Ally Course Accessibility Report Tutorial

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The Ally Course Accessibility Report analyzes your bCourses site for accessibility problems and displays results in an interactive dashboard. To enable this report, select the course where you'd like to turn on this feature. This tutorial uses the Videography 101 course. 

In the course navigation, scroll down and select Settings. 

At the top of the Settings page, select the Navigation link. 

Locate the Ally Course Accessibility Report from the list of options. Select the three vertical dots at the end of this row and then select Enable. 

After making this change, you must select the Save button on the bottom of this page.

The Ally Course Accessibility Report option now appears in the course navigation.

Selecting this option opens the Ally Course Accessibility Report Dashboard, which offers a summary and an overview of the course by highlighting (items in the below numbered list are identified in the following screenshot):

1. The accessibility score for the course.
2. A distribution of course content.
3. The ability to organize accessibility bugs with options to, "Fix low scoring content” and
4. The ability to organize accessibility bugs based on "Content with the easiest issues to fix."
5. The “Remaining Issues” option can also be organized by “Severity” and by “Issue”

As you fix accessibility bugs, the Ally score improves.  These adjustments will make your course content more accessible for all learners.

For more information about accessibility and using this tool, contact Allyhelp@berkeley.edu