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About Blackboard Ally

Blackboard Ally is a robust tool integrated onto Cougar Courses that allows for students to customize their learning experience by choosing their preferred file type(s) and allows for faculty to make adjustments to their course material(s) to be universally designed. 

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Blackboard Ally Usage

  • AY 22-23: 43,308 Alt format downloads in 7,324 courses
  • AY 23-24: 46,233 Alt format downloads in 7,673 courses
  • AY 24-25: 60,852 Alt format downloads in 8,309 courses

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Make your content even better for your students and win prizes while doing easy content fixes.