Viewing Ally Course Accessibility Report from Canvas

NOTE:  Please log into Canvas LMS, then access your desired course before proceeding with the below directions.

• On the Course Home Page, click on the Ally Course Accessibility Report tab in the left-side Navigation Bar.                                   

 

• The Ally Course Accessibility Report will open and display the course score. The goal is 90% or above. To fix issues, click on the Start button.​​​​​

 

• Scroll down to see the issues and click on the title.

 

• If it’s an image that needs an Alt tag, you’ll see something like this.

 

• You can add a description, click the auto generate description, or mark the image as decorative.

 

• If you chose to auto-generate a description, read it to make sure it is accurate.

 

• The score for the document will then be updated.

 

• If you chose to update a word document, simply click on the title and Ally will state the issue. Below you can see that the document does not have appropriate Headings.

 

• Download document

 

• You need to Edit the document and re-upload it.  If you are not sure what to do, click the button that says “how to add headings” to learn what to do.

 

• If you chose to update a PowerPoint presentation, simply click on the title and Ally will state the issue.

 

• You need to Edit the PowerPoint slides and re-upload them.