculty will
be difficult for some faculty to resolve, but as Amy mentioned they are continually rolling out improvements.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have generally been pleased with the alternative formats that the tool automatically provides. Recognizing of course that there are limits to how much can be remediated automatically, I have been pleasantly surprised at how good of a
job the tool does at automatically recognizing and tagging certain types of content such as tables, equations, headings, etc…
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Christopher Phillips<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Center for Innovative Design and Instruction<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Utah State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu> on behalf of "Rovner, Amy" <arovner@shoreline.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 10:28 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Blackboard Ally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sharon,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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We are currently using Ally on our campus and I’m happy to discuss it with you. Short story – it’s great for faculty and students. Improvements are still rolling out regularly and it keeps getter better and better.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Feel free to contact me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Amy<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Amy Rovner, MPH RD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Instructional Designer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Accessible IT Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">eLearning Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Shoreline Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(206) 546-6937</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">arovner@shoreline.edu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://help.shoreline.edu/hc/en-us">eLearning Service Help Center</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Canvas <a href="https://cases.canvaslms.com/apex/liveagentchat">
24/7 Help via Chat</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Canvas 24/7 Phone Help: 1-888-672-2040</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://today.shoreline.edu/business-technology-elearning-center-summer-2017-quarter/business-technology-elearning-center-summer-2017-quarter.htm">Drop in help with basic computing</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon M Trerise<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 6:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Blackboard Ally<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Does anyone have experience and can comment on using Blackboard Ally with faculty? I am also interested in comments about the “accessible versions” that it creates.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sharon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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