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Introduction

Your Blackboard Learn Ultra module areas will contain many different content items and filetypes. Ally is an extension to Blackboard Learn Ultra that creates alternative and accessible versions of those content items.

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Note

Note: Copyright protected, or password protected documents cannot be converted to alternative formats.


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Available Alternative Formats

You can download the alternative formats anywhere you see Ally's alternative formats download icon:

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  • OCR’ed (Optical Character Recognition) version – automatically extracted text from scanned documents for improving reading and searching.

  • Tagged PDF (currently for Word, PowerPoint and OpenOffice/LibreOffice files) – structured PDFs for improved use with assistive technology.

  • Mobile-friendly HTML.

  • ePub – for reading as an e-book on an mobile device or other e-book reader.

  • Electronic Braille – BRF version for electronic braille displays.

  • MP3 Audio version for listening.

  • BeeLine Reader – enhanced version that uses an ‘eye-guiding colour gradient’ for easier and faster on-screen reading.

Downloading Alternative Formats

You can download the alternative formats anywhere you see Ally's alternative formats download icon:

Just look for the Ally Alternative format icon next to file links:

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And , within documents and next to content items:

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To download the Ally Alternative format version of your learning content:

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