Assessment for Career Cruising by St. Clair - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The functional image of a printer is present on all the career pages.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all informational images contained alt text.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Functional images such as the printer icon in the career descriptions do have "printer friendly" as the alt text
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The only images that are used as text is the logo for the database. Does not contain any alt text.
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Many links have an icon image of what the link is such as the resume beside the "build my resume" and magnify-glass beside "job search". However, there are no icons for PDF documents, download icon, folder icon or citation icon.
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Text is intact and readable, but on some pages, it is not centred.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most of the images are clear. Though, some get blurry and unpixellated at 200%
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: On some pages where the text is not centred, the horizontal line is not minimized at 200%
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: At first glance, every page is 8:5:1 contrast ratio. The text is always above the 3:1 ratio. However, every page sampled had contrast errors for very low contrast between text and background colors.
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no coloured graphs on any of the sample pages.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The only option that has text to speech is in the PDF documents read out loud in the Help section.
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: No dead links found.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: However, on the menu button at the top of every page by the search bar, does not drop down or accessible by keyboard. But you can get to the drop-down links further down on the page.
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The carousel movement is not on the home page, but the career information pages as an image carousel.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There is overlapping of the pics and earning range on the career information pages.
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Mostly all content and pics reformat well at different screen resolutions. However, screen resolutions below 1280 x 1084, the career information pages have overcrowding. Though it depends on what device you are accessing it from.
eResource: Career Cruising
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Xello
Institution: St. Clair
Score: A

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Functional images embedded in the background

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background? Always The functional image of a printer is present on all the career pages.

Presence of Icons

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? Sometimes Many links have an icon image of what the link is such as the resume beside the "build my resume" and magnify-glass beside "job search". However, there are no icons for PDF documents, download icon, folder icon or citation icon.

Alt Text

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Not all informational images contained alt text.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always Functional images such as the printer icon in the career descriptions do have "printer friendly" as the alt text
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never The only images that are used as text is the logo for the database. Does not contain any alt text.

Content Scaling

Question Answer Notes Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? Always Text is intact and readable, but on some pages, it is not centred.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? Sometimes Most of the images are clear. Though, some get blurry and unpixellated at 200%
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Sometimes On some pages where the text is not centred, the horizontal line is not minimized at 200%

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Always At first glance, every page is 8:5:1 contrast ratio. The text is always above the 3:1 ratio. However, every page sampled had contrast errors for very low contrast between text and background colors.

Colour

Question Answer Notes Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable There are no coloured graphs on any of the sample pages.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? Always
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? Not Applicable

Text to speech

Question Answer Notes Images
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? Not Applicable The only option that has text to speech is in the PDF documents read out loud in the Help section.

Clustered Links

Question Answer Notes Images
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily? Always
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? Always
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? Always No dead links found.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? Always However, on the menu button at the top of every page by the search bar, does not drop down or accessible by keyboard. But you can get to the drop-down links further down on the page.

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Always The carousel movement is not on the home page, but the career information pages as an image carousel.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Always

Liquid layout

Question Answer Notes Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Always
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Sometimes There is overlapping of the pics and earning range on the career information pages.
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Sometimes Mostly all content and pics reformat well at different screen resolutions. However, screen resolutions below 1280 x 1084, the career information pages have overcrowding. Though it depends on what device you are accessing it from.
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