Ally 2.7.9 | Release to production: October 18, 2023
Bugs fixes and improvements
- Fixed an issue related to the recent implementation of the session timeout that was causing generic errors to display in the browser console while accessing the Institutional Report.
Ally 2.7.7 | Release to production: September 6, 2023
New features
API endpoints for reporting tools
Administrators can now integrate their Ally data into reporting tools and applications like Power BI, Tableau, or even Microsoft Excel more seamlessly than before, using two new private Ally API endpoints for reporting. This API provides two GET endpoints that allow Administrators to quickly build reports or dashboards and retrieve information on accessibility scores and issues.
Instead of reconfiguring dashboards each time a new CSV export is available, these new endpoints allow Administrators to configure a report once and refresh the data at 15-minute intervals to update dashboards in the preferred reporting tool. Administrators can obtain all the credentials needed to configure the data in the external reporting tool from the Institutional Report.
Additional information about the API for reporting, including configuration examples, is available in the Integrate Ally's API with an External Reporting Tool help page. Technical documentation around the new API endpoints is also available in the Reporting API Endpoints help page.
Endpoints included in the API for reporting are private endpoints and do not come with a deprecation policy at this time. Anthology Ally may change or update these endpoints depending on our roadmap or future releases.
Bug Fixes and improvements
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Fixed an accessibility issue where controls in the Ally configuration were not properly announced as control groups by screen readers.
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Fixed an accessibility issue where the file drop area in the Ally Instructor Feedback did not have descriptive text for screen readers.
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Added a session timeout to the Ally Report for Ally for Websites that prevents unwanted access when the report is left unattended or there is no activity. (The timeout is triggered after 900 seconds of inactivity and signs out the user automatically.)
Ally 2.7.5 | Release to production: August 10, 2023
Bugs fixes and improvements
- Fixed an accessibility issue where a decorative image from the Ally instructor feedback was not hidden from screen readers.
Ally 2.7.4 | Release to production: July 26, 2023
New features
Audio Alternative Format character limit increased
Ally now supports files with up to 200,000 characters when downloading the Audio Alternative Format.
Improvements and bug fixing
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Fixed an accessibility issue where visually grouped controls in the Instructor Feedback were not being grouped correctly.
Ally 2.6.8 | Release to production: May 24, 2023
Improvements and bug fixing
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Fixed an issue that was preventing administrators from accessing the Ally for Websites Accessibility Report using the Microsoft Single Sign-On option.
Ally 2.6.7 | Release to production: May 17, 2023
Improvements and bug fixing
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Improved the Scanning on Demand queuing system with an update that ensures that scans stuck for more than twelve hours will be ignored. This allows administrators to trigger scans without waiting for stuck scans to be finished.
Ally 2.6.6 | Release to production: June 6, 2023
Improvements and bug fixing
As part of our efforts to support universal design and equitable access around the world, Ally now supports the User Interface in the Chinese Traditional language (zh-TW). Chinese Traditional is now available in Ally Institutional Report, configuration UI, Alternative Formats modal, Instructor Feedback, and Course Accessibility Report.
This does not represent changes in the current language support in other Ally features.
Ally 2.6.2 | Release to production: March 29, 2023
Improvements and bug fixing
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The Braille Alternative Format has been upgraded to improve overall performance and incorporate general Braille table improvements.
Ally 2.6.0 Release to production: March 8, 2023
Improvements and bug fixing
- Fixed an issue in Ally for Websites where, in some cases, admins could not trigger manual scans on domains when scheduled scans had already been executed.
- Fixed an issue in Ally for Websites where the preview of the website was not displayed in the Instructor Feedback.
Ally 2.5.9 | Release to production: March 1, 2023
Updated features
Identification and scoring of Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Password-protected files
Password-protected Microsoft Office and LibreOffice documents are now identified and scored by Ally. When you upload a password-protected document, Ally will flag it with a 0% score. This will increase the instructor's awareness to update and make the content available to learners without any blockers.
This is a go-forward change that only affects the score of newly added or updated password-protected Office content after this release.
As part of future releases, we will incorporate additional guidance and feedback for these files into the Instructor Feedback.
Translated Version Alternative Format character limit increased
Ally now supports files with up to 60,000 characters when downloading the Translated Version Alternative Format.
Ally 2.5.7 | Release to production: February 14, 2023
Updated features
On-Demand Domain Scan is now available in Ally for Web
Ally for Web administrators can now trigger scans of web domains directly from the Ally Accessibility report using the new Crawl Domain button. With this feature, institutions can trigger a crawl "on-demand" in between the normally scheduled crawls —to check recent content or section updates— to provide greater flexibility when tracking and fixing content issues.
After clicking Crawl Domain, administrators can see the scan progress or cancel the scan at any time.
Administrators will be notified through the user interface while the report is being updated.
Scheduled automated scans will continue to run as intended, as soon as the on-demand scan is completed.
For more information, please review the Scan on Demand documentation on the Ally for Web help page.
If you'd like to provide additional feedback regarding the new Scan on Demand feature for Ally for Websites, please fill out this short anonymous survey.
