{"id":6352,"date":"2020-10-22T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/?p=6352"},"modified":"2020-10-22T12:47:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T12:47:08","slug":"ally-for-moodle-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/ally-for-moodle-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally for Moodle now live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align: justify;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6353\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/ally-logo.gif\" alt=\"Logo for Ally for Moodle\" width=\"250\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Ally for Moodle is now live and integrated into all teaching and learning sites on the DLE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"normaltextrun\">What is Ally and how does it work?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ally is\u00a0a\u00a0new feature\u00a0which\u00a0scans all original content in Moodle and performs a series of steps to make the content more accessible.\u00a0You\u00a0will then be provided with a detailed insight and guidance on how to improve the accessibility of\u00a0your\u00a0content.\u00a0You will now see that your\u00a0course files and content have coloured &#8220;dials&#8221; next to them called Ally Indicators, which\u202findicate the level of accessibility on the file.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6355\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6355\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171.png\" alt=\"Ally indicators and dials\" width=\"450\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171-560x125.png 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171-260x58.png 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/Ally-Indicators-768x171-160x36.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ally Indicators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only staff teaching on that module or programme site will be able to view the indicator dials and students will only see the option to download content in an alternative format.<\/p>\n<h2>Course level accessibility report<\/h2>\n<p>Staff also have access to a course accessibility report which provides a summary of the accessibility at module\/programme level. It allows the tutor to see the big picture along with the specific details about the accessibility of the digital course content.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows this useful information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accessibility score for the course<\/li>\n<li>Distribution of course content by content type<\/li>\n<li>List of all issues identified in the course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staff will see their course content items that have issues and can then access the feedback from the report to fix the issue. To access the accessibility report, click on the burger menu on the top left hand side of the course page and select \u2018Accessibility Report\u2019 from the left hand navigation menu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6356\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6356\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/accessibilty-report-access.jpg\" alt=\"accessibility report\" width=\"324\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/accessibilty-report-access.jpg 324w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/accessibilty-report-access-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/accessibilty-report-access-260x46.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/accessibilty-report-access-160x28.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Accessing the accessibility report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How does Ally help students?<\/h2>\n<p>How students engage with their learning content is personal to them, whether they access content via smartphones or iPads or if they choose to make digital notes on PDF\u2019s, Ally automatically generates alternative formats for students to download and consume their teaching material in a personalised way that works best for them.<\/p>\n<p>When students access their module or programme sites on the DLE they will see a\u00a0small Ally icon next to each file.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6357\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6357\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/download-alternative-format-with-file-example.jpg\" alt=\"Alternative file format\" width=\"500\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/download-alternative-format-with-file-example.jpg 546w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/download-alternative-format-with-file-example-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2020\/10\/download-alternative-format-with-file-example-160x185.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alternative file format download for students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By clicking on the icon, they will be able to download that file in a format that\u00a0suits their individual needs.<\/p>\n<h2>Why has Ally been integrated into the Digital Learning Environment?<\/h2>\n<p>Providing inclusive and accessible content should be common practice to ensure that all students have the same experience regardless of any disability. Under the Equality Act 2010, students do not have to disclose a disability, so it is important that we ensure our teaching and learning content and platforms are accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Recent changes in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2018\/952\/contents\/made\">UK legislation<\/a> in 2018 stipulates\u00a0that all public sector organisations have a legal duty to make their websites and mobile apps accessible.\u00a0To help support these requirements\u00a0within teaching and learning, Ally for Moodle was procured to improve the accessibility of content within Moodle.<\/p>\n<h2>Further information and support<\/h2>\n<p>Further information and support on Ally for Moodle is available on the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/dle.plymouth.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=11862\">Creating accessible content<\/a>\u2019 resource along with a training course for staff on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/digitaleducation\/accessibility-and-ally-for-teaching-and-learning\">Accessibility and Ally for Teaching and Learning<\/a>\u2019 which staff can book on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ally for Moodle is now live and integrated into all teaching and learning sites on the DLE.\u00a0 What is Ally and how does it work? 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