Ally 1.35.1 | Release to production 19 September 2019

Updated Features

Canvas Blueprint Courses

The Ally 1.35.1 release introduces support for Canvas Blueprint courses. Alternative descriptions for images and other accessibility metadata set through the Ally instructor feedback in the blueprint course will now be copied over correctly to any courses created from the blueprint.

Ally support for Canvas Blueprint Courses requires the `Courses - add / edit / delete` permission to be assigned to the Ally REST API user.

Ally 1.35.1 bug fixes and improvements

  • Improved support for special characters and diacritics in the OCRd alternative format
  • Improved the display of the “large ribbon” for the Ally for Websites alternative formats to be smaller on a mobile device
  • Fixed a bug in the D2L Brightspace integration that caused the student enrollment count to not synchronize correctly for large courses
  • Added the “language” attribute to the ePub alternative format
  • Fixed a bug in the Canvas integration that occasionally caused the alternative formats modal to freeze the screen
  • Implemented several positioning improvements for the alternative formats icon and the accessibility indicator in the Moodle integration
  • Implemented several accessibility improvements in the alternative formats modal dialog