Assessment for eBook Collection by Lambton - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Both when read online and in a downloaded copy.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: According to the text there is no alternative descriptions.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Tagged elements that passed seemed to not be present in the document. If the element existed, it failed to be tagged.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The document in this section ranged from good to terrible. In the best instance, the only flaw was missing the page number on every-other page. This document would have passed a logical order test. The next document was very graphic which made it less easy to determine logical order. However, a big flaw was that it would read the contents of a box before the title. The worst document would only read the download stamp and not the text despite the text being extractable.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: It would inconsistently read out periods as dot or point or nothing. Otherwise not too bad.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all documents would read onto the next page when given the command to read to the end of the document.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Sometimes the caption is read and a good description of the image. Sometimes the caption is poor or not read at all. There is no alt text if the caption is missing or of poor quality.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There is at least one title that has no alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Alt text never entered. Captions and main body text are sometimes descriptive enough to give a good sense of a rich image.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No tables are tagged. Some tables are read row by row, although there is one example that reads down the column of a table in the sample.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No table headers.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The downloaded version does not have bookmarks, but the web version of the document does thoroughly use additional navigation tools.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The downloaded version does not have bookmarks to evaluate. The web version of the document does have accurate bookmarks.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Do videos include described video, or if not, is there a text equivalent of the video provided on the same page or via a link?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No audio content in eresource.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No audio content in eresource.
eResource: eBook Collection
eResource Type: eBooks
Vendor: EBSCO
Institution: Lambton
Score: C

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always Both when read online and in a downloaded copy.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Never According to the text there is no alternative descriptions.
Is primary language specified? Never
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Tagged elements that passed seemed to not be present in the document. If the element existed, it failed to be tagged.
Are list and table structure correct? Never

Structure: Reading Order

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections? Sometimes The document in this section ranged from good to terrible. In the best instance, the only flaw was missing the page number on every-other page. This document would have passed a logical order test. The next document was very graphic which made it less easy to determine logical order. However, a big flaw was that it would read the contents of a box before the title. The worst document would only read the download stamp and not the text despite the text being extractable.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes It would inconsistently read out periods as dot or point or nothing. Otherwise not too bad.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes Not all documents would read onto the next page when given the command to read to the end of the document.

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Always

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Sometimes the caption is read and a good description of the image. Sometimes the caption is poor or not read at all. There is no alt text if the caption is missing or of poor quality.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes There is at least one title that has no alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Alt text never entered. Captions and main body text are sometimes descriptive enough to give a good sense of a rich image.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never No tables are tagged. Some tables are read row by row, although there is one example that reads down the column of a table in the sample.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never No table headers.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes The downloaded version does not have bookmarks, but the web version of the document does thoroughly use additional navigation tools.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Sometimes The downloaded version does not have bookmarks to evaluate. The web version of the document does have accurate bookmarks.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.

Described Video

Question Answer Notes Images
Do videos include described video, or if not, is there a text equivalent of the video provided on the same page or via a link? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable Videos appear in results list but it is a link to another eresource by EBSCO that requires separate subscription. Therefore not included in this assessment.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable No audio content in eresource.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable No audio content in eresource.
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