This year’s Fix Your Content Day was a powerful demonstration of what our campus community can accomplish when we come together with a shared purpose.
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How you can make quick PDF fixes in Anthology Ally right now
Adapted from an article originally published to the Anthology Community Blog by Mindy Mekhail, Director, Product Marketing, Anthology PDFs are among the most frequently used file types
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Three Quick Accessibility Fixes to Start the Semester Strong
Adapted from an article originally published to the Anthology Community Blog by Katie Grennell, Senior Education & Training Specialist, Anthology Back-to-school season is always a
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Reimagining accessibility in an online course
How do you know if your online course is truly accessible? Are there rules or guidelines in place to inform your course design? Maybe the
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First annual Fix Your Content Day a success
On May 19, 2022 NIU participated for the first time in the global “Fix Your Content Day” with nearly 200 other higher education institutions worldwide
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Announcing Blackboard Ally digital badges
You can now earn recognition for the great work that you are doing at NIU to improve the accessibility of your course materials and being
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Join inaugural Fix Your Content Day
Each year, the global accessibility community unites on the third Thursday of May (this year it’s May 19) for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) to highlight
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Coming soon to Blackboard!
Blackboard has tripled their development team, so the rate of new features is accelerating rapidly! Many exciting features and updates are coming soon to Blackboard
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Highlighting accessibility resources
Accessibility continues to be a high priority at NIU. Here are just a couple of our notable accessibility resources, as well as an exciting announcement!
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Blackboard Ally available in all courses on December 15
To support NIU’s commitment to being an inclusive institution, the Division of IT will be enabling Blackboard Ally in all courses on December 15. Ally provides your
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Improving accessibility: Contrast issues
What’s the issue with contrast? In order for students to be able to follow your instructional materials, they must be able to read them. An
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Improving course material accessibility: Scanned vs. OCRed PDFs
Scanned PDFs can be problematic for students with visual impairments because their screen reader may not be able to interpret the page. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) can solve that.
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