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International Ally User Group 23 Feb 2023

Matthew Deeprose · ·
Last updated Mar 3, 2023 - 2:31 PM Visible also to unregistered users

February 23, 2023 (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)

**Date**: Thursday 23 February 2023 **Time**: 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET / 19:00 GST [Watch the recording](https://eu.bbcollab.com/recording/dcef310302434bcf938e95a5b2a6458b) ### Agenda Our February meeting continues to address [community priorities](https://usergroup.ally.ac/content/perma?id=56449). In this month's meeting we're looking at data dashboards and accessible elearning content e.g., SCORM. - Keeping up to date with Ally. - Community Updates. - Visualising your Institutional Ally Data with Looker (formerly Google) Data Studio - Tom Foster SFHEA, Digital Learning Adviser, University of Sheffield. - Ask me anything about elearning authoring tools and accessibility! With Susi Miller, [eLaHub](https://www.elahub.net/why-design-accessible-learning-content/). - Any other business. Make sure to join this awesome community event! #### Session synopses ##### Visualising your Institutional Ally Data with Looker (formerly Google) Data Studio - Tom Foster SFHEA, Digital Learning Adviser, University of Sheffield. The use of Ally data is a frequently requested topic at user group meetings. How do we get accessibility data into the hands of stakeholders? What can they do with this data? In this session, Tom Foster, Digital Learning Adviser at the University of Sheffield, will share how they are providing a customised Ally data portal using a freely available tool. This tool helps colleagues to gain richer insights into the accessibility of Blackboard courses at a departmental level. ##### Ask me anything about elearning authoring tools and accessibility! With Susi Miller, [eLaHub](https://www.elahub.net/why-design-accessible-learning-content/). Anthology Ally doesn’t check the accessibility of SCORM-based elearning content, yet we often use this mode of delivery for important staff and student training activities, such as cyber security, diversity and health and safety. How can teams who procure or produce elearning content ensure that it is both accessible and inclusive? When we use tools like Lectora, Storyline, Rise and Xerte how do we meet and surpass the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? Join our first “Ask me anything” in the Ally User Group and ask Susi Miller, industry leading expert on accessible learning design, your questions about elearning authoring tools and accessibility! ![](file-guid:c7ac806a-4d77-4e0f-95a0-22981ac6165d "Slide10.png") ![](file-guid:2dd86986-e731-4a6a-bcf3-7a4c2bcac307 "Slide11.png") ![](file-guid:38c9e7e8-28fa-4e5d-8b6f-78f6f285fa17 "Slide12.png") [2023-02-Ally_UG_Meeting_Slides.pptx](file-guid:ac29e589-5683-40c4-a29b-d985979c8e95) [Visualising your Institutional Ally Data with Looker (formerly Google) Data Studio (Ally User Group Feb 2023).pdf](file-guid:48f518cd-01d2-46da-8d77-3bc3663bcf99)
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Chris Aldin ·

[Sam Wyman](mention:df8954d8-fdcb-4c21-a1ba-229796acb094 "/u/fbssew/") thanks for raising the SCORM question! SCORM has presented some technical challenges when it comes to incorporating SCORM support into Ally. The SCORM format packaging limits our ability to effectively apply the same scanning/scoring, guidance, remediation, and alternative format capabilities Ally uses in other areas. Given the challenges this has remained in our backlog until we can answer more of those technical questions/constraints to determine how it would work in Ally. While there are no concrete plans I can share around this at this time, I don’t believe this idea has been added to the new idea exchange yet and would encourage anyone to add that in there for possible future consideration.
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Sam Wyman ·

[Chris Aldin](mention:9b3facf2-7581-4436-8cfb-2d46781fb292 "/u/chris.aldin%40anthology.com/") Thanks so much for the reply! That all makes sense around the technical challenges considering how SCORM are deployed. I can see how alt formats in particular would be an issue here. Great to hear that it sounds like there aren’t any known hard limitations that would discount scanning/scoring from being a potential future feature, still - I’ll add that on the idea exhange now!
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