Bb Annotate has replaced Box View as the inline grading tool in Blackboard. Bb Annotate is a more comprehensive annotation tool with a wide array of features.
The University has invested in lecture capture software, provided by Panopto, to support the flexible delivery of teaching and to make recorded materials available to all students that will enable and enhance our Autumn 2020 delivery and beyond.
Web accessibility ensures that digital content, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.
Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech and visual.
It is important to make sure all course content and materials in your Blackboard sites are are as inclusive as possible for students. Blackboard Ally is a tool that helps you make your course content in Blackboard accessible to all users, by providing accessibility scores and feedback on how to improve the accessibility of the content and generating alternative accessible formats for uploaded files that users can download for their personal use.
Captions and/or subtitles are essential for students and staff who have a hearing impairment, for those who don’t understand the language being spoken, or are learning the language, and if someone doesn’t have access to audio. Captions and/or subtitles help make content more usable by everyone.