All Things Instructional and Experience Design
This principle focuses on making sure learners can find, understand, and use course materials easily.
What is usability?
Alt text should be no longer than this many characters.
What is 125?
Ally generates this type of score for each course file.
What is an accessibility score?
Faculty often resist this because they feel it takes time away from research or teaching prep.
What is new technology or instructional design changes?
Color contrast is especially important for users with this condition.
What is color blindness (or low vision)?
Points, badges, and leaderboards are examples of this.
What are gamification elements?
If an image is purely decorative, the alt text should be…
What is null (blank)?
Ally provides these alternative versions of files for students.
What are alternative formats (e.g., audio, ePub, HTML)?
Designers can win faculty buy-in by doing this first.
What is building trust/relationship?
This type of captions are pre-written and synced with media.
What are closed captions?
Bloom’s Taxonomy was revised in 2001; the highest level changed from “evaluation” to this.
What is “creating”?
Good alt text describes this, not just the object itself.
What is the meaning or purpose of the image?
Ally flags documents that are missing this essential element for screen readers.
What are tags (or headings)?
This law often comes up when discussing student data and LMS tools.
What is FERPA?
True or False: Using only color to indicate meaning is acceptable if there’s also a text label.
What is true?
This type of assessment measures knowledge at the end of a unit.
What is a summative assessment?
Charts and graphs with lots of data often need this in addition to alt text.
What is a long description or data table?
True or False: Ally fixes all accessibility issues automatically without faculty input.
What is False?
Scenario: A professor uploads PDFs with no headings or alt text. IDs should first do this.
What is educate and provide guidance/support?
Screen readers read content in this order, which makes headings and structure important.
What is logical/tab order (or reading order)?
Assessment done during the course to guide learning is called this.
What is formative assessment?
True or False: You should start alt text with “Image of…”
What is False?
Ally’s reporting dashboard helps institutions track progress toward this.
What is campus-wide accessibility compliance?
Faculty want to keep using a textbook that is outdated or expensive. Designers can help by suggesting this alternative.
What are OER (Open Educational Resources) or low-cost alternatives?
Keyboard navigation ensures content is operable without this device.
What is a mouse?