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PDF Remediation Options

When reviewing identified issues within PDF documents, Instructors can take advantage of available quick fixes for PDF files as part of Ally’s feedback and guidance.  This includes the ability to fix issues for missing title, missing language, and/or OCR a scanned PDF all directly from within the Instructor Feedback panel.

After making these fixes, Ally will save and upload a new version of the PDF into the course and overwrite the old file in the process.

Missing title

Instructors can set a title using the input field and can select Apply fix to save.

  • Titles may not be comprised of only special characters (like @!#$#$)

  • Titles may not end in a period (.)

  • Titles may not end with a file extension (like .pdf, .xls, etc.)

  • Title may not match the filename exactly

A gauge reading 11% and the text "This PDF does not have a title." There is a button that says "What this means" and underneath it a field that says "Set PDF title" and a button to Apply Fix. There is also a button to Learn how to fix PDFs.

Missing language

Instructors can select from the dropdown of available languages and select Apply fix to save.

A gauge reading 6% and text that says "This PDF does not have a language set." There are buttons that say "What this means" and "How to set a language." Underneath, there is a dropdown menu to Add PDF Language and a button to Apply Fix. There is also a button to Learn how to fix PDFs.

Scanned PDF

Instructors can select Preview and Apply to OCR the scanned document and generate a new preview of the result.  Before selecting Apply to save the changes, the instructor can choose to download the original scanned PDF to save for later if needed.

Note

We recommend that you save a copy or leverage the download feature before applying the OCR quick fix if you still need an older scanned version of the content. Once the change is made you cannot undo the process to go back to the inaccessible scanned PDF.

A gauge reading 0% and text that says "This PDF is scanned." There is a button that says "What this means." Underneath, there is a button that says Preview and Apply. There is also a button that says Learn how to fix PDFs.