Assessment Report | LEAP

Assessment Information
eResource Title	Vendor	Overall Grade
Building Green	BuildingGreen	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?	Always	The database logo at the top of the page which links to the database home page.

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?	Sometimes	Using WAVE on the main page there were 21 missing alternative text and most subheadings off the main page listed missing alternative text.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Always	There are both text and logos for save, PDF, permalink, etc.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Sometimes	There is text available beside each of the images, and the images are used continually throughout the database to organize subheadings however there are recurring missing alternative text and empty links indicated in WAVE on multiple webpages.

Content Scaling

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?	Always
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?	Sometimes	There are a few images that do become blurred but are still very distinguishable.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?	Always

Colour and Contrast

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?	Always

Colour

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?	Always
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?	Never	This tool is not available within this database.

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)?	Sometimes	WAVE is finding numerous empty links and buttons
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?	Sometimes	This database is not very navigable by keyboard only allowing downward scrolling rather than side way access.

Dynamic content

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can users pause carousel movement?	Not Applicable
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
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?	Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?	Sometimes	The only issue that occurred with enlarging the screen resolution from the size of 1600 X 1200 is that a "Read more" option merged with the image attribution at the bottom but this was a rare occurrence.

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	There were 4 orphaned form labels on the homepage site, and on each site visited there were repeated 2+ unlabelled form control issues
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?	Sometimes	There are 2+ unlabelled form controls on the site pages that I assessed using WAVE
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?	Always
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?	Always
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available?	Always
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 only use input field was the "Contact Us" option in which the incomplete form prompted with the red coloured empty fields as well as a text prompt at the top of the field to amend the missing fields. This is a one page submission so there was no need for the "go back" option.

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	The alert messages are available via a dialog box at the top of the site page.
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?	Never	It read: Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the problem persists.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error?	Never	There was no link to go directly back to the form submission page to correct the invalid/missing information.
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission?	Never	I had to submit a new form.
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order?	Not Applicable	Since the error reports were generic error messages there was no discernible order.

Search function spell-check

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms?	Always	A new page appeared with the incorrect submission followed by a suggestion as well as recommended search strategies.

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?	Always
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?	Sometimes	There are at the very least 2 instances of missing alternative text for each web page reviewed which includes for the Building Green database title at the top of the page and for such icons as "loading more" and "CEUs available".
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.	Always
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?	Not Applicable
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?	Always

Consistent Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?	Sometimes	The layout is a vertical collection of resources that a Search feature that can be hovered over to enter search terms on the top right but other than that each linked resource may or may not have similarly presented information contacts and the content may be structured under linked images with many subtopics or as linked articles.
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?	Always
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?	Sometimes	There are similar features in each webpage such as the "Load more" and each feature article has the publication date, permalink and citatiion at the end of the article as well "add new content" and "send by email". The "explore the archives" option is infrequent.
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?	Not Applicable

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?	Always
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items?	Always
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation?	Sometimes	The screen reader is able to reflect what is on the webpage but the keyboard navigation only allows for very rudimentary up and down navigation around the sites.

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?	Never
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?	Sometimes	Not all elements are navigable by keyboard particular linked elements on the left hand sides.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Sometimes	Not all elements are highlighted when navigating by keyboard, particularly not elements on the left hand side.
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Always
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Sometimes	Not all links are accessible particularly elements on the left hand side.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Sometimes	Centrally located linked features are indicated but this is not consistent.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Never	The most prominent search form is the "Search" feature and this is not navigable using the keyboard and NVDA skipped over the "Search" feature when reviewing the top menu content.

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Always	Using Chrome, "Skip to Main Content" appears on each site reviewed.
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Always	The links are invisible until tabbed.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Always	The links are located on the top left hand.
Are skip links labelled properly?	Always
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 Read& Write was not able to relay the information in the selected tables.

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?	Always

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only?	Always
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?	Never	The text can be searched and extracted.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?	Always

Tagged PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alternative descriptions provided?	Sometimes	The alternative text for figures usually failed but most other alternate text passes, ie. nested, associated with content.
Is primary language specified?	Sometimes	One in three failed.
Is reliable character encoding provided?	Always
Are all page elements tagged?	Sometimes	One in three failed.
Are list and table structure correct?	Sometimes	One in three failed.

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
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?	Always
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?	Always

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?	Sometimes	This is a very image based dabase and sometimes images are on the upper and lower end or after section breaks.

Alternative Description

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	The caption under each image is never read.
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

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?	Never
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?	Never

Additional Navigational Aids

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?	Always
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?	Always

Video Captions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are videos captioned?	Sometimes	Most of the videos that are listed available have the option of selecting closed captioning.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?	Always
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?	Sometimes	Some of the videos appear to be accurately captioned but a few appear to be auto captioned with inevitable grammatical and context specific errors.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?	Always
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?	Sometimes	Some of the captions appear to be manually captioned and in sync with spoken words but some are out of rhythm and seem to fall of the screen before they should be.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Never
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	The videos have captions

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?	Never
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
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?	Not Applicable

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