Versionshinweise für Ally für LMS

Ally 2.10.4 | Release to production: October 3, 2024

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed an issue where in some cases the Ally score gauge incorrectly appeared on embedded files or images in the document preview within the Instructor Feedback for Ultra documents in Blackboard.
• Resolved an issue in Moodle where the image preview was incorrectly displayed instead of the Ally instructor feedback when instructors clicked the Ally score gauge.
• Corrected an issue in D2L that was preventing Ally from properly retrieving topic IDs, causing the score gauge to not appear in certain courses.
• Fixed an issue in Canvas where the Ally score gauge was not present, and the alternative format icon was misplaced on Discussions.

Ally 2.10.3 | Release to production: September 19, 2024

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Resolved an issue where the Ally alternative formats tooltip in the Canvas files view for students was disappearing a few seconds after the icon was selected.
• Fixed a bug in the Instructor Feedback that was preventing users from correctly navigating through all issue highlights using the up/down arrow keys.
• Fixed an accessibility issue where the guidance panel in the Instructor Feedback lacked the appropriate role that was preventing screen reader users to correctly access the content.
• Improved focus behavior within the side panel of the Instructor Feedback to ensure a smoother experience for both keyboard and mouse users. 

Ally 2.10.2 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 6. September 2024

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen

• Es wurde ein Problem im Kursleiterfeedback behoben, das dazu führte, dass sich das Ladesymbol unbegrenzt drehte, wenn Kursleiter zwei identische defekte Links in demselben Inhaltselement reparierten.
• Es wurde ein Problem im Einrichtungsbericht behoben, bei dem der Tooltip des Ally-Symbols nicht korrekt geladen wurde, wodurch es schwierig war, direkt in das Kursleiterfeedback zu starten.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem die Tooltips von Ally beim Navigieren mit der Maus nicht über die Maus angezeigt werden konnten.
• Die Namen der Kontrollkästchen, die im Trendliniendiagramm der Bewertung der Barrierefreiheit im Institutionsbericht angezeigt werden, wurden verbessert.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem die Seitenbereiche im Ally-Kursleiterfeedback nicht mit der Tastatur nach oben und unten gescrollt werden konnten.
• Verfügbarkeit und Verbesserungen des Plugins Moodle 4.3
• Neue Power BI-Vorlage zur Verwendung mit der Ally-API für Berichterstellungstools. Sie finden es im Ally Adoption Toolkit

Ally 2.10.1 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 8. August 2024 

Unterstützung für die neuen verbesserten Dokumente mit Blackboard Content Designer

Ally unterstützt nun die neue, verbesserte Dokumente in Blackboard sowohl für Kursleiter (Kursleiterfeedback) als auch für Teilnehmer (Alternative Formate), um den Zugriff auf zugängliche und ansprechende Inhalte für alle Benutzer zu fördern.  Kursleiter und Teilnehmer sehen die entsprechenden Ally-Indikatoren auf den neuen Dokumenten, um diese Ally-Funktionen weiterhin nutzen zu können.

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen

• Die Ally-Anleitung für Elemente, die nicht auf der höchsten Ebene beginnen, wurde verbessert, indem eine einheitliche Formulierung bereitgestellt wurde, die für alle Rich-Text-Editoren gilt, bei denen die Überschriftenoptionen nicht immer auf Ebene 1 beginnen.
• Es wurde ein Problem behoben, bei dem die Formulierung in der Ally-Anleitung für PDFs, bei der eine Sprache fehlte, fälschlicherweise als Kopfzeilen-Korrektur angegeben wurde (anstelle der Sprache). 
• Es wurde ein Problem behoben, bei dem bei Canvas-Seiten das Symbol für alternative Formate nicht korrekt auf dem Seitentitel positioniert war.
• Es wurde ein Problem in Blackboard behoben, bei dem Bilder nicht im Ally-Kursleiterfeedback angezeigt wurden, wenn diese über den Bericht zur Barrierefreiheit des Kurses gestartet wurden.
• Es wurde ein Problem im Institutionsbericht behoben, bei dem die Option Andere Kurse in der Dropdown-Liste „Kursabschnitt" auf der Registerkarte „Kurse" die Kurse ohne Kursabschnitt nicht korrekt filterte und stattdessen alle Kurse in der Institution anzeigte.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit im Institutionsbericht behoben, bei dem Bildschirmleser die Steuerelementbeschriftung der Dropdown-Schaltfläche zur Auswahl des Kursabschnitts nicht ankündigten.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit im Kursleiterfeedback behoben, bei dem die QuickInfo für die Farbauswahl in der Schnelllösung für Textkontrastprobleme in Ally nicht über die Tastaturnavigation angezeigt wurde. (Der HEX-Farbcode wird jetzt von Bildschirmlesern angekündigt.)
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem die Fokusanzeige fälschlicherweise in der Paginierungskomponente in der oberen linken Ecke des Kursleiterfeedbacks angezeigt wurde, nachdem das Anleitungsfenster über die Tastaturnavigation geschlossen wurde. (Der Fokus bleibt nun auf dem auslösenden Element.)
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem die Tooltips des Ally-Symbols nicht verschwanden, wenn die ESC-Taste gedrückt wurde.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem in einigen Fällen Bildschirmleser die Schaltflächen im Kursleiterfeedback für Probleme in WYSIWYG-Inhalten nicht lesen konnten.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem in einigen Fällen die Seitenbereiche im Ally-Kursleiterfeedback nicht mit den Tastaturpfeilen gescrollt werden konnten.

Ally 2.10.0 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 17. Juli 2024

Der neue KI-Alternativtext-Assistent von Ally

Einfache, aber aussagekräftige Alternativtexte für Bilder zu schreiben, ist nicht immer eine leichte Aufgabe. Oft sucht ein Kursleiter nach einem Funken der Inspiration oder einem Vorschlag, wie er anfangen soll.

Um diese Herausforderung auf eine Weise anzugehen, die sich nahtlos in das Ally-Kursleiterfeedback integrieren lässt, freuen wir uns, Ihnen unsere neueste Innovation vorstellen zu können, welche die Handhabung der Barrierefreiheit durch Lehrkräfte verändern wird: der KI-Alternativtext-Assistent von Ally. Diese neue Funktion konzentriert sich auf die Steigerung und Verbesserung der Effizienz von Kursleitern, indem sie automatisch Alternativtexte für Bilder vorschlägt, um bessere Alternativtexte zu verfassen und sicherzustellen, dass Lernmaterialien inklusiv und für jeden Teilnehmer zugänglich sind.

Für Kursleiter

Kursleiter können den Komfort und die Leistungsfähigkeit der Schaltfläche „Beschreibung automatisch generieren“ in der Ally-Benutzeroberfläche für Kursleiterfeedback nutzen und den KI-Alternativtext-Assistenten den Bearbeitungsprozess von Bildern ohne Beschreibungen vereinfachen lassen. Mit nur einem einzigen Klick können Kursleiter nun Vorschläge für alternative Beschreibungen für Bilder generieren, die in WYSIWYG-Inhalte eingebettet oder als eigenständige Elemente verwendet werden.

Bild 1: Schaltfläche „Beschreibung automatisch generieren“, wenn ein Bild ohne Beschreibung im Ally-Kursleiterfeedback korrigiert wird

Mit diesem intuitiven Tool können Kursleiter im Handumdrehen einfache, aber genaue Beschreibungen für Bilder erstellen. Das Herumprobieren und die zeitaufwändige Aufgabe, Beschreibungen von Grund auf manuell zu erstellen, entfallen. 

Der KI-Alternativtext-Assistent sorgt dafür, dass der Kursleiter die vollständige Kontrolle behält. Die KI-generierten Vorschläge lassen sich ganz einfach bearbeiten oder entfernen, um sie bestmöglich an den Kontext und die Zielgruppe Ihrer Inhalte anzupassen. Es ist wichtig zu beachten, dass alternative Beschreibungen nicht automatisch angewendet werden. Jeder Vorschlag muss vom Kursleiter überprüft und genehmigt werden, um sicherzustellen, dass die endgültige Ausgabe mit dem ursprünglichen Zweck des Kursleiters übereinstimmt.

Für Administratoren:

Ally-Administratoren können diese neue Funktion in den Konfigurationseinstellungen von Ally konfigurieren. Um den neuen Alternativtext-Assistenten zu verwenden, müssen Sie ihn in Ihrer Admin-Konsole aktivieren (diese Funktion ist standardmäßig deaktiviert).

Bild 2: Ally-Konfigurationseinstellungen mit aktivem Funktions-Flag, um den KI-Alternativtext-Assistenten zu aktivieren

Darüber hinaus können Administratoren die Nutzung der neuen Funktion über den Ally-Nutzungsbericht (der aus Ihrem Ally-Institutionsbericht-Dashboard exportiert wird) nachverfolgen.

Bild 3: Ally-Nutzungsbericht mit zusätzlichen Daten, um die Nutzung des KI-Alternativtext-Assistenten nachzuverfolgen

Auf der Registerkarte Kursleiterfeedback – Aufrufe des Nutzungsberichts können Administratoren sehen, wie oft KI verwendet wurde, um alternativen Text für Bilder zu generieren, und wie oft der Kursleiter den von KI generierten Text geändert hat, bevor er ihn für einen bestimmten Kurs speichert.  

Diese Informationen sind auch auf der Registerkarte „Rohdaten“ im Nutzungsbericht verfügbar.

Diese Funktion folgt unseren Anthology-Prinzipien für vertrauenswürdige KI, darunter:

• Persönliche Kontrolle
• Fairness
• Privatsphäre
• Sicherheit
• Datenschutz

Wir empfehlen Ihnen, die unten verlinkten Dokumente zu lesen, wenn Sie den Einsatz des KI-Alternativtext-Assistenten von Ally in Betracht ziehen:

• KI-Alternativtext-Assistent – Transparenzhinweis
• Nutzungsbedingungen
• Prinzipien für vertrauenswürdige KI

Diese Version ist für Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace und Moodle LMS-Integrationen verfügbar.

Identifizierung und Bewertung von defekten Links in WYSIWYG-Inhalten für Ultra und Canvas

Im Rahmen unseres Bestrebens, Kursleitern dabei zu helfen, die Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit von Bildungsinhalten zu verbessern, wurde die Checkliste zur Barrierefreiheit von Ally für LMS um die neue Überprüfung auf defekte Links (404-Fehler) in WYSIWYG-Inhalten erweitert. Defekte Links sind ein wichtiges und häufig auftretendes Problem bei der Barrierefreiheit, das bei allen Kursteilnehmern zu Frustration, Unterbrechungen oder schlimmer noch zu Vertrauensverlust in das Material selbst führen kann.

Ally meldet dieses Problem nun im Rahmen des Berichts zur Barrierefreiheit und des Kursleiterfeedbacks. Defekte Links wirken sich auf die Bewertung der Barrierefreiheit für WYSIWYG-Inhalte aus. Die Auswirkung hängt von der Anzahl der defekten Links im Inhalt selbst ab.

Wenn Kursleiter WYSIWYG-Inhalte erstellen oder ändern, erkennt Ally, ob ein Link defekt ist, und hebt dies für den Kursleiter in der Inhaltsvorschau hervor. Außerdem gibt es schnelle, intuitive Optionen zur Behebung des Problems direkt im Feld für Ally-Kursleiterfeedback. Dieses unmittelbare Feedback stellt sicher, dass alle Inhalte verifiziert sind und zuverlässig funktionieren, bevor die Teilnehmer überhaupt darauf stoßen. Kursleiter können auch die Was- und Warum-Anleitungen verwenden, um mehr über die Auswirkungen von defekten Links zu erfahren. Durch das Erkennen und Beheben dieser Zusammenhänge können Kursleiter Unterbrechungen im Lernprozess verhindern und die Integrität ihres Kurses wahren.

Bild 1: Identifizierung eines defekten Links im Ally-Kursleiterfeedback 

Ally-Berichte, darunter der Institutionsbericht, CSV-Exporte, APIs für externe Berichterstellungstools und der Bericht zur Kursbarrierefreiheit, spiegeln diese neue Überprüfung der Barrierefreiheit als Teil der Liste der Bewertungen und der zugrunde liegenden Probleme wider.

Dies ist eine grundlegende Änderung, die sich nur auf die Bewertung von neu hinzugefügten oder aktualisierten WYSIWYG-Inhalten nach dieser Version auswirkt. Aufgrund der Einführung dieser neuen Barrierefreiheitsprüfung kann sich die Gesamtbewertung der WYSIWYG-Barrierefreiheit für viele Institutionen im Vergleich zu den Vormonaten/Vorjahren verschlechtern.  

Diese Version umfasst Ultra- und Canvas-LMS-Integrationen. Im Rahmen einer zukünftigen Version planen wir, diese Überprüfung auch auf die anderen LMS-Integrationen auszuweiten. 

Ally 2.9.8 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 02. Juli 2024 

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen

• Infrastrukturverbesserungen und Optimierung der Backend-Bewertungsprozesse für HTML- und WYSIWYG-Inhalte implementiert, um Kursleitern eine schnellere und zuverlässigere Erfahrung zu bieten. 
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem das Ally-Kursleiterfeedback Bildschirmlesern nicht korrekt als Dialogfeld angekündigt wurde.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem bestimmte Formulierungen in den Anleitungen zum Kursleiterfeedback auf sensorischen Merkmalen beruhten und nicht allen Benutzern klar verständlich waren, insbesondere denen, die einen Bildschirmleser verwenden.
• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit behoben, bei dem die Seitennavigationsschaltflächen in der Inhaltsvorschau für Kursleiterfeedback von Bildschirmlesern nicht angezeigt wurden, während der Fokus beibehalten wurde. 

Ally 2.9.6 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 13. Juni 2024

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen 

• Es wurde ein Problem mit der Barrierefreiheit im Kursleiterfeedback behoben, bei dem der Titel der Anleitung für Hilfstechnologien nicht korrekt angezeigt wurde. 
• Es wurde ein Problem für Learn Original-Benutzer behoben, bei dem das Ally-Kursleiterfeedback eine Fehlermeldung („Uups“) anzeigte, wenn sie über den Bericht zur Kursbarrierefreiheit für WYSIWYG-Dokumente aufgerufen wurden. 

Ally 2.9.4 | Piyasaya çıkış tarihi: 2 Mayıs 2024

Hata düzeltmeleri ve iyileştirmeler

• Kurumsal Rapor'da, silinen dosyaların sorun sayısına dâhil edilmesi nedeniyle erişilebilirlik sorunu bulunan ögelerin sayısının hatalı şekilde şişirilmesine ve rapora boş ek sayfaların eklenmesine neden olan bir sorun düzeltildi.
• D2L Brightspace kullanıcıları için, Eğitmen Geri Bildirimi aracılığıyla HTML dosyalarına uygulanan hızlı düzeltmelerin stillerin kaldırılmasına ve LMS kaydedilen içeriğin yanlış biçimlendirilmesine neden olan bir sorun düzeltildi.

Ally 2.9.3 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 06. April 2024

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen

• Es wurde ein Problem behoben, bei dem der Ally Institutionsbericht nicht die vollständige Liste der Probleme anzeigte, wenn eine Abteilung, ein Kurs oder eine Domäne (in Ally für Web) mehr als 1000 Probleme aufwies. Administratoren waren daher nicht in der Lage, die Prioritäten für die Behebung von Problemen bezüglich der Barrierefreiheit, die von Ally gekennzeichnet wurden, korrekt zu überprüfen und festzulegen.

Ally 2.9.2 | Freigabe zur Produktion: 22. März 2024

Bugfixes und Verbesserungen

• Der beschreibende Text auf der Registerkarte "Vimeo-Konfiguration" im Ally-Konfigurationstool wurde verbessert.
• Es wurden zusätzliche Leistungs- und Stabilitätsverbesserungen bei der Dateiverarbeitung von Ally implementiert.

Ally 2.9.0 | Release to production: March 07, 2024

Vimeo and HTML5 video caption checking is now available for HTML and WYSIWYG content

As part of our efforts to expand our support for more types of video content, Ally now can flag Vimeo or embedded HTML5 videos that do not have captions or may have automated captions. This helps instructors quickly identify if video content is accessible and increases the awareness of the importance of accurate captions for student video content.

Ally will identify and highlight videos from Vimeo and videos embedded via HTML5 within the Ally instructor feedback.   Keeping with our current approach to scoring YouTube videos, flagged Vimeo and HTML5 videos will not change the overall accessibility scores and will be shown as 100% in the Instructor Feedback panel.

Image 1:  Video highlighted within Ally’s Instructor Feedback Preview

Note for Administrators:  Opting In to New Vimeo Configuration Settings

Checking for public and private videos in Vimeo is an opt-in feature that administrators can choose to configure based on your institutional needs.  Ally admins will see a new configuration tab for Vimeo where it is possible to configure and manage the institution’s Vimeo account token to enable Ally’s caption check.  Once configured, Ally video checks count towards your institution's Vimeo account and apply to any associated rate limits that you may have.

If you do not configure your Vimeo settings, Ally will not pick up on any embedded Vimeo videos.

(Please note that HTML5 video checking does not require any admin configuration.)

This is a go-forward change that only affects newly added or updated HTML files or WYSIWYG content after this release.

For additional information on this feature and Vimeo configuration, please see Caption Checks for Videos. 

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue that prevented the issue highlighting and issue navigation from showing for issues within the Instructor Feedback Preview in D2L Brightspace integrations.  Fixed an issue where the Ally Instructor Feedback displayed "Oops! Something seems to have gone wrong. Please try again later” when HTML files are flagged as having empty headers in D2L that prevented instructors from seeing the score and guidance.
• Fixed an issue in D2L Brightspace where Ally quick fixes for Empty Headers within the Instructor Feedback were sometimes applying the fix for multiple instances even if the “Apply For All” option was not selected.
• Fixed an issue where the term dropdown and trend chart  were not showing all the terms in the Institutional Report Overview when admins selected the “By Term” view.
• Fixed an issue for Learn integrations where WYSIWYG content for external links was not being picked up correctly within the Course Accessibility Report after a course copy.
• Implemented performance and stability improvements to Ally’s processing for generating alternative formats.

Ally 2.8.2 | Release to production: February 22, 2024

Update on D2L Brightspace HTML file reprocessing

As a follow-up to the release of Ally 2.8.1, the feature enhancement to treat “HTML” content as WYSIWYG content in Brightspace is now active for all regions for new content. File rescoring of older HTML content is also completed for clients in our Canada, Asia, and Europe regions.

Rescoring of older content for US clients is still in progress and will be confirmed once completed.

Important note for administrators

Configuration documentation has also been updated to note that the Instructor Feedback for WYSIWYG content (Rich Text Editor content) feature flag does not disable the new Instructor Feedback or quick fixes on HTML files uploaded or created in D2L Brightspace.

See more information about Ally Feature Flags in the Ally Configuration Help page.

Ally Support for Moodle version 4.2

As part of the Ally team's efforts to improve the development and availability of the Ally plugin for Moodle, we are pleased to announce that we are releasing the plugins for the Moodle 4.2 version.

The plugins for version 4.2 are available on the Moodle pages below:

https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_ally
https://moodle.org/plugins/report_allylti
https://moodle.org/plugins/filter_ally

Documentation for the plugin configuration and supported themes is available in the Ally help documentation.

For managed hosted clients we always recommend you check with your Moodle provider to ensure version compatibility based on your upgrade plans.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue in Learn integrations where in some cases the browser configuration caused an authorization popup requesting credentials that prevented instructors from editing an Ultra document after attaching and previewing a file scored by Ally.
• Fixed an accessibility issue in the Instructor Feedback Preview where screen readers could not identify highlights of videos without captions and prevented users from locating them in WYSIWYG content.

Ally 2.7.14 | Piyasaya çıkış tarihi: 1 Şubat 2024

Raporlama araçları için iyileştirilmiş API uç noktaları

Ally 2.7.7'deki ilk sürümün devamı olarak, raporlama araçlarına yönelik Ally API'si uç noktaları iyileştirildi. Bu sayede, büyük veri kümelerinin daha iyi işlenmesine ve Ally verilerini Power BI, Tableau, Excel veya özelleştirilmiş web uygulamaları gibi raporlama araçlarıyla entegre etmenin yollarını arayan yöneticiler için durum bilgilerinin daha net iletilmesine olanak tanındı.

Bu iyileştirmeler, kurum genelinde kararların daha büyük oranda veriye dayalı şekilde alınması amacıyla Ally Kurum Raporu dışında özel raporlar ve panolar oluşturan pay sahipleri için süreci daha da kolaylaştırmaya yardımcı olur.

Görüntü 1: Özel PowerBI panosu örneği

İyileştirmeler arasında şunlar bulunuyor:

• Ally'ın büyük veri kümelerini hazırlamasını gerektiren durumlarda, Ally API'si, artık zaman aşımı sorunlarını önlemek amacıyla 202 (İşleniyor) durum koduyla yanıt veriyor ve kullanıcılara veriler hazır olana kadar beklemeleri gerektiğini bildiriyor. API, veriler hazır olduğunda da 200 (Başarılı) koduyla yanıt veriyor.
• Filtrelenen kayıtların toplam sayısı da meta verilere eklendi. Bu bilgi, kullanıcıların filtreleme seçeneklerinin beklendiği şekilde çalıştığını doğrulamasına yardımcı olurken uç nokta başına 10.000 kayıtlık yanıt sınırına uyulmasını da sağlar.

Raporlama API'si hakkındaki ek bilgiler ve yapılandırma örnekleri, güncelleştirilen Ally'ın API'sini Haricî Bir Raporlama Aracıyla Entegre Etme yardım sayfasında mevcuttur.

API uç noktalarıyla ilgili güncelleştirilmiş teknik belgelere Raporlama API'si Uç Noktaları yardım sayfasından da ulaşılabilir.

Ally 2.7.13 | Piyasaya çıkış tarihi: 16 Ocak 2024

Hata düzeltmeleri ve iyileştirmeler

• Canvas sayfasının üst kısmındaki Ally alternatif biçim düğmesinin hatalı şekilde H1 olarak değerlendirilmesine neden olan sorun düzeltildi.
• Geri bildirim, Kurs Erişilebilirlik Raporu üzerinden açıldığı zaman Ally Eğitmen Geri Bildirimi içindeki WYSIWYG belgelerinin ön izlemesinin birkaç saniye sonra kaybolmasına neden olan sorun düzeltildi.
• Eğitmen Geri Bildirimi'nde yapılan küçük Ally düzeltmelerinin yalnızca vurgulanan ögeye uygulanmak yerine zaman zaman aynı belgede içinde yer alan birden çok ögeye uygulanmasına neden olan sorun düzeltildi.

Ally 2.7.12 | Piyasaya çıkış tarihi: 12 Aralık 2023

OCR Alternatif Biçimiyle İlgili İyileştirmeler

Temel OCR işleme sistemimizi, birkaç önemli iyileştirme sağlayacak şekilde güncelleştirdik. Bu iyileştirmeler arasında; İngilizce dışındaki dillerin daha iyi desteklenmesi, belge arka planlarının daha iyi işlenmesi ve oluşturulan Alternatif Biçim'deki aralık ayarlarına ve yazı tiplerine yönelik bazı küçük ek iyileştirmeler yer alıyor.

Hatalar ve Düzeltmeler

Alternatif Biçimler penceresindeki klavye gezintisinde karşılaşılan, Kullanım Koşulları bağlantısına odaklanma ile ilgili erişilebilirlik sorunu düzeltildi.

Ally 2.7.11 | Piyasaya çıkış tarihi: 5 Aralık 2023

Hata düzeltmeleri ve iyileştirmeler

• Yeni bir Ultra Belgesi düzenlenirken WYSIWYG içerikleri için Ally Eğitmen Geri Bildirimi panelinin tam ekran olarak görüntülenmemesine yol açan, Learn Ultra kullanıcılarına yönelik bir sorun düzeltildi.
• Bağımsız HTML dosyalarındaki alternatif metin içermeyen görüntüleri düzeltmeye yönelik "İyi Açıklamalar Nasıl Yazılır" yönergeleri, söz konusu sorunun nasıl çözüleceğine dair daha iyi bir bağlam sağlayacak şekilde iyileştirildi.

Ally 2.7.10 | Release to production: November 1, 2023

Bug Fixes and improvements 

Fixed an issue where the alternative text of deleted images was considered in course copies, causing the text of some images to be incorrectly copied.  

Ally 2.7.9 | Release to production: October 18, 2023

Bug Fixes and improvements 

• Fixed an issue in Canvas integrations where the side panel used to upload files was displayed over the Ally Institutional Report and prevented instructors from going through the Ally Guidance.  

• 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 2.7.8 | Release to production: September 20, 2023

New features

Guidance is now available for HTML and WYSIWYG content with images without Alternative Text 

As part of our continued effort to expand Ally’s guidance and feedback, instructors accessing the Ally Instructor Feedback for HTML files and WYSIWYG content can now find the Ally guidance for images that do not have Alternative Text.  

This guidance provides a detailed description of the issue and a step-by-step guide to teach instructors how to fix this issue. 

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where instructors could not upload files with accented characters in the Ally Instructor Feedback panel. Now characters using the ISO-8859-1 standard are supported.  
• Fixed an issue in the guidance for password-protected files that caused PowerPoint files to be incorrectly referred to as Word documents within the text displayed to instructors.  
• Fixed an issue where the Alternative Formats icon was not getting displayed for the Homepage in Canvas courses.  
• The date picker used in the Ally Institutional Report has been updated and improved for a better visibility an usability

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 

• Fixed an accessibility issue where controls in the Ally configuration were not properly announced as control groups by screen readers. 

• Fixed an accessibility issue where the file drop area in the Ally Instructor Feedback did not have descriptive text for screen readers. 

• Fixed an issue where videos without captions that were embedded using HTML code in HTML files or WYSIWYG documents were not correctly highlighted in the Ally instructor feedback. 

• Added a session timeout to the Ally Institutional Report when it is accessed outside of the LMS via a direct URL. The timeout 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

New features

Guidance is now available for password-protected files 

Instructors accessing the Ally Instructor Feedback for password-protected files can now find additional Ally guidance and instructions to learn how to remove passwords to improve the file for students.

What and Why information panels are now available for videos flagged with automated or no captions 

As part of our ongoing efforts to expand support for Video content, instructors who access Ally Instructor Feedback for WYSIWYG or HTML files containing videos flagged with automated or no captions can now discover an informative “What it means” section. This addition provides valuable context about the significance of captions for video content.

Bugs fixes and improvements

• Fixed an accessibility issue where a decorative image from the Ally instructor feedback was not hidden from screen readers. 
• Fixed an issue where the file preview of some PowerPoint files was not displayed correctly in the Ally Instructor Feedback panel. 

Ally 2.7.4 | Release to production: July 26, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

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

• Fixed an accessibility issue where visually grouped controls in the Instructor Feedback were not being grouped correctly.  

• Fixed an issue for Learn where in some cases, using the Microsoft Immersive Reader Alternative Format, caused the Learn session to crash for users. 

• Fixed an issue where the total issue count for “HTML content containing images without a description” was not always decreasing in the Ally reports after the issue had been fixed in the course. 

• Fixed an issue for Learn Ultra users where images having a redundant description were not being flagged as issues in Ally’s Instructor Feedback. 

Ally 2.7.0 | Release to production: June 14, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Improvements and bug fixing

• Improved the WYSIWYG Instructor Feedback experience in Learn Ultra to allow instructors to return to the list of remaining issues after fixing an issue.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing learners from downloading the audio Alternative Format when using the Learn Ultra mobile application.
• Fixed an issue that was creating unintentional error logs in the browser console after opening the Instructor Feedback in D2L environments.

Ally 2.6.6 | Release to production: June 6, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

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 2.6.5 | Release to production: April 26, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Improvements and bug fixing

In cases where the same YouTube video is used multiple times within WYSIWYG and HTML content, the Instructor Feedback preview window now lists all instances of the video (instead of just one), to provide the instructor with a better understanding of where the issue is happening.  

Ally 2.6.4 | Release to production: April 19, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Improvements and bug fixing

We improved Ally's performance flagging issues when adding YouTube video links within WYSIWYG content.  As of now, instructors will have a better user experience when they include multiple videos in the same document. 

Ally 2.6.3 | Release to production: April 4, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration

Guidance is now available for HTML files containing links with missing text

Instructors accessing the Ally Instructor Feedback for HTML files with links missing text can now find the Ally guidance.

 It provides a detailed description of the issue and a step-by-step guide to teach instructors how to fix this issue.

This guidance is available for Learn, Canvas, and Moodle customers. We are working to bring this additional guidance to D2L Brightspace customers as part of a follow-up release. 

Ally 2.6.2 | Release to production: March 29, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Improvements and bug fixing

• Ally now supports version 6 of the TinyMCE rich text editor in D2L Brightspace.

  

  Discussion Topics, Modules, Quiz descriptions, and Assignments are supported. This does not apply to web page content. 

• Fixed an accessibility issue where the tooltip on the Overall Accessibility Score pie chart was not accessible using the keyboard.

• The Braille Alternative Format has been upgraded to improve overall performance and incorporate general Braille table improvements.

Ally 2.6.1 | Release to production: March 15, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Improvements and bug fixing

• Fixed an accessibility issue where screen readers were not correctly announcing the values of highlighted issues when a user navigates through the Ally Instructor Feedback Preview for WYSIWYG content.
• Fixed an accessibility issue where screen readers were not correctly announcing the "What this means" button located in the right-hand side panel of the Ally Instructor Feedback.

Ally 2.6.0 | Release to production: March 8, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Guidance is now available for HTML files containing text with insufficient contrast

Instructors accessing the Ally Instructor Feedback for HTML files with contrast issues can now find the Ally guidance. 

It provides a detailed description of the issue, and a step-by-step guide to teach instructors how to fix this issue.

This guidance is available for Learn, Canvas, and Moodle customers. We are working to bring this additional guidance to D2L Brightspace customers as part of a follow-up release.  

NEW Canvas scopes for developer keys have been added for future video support

Ally integrations now include 4 new scopes to the Canvas developer keys to support future development towards extending Ally's existing accessibility checks to more video providers, including uploaded video files within the Canvas LMS.  These new scopes will provide Ally with the appropriate permission to analyze those video files once we release this additional functionality. 

url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/media_objects
url:PUT|/api/v1/media_objects/:media_object_id
url:GET|/api/v1/media_objects/:media_object_id/media_tracks
url:PUT|/api/v1/media_objects/:media_object_id/media_tracks

We will announce support for checking uploaded Canvas videos as part of our roadmap plans for the upcoming months.  Until then, existing clients do not need to take any action and your Ally instance will continue working normally, without any additional configuration.  Upon release of the new accessibility check for Canvas videos, we will provide further instructions and steps to reintegrate Ally with these additional scopes. For new clients, these scopes will be included in the standard implementations going forward.  

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where Ally's alternative format and scoring indicators, within courses using D2L Brightspace's New Content Experience,  were no longer being displayed due to a conflict with a new pathname within the LMS. 

Ally 2.5.9 | Release to production: March 1, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

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 2.5.8 | Release to production: February 22, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• We improved guidance in the Ally Instructor Feedback for untagged PDFs. As of now, instructors have a simpler and more informed step-by-step guidance to help them to fix this issue faster.
• Fixed an issue in Canvas environments where the Revision History information was not being passed correctly back into Canvas when an instructor used the quick fix functionality (part of the Instructor Feedback) to update content. 

Ally 2.5.6 | Release to production: February 7, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where custom heading styles were not converted to headings when generating Alternative Formats.

• Fixed an issue that made the Instructor Feedback panel for WYSIWYG content unavailable when accessed from the Institutional Report.

• Fixed an issue where numbered lists in LibreOffice and Office files were displayed incorrectly in the Ally Instructor Feedback panel. 
   

Ally 2.5.5 | Release to production: February 1, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Alternative Formats views count towards Progress Tracking in Blackboard Learn Ultra

Blackboard Learn Ultra has the capacity to keep track of the course progress for both instructors and students. After a learner downloads an Alternative Format of any content file, the course content will indicate its progress.

Instructors will see the progress made by learners based on their access to the original file or an Alternative Format. For further information about Progress Tracking, refer to the Progress Tracking Release note in Learn Ultra 3900.58.
 

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where custom javascript —present in certain Canvas integrations— conflicted with the Ally javascript, resulting in some features of the rich text editor, including the scrollbar and the save button, being hidden during content editing

Ally 2.5.4 | Release to production: January 25, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where Ally was not recognizing embedded YouTube videos without captions when using an iframe in WYSIWYG content in Canvas.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Ally Score gauge to incorrectly overlap with the title field while editing content in the WYSIWYG content editor for Moodle 4 (Boost Theme).
• Fixed an issue in Canvas where the Rich Text editor remained at maximum width after exiting the Instructor Feedback preview, instead of returning to normal size, which caused the Ally indicator to be hidden without scrolling further. 

Ally 2.5.3 | Release to production: January 18, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• Enabling and Disabling Courses Confirmation Message
  
  Administrators are now presented with a confirmation message when enabling or disabling Ally across all existing courses within the Ally Configuration Tool. This confirmation shows after selecting either Enable or Disable in all courses from the configuration drop down. (Refer to the below example for Disabling all existing courses).
  
  
• Improved Ally infrastructure scaling policies and alarms to better identify issues during peak usage periods and improve performance to reduce delays on files scanning.

Ally 2.5.2 | Release to production: January 12, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• Added Euskera language (eu-es) support for the user interface.
• When you open the Instructor Feedback, Ally now displays the Help link in the right-hand side panel. Note that this does not change the configuration of the custom help, as this is still done in the Ally administration panel. See how to configure Ally user help settings.
  
• We improved the user interface when guidance is not yet available.
  

Ally 2.5.1 | Release to production: January 5, 2023

Updated features, Learn integration, Canvas integration, Moodle integration, D2L Brightspace integration

Bug fixes and improvements

• A help link is now displayed in the Instructor Feedback when guidance is not available yet. This link provides instructors access to resources that help them improve their content. This help link uses the custom help configuration, which is still done in the Ally administration panel. Learn how to configure Ally user help settings.
  
• In cases where a standalone image is set as decorative, Ally's accessibility score will increase to 100%. As of now, Ally shows a warning message stating:
  • The image may need further improvements if there are additional accessibility issues. For example, an image that is marked as decorative could still induce seizures, even if it has a 100% score.
  • These improvements can be reviewed in the Course Accessibility Report or the Institutional Report
    
• Fixed an issue where the Ally score indicator was missing in the WYSIWYG content in the Canvas rich content editor (RCE). This was due to recent updates, published in the Canvas Deploy Notes 2022-12-20. As of now, the Ally score indicator and instructor feedback are fully compatible with all new RCE updates and features done by Canvas.
• Fixed an issue regarding keyboard navigation within Ally's Instructor Feedback for WYSIWYG content. The problem was that the space bar didn't navigate as expected when a user selected a specific accessibility issue.
• Fixed an issue where Ally was not announcing the loading status message to assistive technologies whilst downloading an Alternative Format.