Assessment for Career Cruising by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no image only PDF documents.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The PDF documents sampled can be extractable. Many of the PDF documents have the editable feature turned on so users can add information.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: PDF's are both searchable and extractable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes:
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All PDF documents sampled passed the primary language specified in the accessibility report. The PDF documents come in both English and French. Users can access the documents in the English or French version of the database. The MS Word Documents also come in English and French.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All samples reviewed passed the character encoding. Reliable character encoding is provided.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All five PDF documents sampled passed the tagged feature in the accessibility report.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Lists in the five PDF documents sampled all passed the accessibility assessment for structure. However, two out of the five sampled documents had heading issues.
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: However, in the table of contents there may be some confusion when the narrator says the page number from the previous section and then says the title of the next section. It makes it sound as if the page numbers are not corresponding to the correct titles. Pages in PDF documents are read from left to right and keeps to the order of the document.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: In the PDF documents sampled with the read aloud function there weren’t many problems found. The read out loud does move smoothly through the documents. The only issue found in one document, the read out loud read the + and = sign out of order with the writing. It was presented as a word equation but was not read as one.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: In the Help section, there is a copy of MS Word Documents and PDF’s for users, parents, and teachers to download to be used for as activities or projects. Keyboard navigation is available easily in the PDF documents, but not in the same way for MS Word document as this is editable.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There were no images or tables present in the PDF documents sampled. However, all the text was clear and easy to read. The only problem was that it did not full fit within the screen so the scrolling bar at the horizontal bar will need to be used unless there is a bigger screen used for reading the document.
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: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: PDF documents sampled do not contain any images that for text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Of the 5 PDF documents sampled, 3 failed to have alt text provided for rich images such as graphs, charts, figures or diagrams.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All five documents sampled failed the in-text summary, as this feature was skipped.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No bookmarks were identified in the panel on any of the PDF documents. However, users can make their own.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The five PDF documents sampled, 3 of them failed the bookmark assessment.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The videos do not have the descriptive captioning within them. However, there is a corresponding transcript below the video.
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: There are no closed-captioning present for the audio or video recordings.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The captions are not provided on the audio or video clip directly, but in a transcript below the video. Closed captioning on the video might be a suggestion to implement in addition to the transcript.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Captions are not attached to the video. There is a transcript below but not in the actual video recording.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: In the Like and Dislike audio recordings and Advice video recordings, there is a transcript below for users to follow. However, there is no closed captioning in the videos or audio recordings.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos do not contain captions within the video. However, there is a transcript of what the person says below the video. This is the same for audio recordings.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Videos and audio recordings do contain the transcript directly below.
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: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Videos and audio recordings do not include a describe video but do have a transcript of what is said below.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Videos and audio recording do not include a describe video but do have a transcript of what is said below.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The text transcript for the audio and video recordings is directly below the clips. However, it does not contain a separate link.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: From the video and audio recordings sampled, the transcript below does accurately capture what is said in the recordings.
eResource: Career Cruising
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Xello
Institution: St. Clair
Score: C+

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Not Applicable There are no image only PDF documents.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never The PDF documents sampled can be extractable. Many of the PDF documents have the editable feature turned on so users can add information.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always PDF's are both searchable and extractable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes
Is primary language specified? Always All PDF documents sampled passed the primary language specified in the accessibility report. The PDF documents come in both English and French. Users can access the documents in the English or French version of the database. The MS Word Documents also come in English and French.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always All samples reviewed passed the character encoding. Reliable character encoding is provided.
Are all page elements tagged? Always All five PDF documents sampled passed the tagged feature in the accessibility report.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes Lists in the five PDF documents sampled all passed the accessibility assessment for structure. However, two out of the five sampled documents had heading issues.

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? Always However, in the table of contents there may be some confusion when the narrator says the page number from the previous section and then says the title of the next section. It makes it sound as if the page numbers are not corresponding to the correct titles. Pages in PDF documents are read from left to right and keeps to the order of the document.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always In the PDF documents sampled with the read aloud function there weren’t many problems found. The read out loud does move smoothly through the documents. The only issue found in one document, the read out loud read the + and = sign out of order with the writing. It was presented as a word equation but was not read as one.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes In the Help section, there is a copy of MS Word Documents and PDF’s for users, parents, and teachers to download to be used for as activities or projects. Keyboard navigation is available easily in the PDF documents, but not in the same way for MS Word document as this is editable.

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 There were no images or tables present in the PDF documents sampled. However, all the text was clear and easy to read. The only problem was that it did not full fit within the screen so the scrolling bar at the horizontal bar will need to be used unless there is a bigger screen used for reading the document.

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? Never
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable PDF documents sampled do not contain any images that for text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Of the 5 PDF documents sampled, 3 failed to have alt text provided for rich images such as graphs, charts, figures or diagrams.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never All five documents sampled failed the in-text summary, as this feature was skipped.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Always

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Never No bookmarks were identified in the panel on any of the PDF documents. However, users can make their own.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Sometimes The five PDF documents sampled, 3 of them failed the bookmark assessment.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Never The videos do not have the descriptive captioning within them. However, there is a corresponding transcript below the video.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable There are no closed-captioning present for the audio or video recordings.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable The captions are not provided on the audio or video clip directly, but in a transcript below the video. Closed captioning on the video might be a suggestion to implement in addition to the transcript.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable Captions are not attached to the video. There is a transcript below but not in the actual video recording.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Not Applicable In the Like and Dislike audio recordings and Advice video recordings, there is a transcript below for users to follow. However, there is no closed captioning in the videos or audio recordings.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable Videos do not contain captions within the video. However, there is a transcript of what the person says below the video. This is the same for audio recordings.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always Videos and audio recordings do contain the transcript directly below.

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? Always Videos and audio recordings do not include a describe video but do have a transcript of what is said below.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Always Videos and audio recording do not include a describe video but do have a transcript of what is said below.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Always The text transcript for the audio and video recordings is directly below the clips. However, it does not contain a separate link.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Always From the video and audio recordings sampled, the transcript below does accurately capture what is said in the recordings.
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