About the group
Welcome to the Ally User Group. You can find more information and register for upcoming events by visiting https://usergroup.ally.ac/dashboard
Led by the community for the community. We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT Our meetings will feature talks, workshops, and presentations from Educational Institutions and accessibility experts. While our focus is on the Ally product, we will cover other aspects of accessibility and inclusion in education.
Our User Groups are hosted externally to the main Blackboard Community site, because Ally integrates with other VLE / LMS vendors we enjoy a much wider community. All allies are welcome to join us, register for details.
Register for Ally Office Hours: https://learn.anthology.com/ally-office-hours
The meetings will be held on the second Monday of every other month.
User Group Recordings
Did you miss a session or want a recap? You can access the full recording via our blog post.
Led by the community for the community. We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT Our meetings will feature talks, workshops, and presentations from Educational Institutions and accessibility experts. While our focus is on the Ally product, we will cover other aspects of accessibility and inclusion in education.
Our User Groups are hosted externally to the main Blackboard Community site, because Ally integrates with other VLE / LMS vendors we enjoy a much wider community. All allies are welcome to join us, register for details.
Register for Ally Office Hours: https://learn.anthology.com/ally-office-hours
The meetings will be held on the second Monday of every other month.
User Group Recordings
Did you miss a session or want a recap? You can access the full recording via our blog post.
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While you're planning your AT25 schedule, remember you and your colleagues are invited to the Ally User Group session Wednesday, July 16, from 2:15 to 2:45 PM (PDT) on Level 6 in Heron 5. Our meetup will be somewhat short so we can all ...
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We heard you! Fix Your Content Day (FYCD) is back on a new day this year: October 3, 2024 . Fix Your Content Day is our annual 24-hour global competition which challenges participants to create accessible and more inclusive digital ...
Karina Estrada
Sep '24
Registration for Fix Your Content Day on October 3, 2024 is live , and you’re the first to hear! Register today to ...
Clint Brooks
Sep '24
@Karina Estrada Is there a recording of yesterday's session?
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Greetings Ally Community! here is the August 28 Roadmap recording , and slide deck is attached. Ally roadmap August 28, 2024.pdf The following features were included in the roadmap session: AI alt text assistant Broken Links ...
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The instructions given in this article do not work for me with Power BI. I get an “Unable to connect” error that starts with “Web.Contents failed to get contents from” and ends with "(404): Not Found". I would appreciate any pointers.
April Akins
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@Chrys Dean , how far in the steps did you get?
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Anthology Ally at AT 25 Ally Roadmap – Weds July 16, 3 – 3:45, Cobalt 2 Filter the AT Program Sessions b y Product and there are 14 sessions over two days! Join an onsite Ally User Group , hosted by Paula Kaplan - Weds July 16, 2:15 – 2:50pm, ...
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I have been searching for a definitive list of all possible Ally flag messages by file type. For example, a list of every possible Ally flag message for PowerPoint issues, then all for Word, etc. I have not been able to locate this. Does ...
Adam Clark
May '25
@Matthew Deeprose It is fairly close! I don't know how I missed this page with all the searching I did. Thank you for ...
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A math professor needs to convert equations with symbols like square root from handwriting to text. What apps work best to convert math to text? I've tried MS OneNote and the square root symbol converts incorrectly.
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When I upload an MS Word document into an Ultra Document and when I upload an MS Word document as a file, ALLY produces a gauge on the file. When I upload an MS PowerPoint document into an Ultra Document no gauge is produced. When I upload an ...
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Steps I have followed: Admin panel > Ally Institution Report LTI 1. 3 > sort score by term. In the category of Major Issues, "The HTML content has videos without captions or with automated captions" shows a large number of "items with ...
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My institution is planning to implement an audit in Blackboard to check for the presence of video content that may or may not have closed captions. We know video can be shared in multiple ways throughout a course (links, HTML blocks ...
