Assessment for Mindscape Commons by Centennial - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The logo is small, top left corner, a lot of text, and images to preview videos are prominent and easy to see.

Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Alt text is always the same words as the title of the video or heading.
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Images are used to give a preview of the video along with a title, there are icons to show content type (commercial, open source, membership etc). When you click on the video there is a icon that indicates where to click or "visit" to view the content. Note there may be a little bit of clicking required to get to the actual video as they can be viewed on other websites. Membership only content can be directly viewed on the website, by clicking the play button.
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There is no horizontal scrolling required to read full text.
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Contrast Ratio: 8.59:1, but the text can be very small.
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Infographics are not colour coded either.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: A lot of white space (example needed?)
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: When links are clicked, there is no indication that a link was previously clicked..
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The eresource is a database of videos.
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: The images are easily clickable, and are highlighted when you hover over them.

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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When clicking on "Login/Sign up," "Submit an entry," in the hamburger button on the top right, the user receives a pop-up error message, "Callback URL mismatch.
The provided redirect_uri is not in the list of allowed callback URLs.
Please go to the Application Settings page and make sure you are sending a valid callback url from your application" The pop up message also includes email links to technical support.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Menu can be scrolled through with the tab key.
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Users cannot pause carousel movement. The page will continuously scroll, with more results appear as the user scrolls down. Pictures load slowly,
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Yes, navigating is operable by keyboard.
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The text is preserved, however the "Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Image overlap is similar to above with text. Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages.
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages, rendering some of the text to be illegible.
eResource: Mindscape Commons
eResource Type:
Vendor: Trojman Corporation
Institution: Centennial
Score: B+

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Sometimes The logo is small, top left corner, a lot of text, and images to preview videos are prominent and easy to see.

Functional images embedded in the background

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background? Always

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 Images are used to give a preview of the video along with a title, there are icons to show content type (commercial, open source, membership etc). When you click on the video there is a icon that indicates where to click or "visit" to view the content. Note there may be a little bit of clicking required to get to the actual video as they can be viewed on other websites. Membership only content can be directly viewed on the website, by clicking the play button.

Alt Text

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always Alt text is always the same words as the title of the video or heading.

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%? Always
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Always There is no horizontal scrolling required to read full text.

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Always Contrast Ratio: 8.59:1, but the text can be very small.

Colour

Question Answer Notes Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable Infographics are not colour coded either.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? Always A lot of white space (example needed?)
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? Never When links are clicked, there is no indication that a link was previously clicked..

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 The eresource is a database of videos.

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 The images are easily clickable, and are highlighted when you hover over them.
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 When clicking on "Login/Sign up," "Submit an entry," in the hamburger button on the top right, the user receives a pop-up error message, "Callback URL mismatch. The provided redirect_uri is not in the list of allowed callback URLs. Please go to the Application Settings page and make sure you are sending a valid callback url from your application" The pop up message also includes email links to technical support.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? Always Menu can be scrolled through with the tab key.

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Never Users cannot pause carousel movement. The page will continuously scroll, with more results appear as the user scrolls down. Pictures load slowly,
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Always Yes, navigating is operable by keyboard.

Liquid layout

Question Answer Notes Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Sometimes The text is preserved, however the "Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Always Image overlap is similar to above with text. Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages.
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Sometimes Log In/Sign up" link overlaps with the text at 400%+ zoom on 1920x 1080 resolution on some pages, rendering some of the text to be illegible.
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