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Google Workspace is one of UAA’s Core Tools, and though there isn’t an accessibility checker built into Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets yet, we have a UA-approved extension that’s easy to add on and use to check accessibility in these documents. You can install Grackle, by selecting Extensions from the menu bar in a Google Docs/Slides/Sheets file, selecting Add-ons, Get Add-ons, search for Grack...

Captioning your videos supports equal access for people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing, and it also helps all kinds of people engage with your videos. The most common video players at UAA (Kaltura and UA-cam) auto-generate captions by default. Here's a few tips and tricks on how to go about editing captions on your UA-cam videos to improve accessibility!

Microsoft Office 365 is one of UAA's Core Tools, and their Accessibility Checker is a great resource to help you identify and repair accessibility issues in your Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets. Access the Accessibility Checker by going to Review, Check Accessibility. It finds most accessibility issues and explains why each might be a potential problem for someo...

Headings help to organize your documents both visually and structurally. This enables people who use a screen reader to navigate your document. It also creates an outline, that anyone navigating your document can benefit from. A few simple guidelines will help ensure your document headings are accessible: First, use the built-in Formatting and Style options to create headings. Second, start wit...

Hyperlinks are widely used in documents, websites, and course content, and one of the most common accessibility issues. For people with screen readers who might regularly pull a list of all the links in a document, sifting through a whole list of links that say “Click here” or hearing a long, indecipherable link read out character-by-character can be frustrating at the least. And, as we’ve ment...

There’s two aspects of color we want to focus on - color contrast and using more than just color to convey information. Using color accessibly benefits people with low vision, color blindness, certain learning or developmental disabilities, or anyone trying to read your content in low light or bright sunshine. First, you want to use light text on a dark background, or vice versa, to ensure that...

Captioning your videos supports equal access for people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing, and it also helps all kinds of people engage with your videos. The most common video players at UAA (Kaltura and UA-cam) auto-generate captions by default. Taking a few steps further to edit your captions to ensure they are synchronized with the video, equivalent to what’s being heard, and readable and av...

Adding a Kaltura video to a discussion is a great way to make the conversation more authentic and personal, and connect with your instructor and classmates. Take a look at this video to see how it's done. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra co...

You can add a UA-cam video to your course using Kaltura. Adding it this way would allow you to create a Kaltura quiz from the video, or edit the captions yourself in Kaltura's MediaSpace. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra course, contact the...

You can submit a video as an assignment in Blackboard Ultra - either by uploading media that you record on your own, or recording directly in Blackboard. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra course, contact the Instructional Design Team by emai...

A Kaltura Course Media Gallery is a great way to keep all the videos in your course easily accessible for your students. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra course, contact the Instructional Design Team by emailing uaa_design@alaska.edu. If yo...

View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra course, contact the Instructional Design Team by emailing uaa_design@alaska.edu.

Adding Kaltura videos directly into your course content is a great way to integrate media into your course. Take a look at this video to see how it's done. Note: If you use Kaltura quizzes, you'll want to follow this process to embed them, so that they'll connect directly to the gradebook. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtub...

Adding a Kaltura video to a document is a great way to integrate media into your course content. Take a look at this video to see how it's done. View all our Blackboard Ultra support video playlists on the front page of our UA-cam channel - www.youtube.com/@uaa_design If you're an Instructor at UAA who needs assistance with an Ultra course, contact the Instructional Design Team by emailing uaa_...

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Setting Up Accommodations and Exceptions

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Creating an Assignment

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Creating a Test

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Announcements

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Copying Course Content

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Creating a Learning Module

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Creating a Discussion

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Details & Actions Menu

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Importing and Exporting Course Content

Welcome to UAA's Blackboard Ultra Conversion Course

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Viewing Feedback

Blackboard Ultra at UAA Customizing Your Course Image

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Customizing Your Profile

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Using Messages

Blackboard Ultra at UAA: Creating a Document