Re: Document Accessibility Scanner

Hello,

Is there any accessibility checking tool for Moodle similar to BlackBoard Ally?

Thanks

Shivaji

On 3/28/19, Taylor Snook <taylor.snook@perkins.org> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> This probably is not too helpful as you are already are using another LMS,
> but I know that Blackboard offers a tool for this called Blackboard Ally -
> http://ally.ac/ <http://ally.ac/>. I do believe it works on a select number
> of Learning Management Systems outside of Blackboard. Please note that no
> endorsement is implied and I have limited experience with it.
>
> Good luck.
> Taylor
>
> Taylor Anne Snook, MSW
>
> Digital Accessibility Consultant
>
> Perkins Solutions
>
> 175 North Beacon Street
>
> Watertown MA 02472
>
> P: +1 617-972-7832
>
> Perkins.org
>
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> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:12 AM Ryan McCalla <rmccalla@hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> Aloha,
>>
>>
>>
>> We’re looking for a tool that can crawl through faculty uploaded
>> resources
>> in our LMS (Sakai) and scan different document types (pdf, docx, xlsx,
>> pptx, etc) for accessibility issues and alert the person that uploaded it
>> that there are accessibility issues with the document(s). Is there
>> anything
>> on the market that can do that?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mahalo,
>>
>>
>>
>> *Ryan McCalla*
>>
>> ITS Accessibility Specialist
>>
>> University of Hawaii
>>
>> (808) 956-2170
>>
>> http://hawaii.edu/access/
>>
>>
>>
>


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