Assessment Report | LEAP

Assessment Information
eResource Title	Vendor	Overall Grade
Business of Fashion	Business of Fashion	B-

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?	Never	The functional images are not embedded in the background they remain aligned when changing the width, height or text size.

Presence of Icons

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?	Always

Alt Text

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Not Applicable	No informative images found in this resource.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Always	All functional images contain appropriate alt text, though some images have a redundant text alternative.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Sometimes	Some images that are used as text are missing appropriate textual alternative.

Content Scaling

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?	Always	When zoomed at 200% the text remains intact and readable.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?	Sometimes	Some images that have been checked are getting pixelated and slightly blurry when zoomed to 200%.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?	Sometimes	Not all tested pages of the resource are having the horizontal scrolling. Those that do have, the horizontal scrolling does not affect the readability of the texts.

Colour and Contrast

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?	Always	The overall contrast ratio of the resource is 8.59:1, which is normal. But some areas are having low contrast between text and background colors.

Colour

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?	Never	All found and tested graphs are missing textual alternative.
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?	Always

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	There is no Text to Speech or Read Aloud options in this resource.

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
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?	Sometimes	Links and buttons are accessible via keyboard navigation, but many elements do not receive the focus.

Dynamic content

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can users pause carousel movement?	Not Applicable	There is no carousel movement found in the resource.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?	Not Applicable

Liquid layout

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?	Always	There is no text overlap at all checked screen resolutions.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?	Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?	Always

Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form?	Sometimes	Not all input fields have clear instructions beside the placeholder text.
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?	Never	Most tested input fields are missing the form labels.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?	Always
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?	Never	There are no labels placed above the user input fields found in the resource.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available?	Sometimes
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields?	Always

Error Prevention

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable.	Always	The user input fields are confirmed. It allows the user to correct and fill in necessary information before the final submission.

Error Reports

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box?	Always
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?	Always
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error?	Always
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission?	Always
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order?	Always

Search function spell-check

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms?	Not Applicable	When the user spells the word incorrectly, they are prompted that the spelling is wrong. But there are no spelling suggestions given.

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?	Not Applicable	There are no icons of this type, but the resource has save and download buttons.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?	Not Applicable	No icons found in this resource.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.	Sometimes	Many tested actions are missing the form label.
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?	Not Applicable	There are no icons with adjacent links found in the resource.
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?	Always	Yes, it is easy to determine the purpose of the links.

Consistent Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?	Always
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?	Always
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?	Always
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently?	Always

Pop-up windows/Interruptions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button?	Always
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded?	Always
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups?	Not Applicable
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing?	Always

Headers

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately?	Always
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading?	Always

Menus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options?	Sometimes	There are no drop-down menus. Though, there is a sidebar menu, the user is able to open it using the keyboard navigation, but it does not offer the option of going to the content links in the menu list.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items?	Not Applicable
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation?	Sometimes	The Screen Reader does not pick up the sidebar menu icon but it can be accessed by keyboard navigation. However, the keyboard navigation skips the sidebar menu list and does not pick up the content of it.

Change of context

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning?	Always
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content?	Not Applicable	There are no "Update Now" buttons found in the resource.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection?	Always

Change of Context: Focus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus?	Always
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus?	Always
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus?	Always
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control?	Always

Navigation Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?	Always

Keyboard Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Never	Only few elements of the page are receiving the keyboard focus. That makes it difficult to determine what element the focus in on at the moment.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Never
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Sometimes	It is very hard to determine the flow of the keyboard navigation with the focus mostly invisible for majority of the elements. When using the Read & Write screen reader the navigation is logical and easy to follow.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Sometimes
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Sometimes	Overall, it is very hard to track the flow of the keyboard navigation, focus is invisible to most of the content. But when using the Read & Write screen reader, the navigation is logical and following the visual flow.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Sometimes	In many cases yes, but in some instances it was hard to track.

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Always
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Always	All skip links on tested pages are invisible.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Always
Are skip links labelled properly?	Always	The skip link of this resource is labelled as default-output-block.skip-main
Are skip links accessible via keyboard?	Always
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?	Always
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Always

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?	Never	The reader does not pick up the presence of the tables on the tested pages.

Frames

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?	Always
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?	Always
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?	Sometimes	Most of the time it is not easy to navigate the resource using the keyboard navigation.

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only?	Never	The PDFs are not image only. They are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?	Never	The PDFs are not locked. All tested PDFs are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?	Always

Tagged PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alternative descriptions provided?	Never	The accessibility report failed the alternative text check.
Is primary language specified?	Never	There were 5 PDFs tested and all of the don't have primary language specified.
Is reliable character encoding provided?	Never	Reliable encoding is provided for all tested PDFs.
Are all page elements tagged?	Never	All tested page elements of 5 PDFs failed the content tagging.
Are list and table structure correct?	Never	Lists and Tables sections filed the accessibility check.

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 Read out Loud function reads the PDF in a logical order. But when it comes to the tables the reading order is not preserved. The software reads the content in chaotical manner.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?	Always	The Read out Loud function does not read the blank spaces as blank.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?	Sometimes	When testing the PDFs many keys were not responsive to navigate the content. It creates big problem for the reader.

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	When zooming the documents to 250% all text, images and tables are clear, easy to read and not blurry.

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Alternative Description

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	The images of the tested PDFs failed the alternative text check.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	All present graphs, charts and diagrams of the tested PDFs are missing the appropriate text alternatives.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?	Sometimes	All found tables were tested by keyboard navigation and Read out Loud function. You can navigate the tables, but the order is not logical and the Read out Loud function is reading the content of the tables down the columns, in many instances, by skipping the rows.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?	Sometimes	There were instances when the screen readers are skipping some headings, not following the appropriate structure.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?	Never	There were no bookmarks displayed in all tested PDFs.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?	Not Applicable

Video Captions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are videos captioned?	Always	All 5 tested videos from the Business of Fashion video section are captioned.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?	Always	All captions are Closed Captions. The user will need to active the captions by pressing the CC icon at the bottom left corner of the video (same as Youtube videos).
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?	Always	There were no typos or grammatical errors spotted in Closed Captions when watching the tested videos.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?	Always
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?	Always	All captions are in sync with spoken words.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Always	All the videos posted in the Video Section of the Business of Fashion database can be watched on their Youtube channel. It will give users the option to activate the Transcript function in there.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Always	All found videos have captions and transcripts can be accessed through their Youtube channel.

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	There are no audio or videos descriptions.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?	Not Applicable

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 files found in the resource.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?	Not Applicable	No audio files found.

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