At the University of Northampton, we’re once again pleased to join Anthology’s Fix Your Content Day – a 24-hour global event on Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 – aimed at creating more inclusive learning environment for all students. This is a brilliant initiative which encourages staff to improve the accessibility of digital course content using Blackboard Ally, which helps make NILE more inclusive, one fix at a time.

How do I get involved?

If you’d like to take part, simply email your Learning Technologist or the Learning Technology main email with the code of your NILE module. On the morning of November 18, email them a screenshot of your current Ally Accessibility score, then spend the day making improvements to your module content. By 8 PM, submit another screenshot of your final Ally score and you might just get a special mention in Unify, along with the satisfaction of knowing you’ve created a more accessible learning environment for your students.

Last year, Deborah Gardner joined previous years participants Charlotte Dann, Alison Powers, Simon Sneddon and Jean Edwards who have all embraced the challenge and helped create more inclusive NILE modules, making a real difference for their students.

What do I need to do on November 18?

Here’s a guide to getting involved in the Anthology Fix Your Content Day 2025:

1. Use this guide to find your Module-Level Ally score and identify areas for improvement.
2. Use Blackboard Ally to assess the accessibility of your materials. Ally provides feedback and suggests improvements, helping you prioritise changes that will have the greatest impact.
3. Review Your Documents: Ensure that your PDFs, Word documents, and presentations use clear headings and tags that can be easily navigated by screen readers.
4. Add Alt Text to Images: Include descriptive alt text for any images in your materials. This ensures that students using screen readers can engage with the visual content.
5. Check your Captions: Accurate captions support not just students with hearing impairments, but also those studying in noisy environments or those who are non-native English speakers.

Need Help? Join Our Drop-In Session

To support you throughout the day, we’re also offering a face-to-face drop-in session between 10-4 in the drop-in zone next to the student union office in the Learning Hub. You can get help interpreting your Ally report, ask questions about accessibility improvements and make fixes with guidance from a friendly neighbourhood Learning Technologist

We hope you’ll join us on Tuesday, November 18 and make NILE more accessible. However, even if you can’t engage on the day, consider trying something new this semester – whether that’s adding clearer captions, using shorter filenames, or creating an Ultra document. Even small improvements can significantly transform the learning experience for all students.