Ally 2.12 | Release to production: January 30, 2025
Alternative Formats for Video Studio Videos within Blackboard
Learners now have the ability to download Alternative Formats for Video Studio videos within Blackboard Documents when using the Ally Alternative Formats feature. When enabled by the Administrator, students see the Video as a valid file type to download a variety of Alternative Formats based on the transcript of the video when navigating through the Alternative Formats menu for Blackboard Documents.
Image 1: Alternative Formats available for Video
Administrators
Administrators configure this through the Ally Admin Configuration console to enable the ability to download alternative formats for Video Studio videos.
Image 2: Ally Configuration screen with feature defaulted as "off"
Note: The feature is automatically configured as "off" by default in the Ally Admin console.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an accessibility issue where "Close" was not properly underlined on hover within the Instructor Feedback.
- Fixed an issue within Ally Configuration where the Disable and Enable and All Terms button arrows were not visible when button was selected.
- Fixed an issue in Blackboard where the Instructor Feedback flows for WYSIWYG content did not consistently mention table headings missing content as the next item to address after the instructor has fixed another issue.
- Fixed an issue in Blackboard where the Instructor Feedback Preview window would sometimes timeout and require reloading the browser tab.
- Fixed a browser state issue in Blackboard where Instructors would sometimes see multiple Ally score indicators on one WYSIWYG item if they had opened multiple courses the same browser session.
- Fixed an issue where the Course Accessibility Report score appeared out of sync from the live Instructor Feedback for fixes applied to WYSIWYG content with empty headings.
- Moodle 4.4 plugins have been updated and made available.