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Add Transcripts with Videos for a More Inclusive Course
Posted March 08, 2023
by IDLT
Everyone learns differently and by adding transcripts along with course videos, faculty can create more inclusive and engaging learning environments. The Multiple Means of Representation guideline from the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework encourages faculty to provide course content in a variety of formats to meet the diverse students in their courses. CAST, the organization that developed and maintains the UDL framework, describes the principle of multimodal representati...
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Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation Features
Posted March 08, 2023
by IDLT
ITS will update Blackboard to Ultra Base Navigation on May 8, 2023. The Ultra Base Navigation upgrade will not update or change existing course shells or tools used by faculty and students.
Blackboard’s Ultra Base Navigation is a modern, intuitive navigation menu that lives outside of courses, providing quick access to the most critical information consolidated from the institution and users’ courses. An overview of the features of Ultra Base Navigation is available in the...
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Increasing accessibility using Blackboard's text editor
Posted March 08, 2023
by IDLT
This is our final article in the series on Blackboard Ally. We’ve discussed how Blackboard Ally makes your course more inclusive , running the course accessibility report and interpreting it , how to make a PowerPoint presentation accessible , how to increase the accessibility of a PDF, and l etting your students know Ally is their ally .
In this article, we’re going to explain how to make the text in your Blackboard course accessible. When we refer to text in B...
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