Blackboard Ally is an accessibility tool that is integrated into our LearnZone and HE LearnZone sites. Ally provides a raft of tools to help staff ensure their online resources are accessible and the option for students to access these in a variety of formats. Alternative formats Ally automatically creates alternative …
Microsoft Teams has taken accessibility to a new level and will significantly help you comply with current accessibility legislation at the touch of a button. Live transcription and live captions can help to significantly improve accessibility on Teams by providing you with the option to display what is being said …
Did you know that most eBooks in the library’s collection have lots of in-built accessibility features? Having celebrated Global Accessibility Day on 20th May, this article will briefly show you the tools on our eBooks to help support your learners. These features are all available on Browns (VLE) eBooks with some features provided on …
Found under the Home Ribbon in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote online. Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content all you need is a microphone and reliable internet connection. It’s a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out and is a great tool for students which struggle with …
Alt Text (Alternative Text) helps people with visual impairments access information in pictures and other graphical content, by adding descriptive text to convey its meaning and context. You can fix this by adding Alt Text to pictures, shapes, graphics, charts, or other objects in your Office 365 resources. To add …
A fantastic feature in Class Notebook is the ability to create inclusive Math by using the Math tool found in the Draw Ribbon. Math can being challenging for some students with One Note Class Notebook it includes a Math tools that can help all types of learners with solving equations. …
Found under the View Ribbon, Immersive Reader is a feature that presents a document in an easier format and can even read it aloud. The immersive reader is most effective when used within the Office 365 online version of apps, with some limited features available in desktop applications. Immersive Reader can …
Woohoo you have made it to the end of the week! If you have been following our accessibility bite-size blog series you should now be fully equipped to follow the C.H.I.L.L best practice guide when building your accessible resources. Here’s where you can find all this week’s bite-size blogs. But …
Found under the Home Ribbon within office 365 apps like Word, OneNote and Teams using heading styles is a good way to start making your documents more accessible. When constructing a resource in Word for example using different heading styles can help keep your resource accessible. People using screen readers …
When putting together new resources whether in Word, PowerPoint or any of Microsoft’s suite of apps you need to think about the colours you use, be it the background or text colour or even the colour and contrast of shapes, charts and images, especially when they include text. When picking …
