Brightspace: How to use Alternative Formats in Brightspace (Students)

Learn how to use the alternative formats of course files and pages in your Brightspace courses.

Overview

In every Brightspace course, you will be able to download alternative formats of course files and pages within the course.  

The Ally Tool within Brightspace generates alternative formats to make course content more accessible.  The alternative formats are automatically created from the original file and are designed to support different learning preferences, assistive technologies, and accessibility needs.

Each alternative format provides the same core content as the original file but is optimized for specific use cases (e.g. audio for listening, ePub for mobile reading, or tagged PDFs for screen readers, etc...)

How to access alternative formats

Video Instructions

Watch a 60 second video overview of Ally Alternative Formats in Brightspace:

 

Text Instructions

• On each file or page in your course, an "A↓" icon will appear next to it.  
  
  

• To access the alternative formats, simply click on the "A↓" icon and select the alternative format that you want to use.
  
  

Additional Information

• Learn more about Ally
• Alternative Format - Detailed Explanation