{"id":6414,"date":"2024-04-05T16:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/?page_id=6414"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:10:55","slug":"ally","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/services\/ed-tech\/blackboard\/ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard Ally is an accessibility tool that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides feedback to instructors on how to improve accessibility of their course content.<\/li>\n<li>Create alternate formats for course content, such as electronic braille.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Support Policy<\/h4>\n<p>MET IT is responsible for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gathering details of errors<\/li>\n<li>Escalating requests to the appropriate departments at MET and BU IS&amp;T<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blackboard Ally is a newer integration and support may expand in the future.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n<div class=\"center-children\">\n<div class=\"grid col-3 colors\">\n<div class=\"hovereffect\" style=\"background-color: #707070;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/ally-for-instructors\/\"><span>Ally for Instructors<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"hovereffect\" style=\"background-color: #707070;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/ally-for-students\/\"><span>Ally for Students<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"hovereffect\" style=\"background-color: #707070;\"><a href=\"\/metit\/services\/ed-tech\/blackboard\/ally\/open-qa\/\"><span>Open Q&amp;A Sessions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>May I opt-out of this tool being added to my course?<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Instructors who wish to opt-out of using the Ally tool can request the integration removal by either:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fill out the form under the &#8220;Requesting Access to Ally for Your Course&#8221; section on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/ally-for-instructors\/\">this page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/metit\/about\/\">Contact us<\/a> with your course name, course number, and section number.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard Ally is an accessibility tool that: Provides feedback to instructors on how to improve accessibility of their course content. Create alternate formats for course content, such as electronic braille. Support Policy MET IT is responsible for the following: Gathering details of errors Escalating requests to the appropriate departments at MET and BU IS&amp;T Blackboard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14346,"featured_media":0,"parent":1412,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6414"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7524,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6414\/revisions\/7524"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}