{"id":7221,"date":"2022-05-18T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/?p=7221"},"modified":"2023-08-23T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:37:31","slug":"academic-voice-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2022\/05\/18\/academic-voice-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic voice: Improving digital accessibility with Blackboard Ally (3\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Recently, Luke met with Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper, Lecturer in Psychology, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences to explore how digital accessibility has been improved in their teaching content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This interview is the final in a series of three, in which the digital learning team has sought the academic experiences of improving digital accessibility in a variety of subjects. The first interview <\/a>and the second interview are available on the digital learning blog. Book a 1-2-1 with Luke Searle<\/a> to learn how to improve the accessibility of your learning content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does accessibility mean to you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To me, accessibility means students can access learning content and navigate the learning environment without barriers. It should be easy for students to do this. This ideology has been with me throughout my career as we do primarily share learning content through digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you discover the Ally tool on Blackboard?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the summer I was invited to work with the digital learning team\u2019s student interns, the Accessibility Allies. They worked with my content to make it more accessible. After which we had a great meeting and I learned how I could make these changes to my own content. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I had made my changes, Luke presented to our school to show us how to use Blackboard Ally, this was useful, as I could sense check my work with the recommended methods. This was very useful as I learned more about how the students are accessing the alternative formats which are produced using Blackboard Ally<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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