Marshall University ranked #30 out of 120 institutions worldwide that participated in Fix Your Content Day!
Fix Your Content Day
On Tuesday, November 18, Marshall University will join institutions worldwide for Anthology’s Fix Your Content Day 2025. Each accessibility “fix” you make in your course through Blackboard’s Ally tool during this 24-hour competition moves Marshall up the leaderboard.
Why participate? This competition is a chance to gain critical momentum to achieve WCAG 2.1 AA standards in line with Marshall’s Digital Accessibility Policy and our institutional commitment to fostering an equitable digital environment for all. Blackboard Engineers will be on campus to discuss the latest accessibility features and to answer your questions.
How to Participate
Join us in Drinko 349 or on Teams as we host events and workshops—including a lunch—throughout the day, sponsored by Marshall Online, Marshall University Information Technology, Anthology, and Adobe. You can participate in-person, on Teams, or work in Ally on your own.
Ways to Participate:
- Drop into short accessibility workshops and get help from Blackboard Engineers.
- Use Ally’s Accessibility Report to update content in your course.
- Register to commit to “fixing” your digital content–making it accessible–throughout the day.
Register
Fix Your Content Day is open to all Marshall faculty, staff, and teaching assistants.
If you plan to attend the lunch in Drinko 349 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., reserve your spot here.
Drop in to workshops and events throughout the day in room Drinko 349, or join us on Teams.
Fix Your Content Day: Schedule of Events
Digital Accessibility Resources
All digital content at Marshall needs to meet accessibility standards by April, 2027. Review Marshall’s Digital Accessibility Policy to learn more.
All digital content shared by Marshall University must be in compliance by April 24th, 2027.
In April 2024, the Department of Justice updated the standards for digital content at public institutions. By April 26, 2027, all digital content at Marshall University must meet WCAG 2.1 AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
But accessibility is more than just compliance. Our “Designing for All, Habit by Habit” initiative is our way of making accessibility a core part of our workflow. We believe that small, consistent actions – practical design habits – lead to big, positive changes over time. We’re building a more inclusive digital experience, one habit at a time.
Use Ally Accessibility Report in your Blackboard course to help you analyze content for accessibility and suggest changes. Ally also has some auto-generating features, such as creating alt text for images and OCR for pdfs.
What is it like to take a course with a screen reader? Aaron Preece, Editor-in-Chief of AccessWorld, (an American Foundation for the Blind publication) and graduate of Marshall University, demonstrates how he uses a screen reader to navigate a course in Blackboard.