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SDD19: How to Use Blackboard Ally
Hours: 2.83
Participants will be among the very first faculty to learn about the new revolutionary accessibility solution, called Blackboard Ally: learn why it will be a game changer to so many of our students, what it can do, when it will be available in your BlackBoard courses.
Your classes are full of diverse students with unique learning abilities. Providing them with more accessible original content means the ability to choose formats that work best for them: HTML for improved reading on mobile phones, Audio for learning on the go, the new EPUB format, PDFs with taggs for accessibility and even Electronic Braille for embossing hard copy or reading on braille devices. We will discuss how ALLY will anylize uploaded content and AUTOMATICALLY generate all of these ACCESSIBLE alternatives making them INSTANTLY available to students.
Presented by a diverse multidepartment team representing the ACC Libraries, Special Populations, Instructional Design and Information Technology's LMS Services.
Participants in this workshop will be among the very first faculty to see the new revolutionary accessibility solution, called Blackboard Ally, that will help you make course content more accessible for all learners.
...an understanding of BlackBoard Ally and the tools and features available in the BlackBoard course environment.
...a basic understanding of what it means for a document to be "accessible" ...some basic steps you can take to improve the accessibility of the materials you create.
...Reference sheets for creating accessible content and improving the access to MS Word, PowerPoint, and PDF documents as well as images and multimedia.
Sean Loraas
Accessibility Technician
Alt-Text and Media, a division of Special Populations
Involved with accessibility at ACC for 21 years. For the last 15 years has produce accessible course materials for Student Accessibility Services across the district, including braille and tactile graphics, audio and a variety of accessible electronic formats. He has a BS in Sign Language Interpreting from the University of New Mexico. Two-time recipient of the Riverbat Excellence Award for the Riverside Campus. In 2016 he was ACC's Classified Employee of the Year and recieved the national NISOD Excellence Award.
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Terry Patterson
IT Systems Senior Analyst, LMS Services
15+ years experience with management and administration of the BlackBoard LMS.
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Kathleen Serra, MA
Kathleen Serra joined the Instructional Development team in 2013. She serves on the Peace and Conflict Studies Advisory Board, the Rio Grande Campus Steering Committee, and is the process holder for Blackboard and Quality Matters. She has been the lead for several faculty institutes on Culturally Responsive Teaching, ACC Online – Developing a fully online course, and Online Course Redesign Academy.
Before joining ACC, Kathleen was the Course Director for the Art History course at Full Sail University. She created and taught an online Art History course for 10 degree programs, led a team of 5 people, and developed multimedia assets. She also serves as an Adjunct Communications Professor, teaching online for several universities.
Kathleen has been teaching online and face-to-face classes for over fifteen years and enjoys researching and presenting on the topics of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Hybrid Courses. Most recently, she has presented at the following conferences: Culturally Responsive Teaching conference in Baltimore, MD, the Northwest eLearning conference in Portland Oregon and FETC (Florida Educational Technology Conference). Kathleen is a Quality Matters F2F Facilitator and a certified VoiceThread educator.
EDUCATION:
M.A., Communications & Technology, Rollin’s College, Winter Park, FL
B.A., Art History, University of Missouri – St. Louis
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