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Easily Convert Images & PDF to Text with Google

Page scan, shared PDF, screenshot, photo of a brainstorm session on the white board… it’s easy to collect course content and notes that are not editable and not accessible. Luckily it is even easier with Google to extract uneditable text to a document through optical character recognition (OCR). As an automated process, OCR is not …

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Introduction to ALLY

Ally is a set of tools within Brightspace courses that helps instructors to make course content more accessible by delivering the following functionality: Automatically runs your course materials through an accessibility checker eliminating the need to use multiple checkers and tools. Provides feedback on the accessibility of your course content and guidance on how to …

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New Ways to Track Work for Students and Instructors in Brightspace

There now new ways for students and instructors to track work and submissions in Brightspace! We’ve added 2 new widgets to homepages Work to Do widget for students The Work to Do widget shows upcoming, due, and overdue work. Students can see the work for a course on the course homepage OR work for all …

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