Assessment for Nursing & Allied Health by Lambton - Module 3: Interface Structure

Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Main:There are three buttons on this page that are labelled "view all". They are inside a box titled "view other content types", adjacent to text that tells the client what each link is for, but if a client tabs through links (without reading the accompanying text), they will have no idea how these are different,
Advanced: YES
Results:YES, except for the hand lens icon in the top right corner, for initiating the search bar, which does not appear to be labelled. I find the labelling of "selected items" and "my research and language selection" ambiguous; it is unclear to me what the difference is between "selected items" and "my research".
Item record 1:YES
Item record 2:Y
Item record 3 :There is a button with an "up" caret that appears when an item record is long, near the bottom right of the record. It is intended to bring the reader back to the top of the article. There is no alt text for this and there is no text beside this button to explain what it is for. An "up" caret is quite intuitive to me, but I am not sure that it would be meaningful to everyone.
Item record 4:Yes
Item record 5: Yes
Help:Yes
Login:Yes
Create an account: Yes
Search history:Yes
Bookmark pages: NA

Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: I did not find any "traps".

Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Results: The central column with the results, which can be very long (50 articles in my case), is tabbed before the filters column. I would rather examine and alter the filters BEFORE scrolling so many results.

The main search page: logical top to bottom, left to right
advanced search page: logical top to bottom, left to right

Multiple instances of item records
1: logical top to bottom, left to right
2: logical top to bottom, left to right
3: logical top to bottom, left to right
4: logical top to bottom, left to right
5 logical top to bottom, left to right

help pages: logical
login and create an account pages: logical
search history pages: logical
bookmark pages: not applicable

When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Sometimes the keyboard focus indicator rectangle is not visible on tabs. For example, on the "Sign in" (person icon in top right corner) pop up window, there are tabs that say "sign in" and "create an account", which do not get highlighted as per usual. The "search tips" pop up window has tabs but these ARE highlighted when they receive focus.

Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Main: There is a carousel of video links on the main search page, which doesn't advance a tab at a time after the initial images scroll to the off-screen materials, meaning that the 7th-10th videos may not be accessible to someone using a keyboard. The up arrow for returning to the top of the screen does not receive focus, so it is skipped when tabbing.
Advanced:Generally seems to be consistent and as expected
Results: When a video is selected, there is a tab "embed", which contains the button to copy a permalink or embed code to another document, but this does not receive focus, so I do not think it will be noticed, or can be accessed when tabbing.

Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: I am using Chrome Version 118.0.5993.118 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Main: No
Advanced: No
Results: Yes, there is an invisible "skip to main content" skip link; there are invisible "quick look" links for reading abstracts of individual records; there is a visible skip link at the bottom of the page, an up arrow, to return to the top of the page, but this one does NOT receive focus when tabbing.
Item record 1: there is a visible skip link at the bottom and this DOES receive focus; there are invisible "quick link" skip links for the additional "suggested sources" citations in the right hand column, that open abstracts.
Item record 2: same
Item record 3: http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/algologin.aspx?inst=lambton&/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/example-governance-ai-health-services-aotearoa/docview/2859762027/se-2?accountid=39336 There was an invisible "skip to main content" link, but when I clicked "enter" the focus shifted back to a link at the top of the page; When I was at the pane with the article, there seemed to be three separate tab positions marking the "crossmark" button.
Item record 4:invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work
Item record 5: invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work
Help: No skip links
Login: No skip links
Create an account: The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus.
Search history: There is a "skip to main content" llnk that does not work; The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus.
Bookmark pages: NA [The college I am at does not subscribe to ebooks with this service, and there does not appear to be a bookmarking capacity within the ebooks located in the database, so this could not be tested.]

Are skip links visible or invisible?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There are invisible skip links for "skip to main contents", but these do not seem to bring the main contents into focus.
There are invisible skip links on results pages and on individual article pages which open abstracts (the individual article pages have a column of related citations, which contain these "quick look" links).
There are visible skip links at the base of pages, which when clicked navigate to the top of the page. These skip links sometimes do not receive focus when tabbing.

Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: "Skip to main contents" skip links are at the top left of the page.
The button to return to the top of the page is in the bottom right corner of the screen.
"Quick look" links are above the image for the resource type, where the journal cover is.

Are skip links labelled properly?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The button to return to the top of the page is not labelled as a skip link.

Are skip links accessible via keyboard?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The button to return to the top of the page does not always receive focus when the user is tabbing.
The "Skip to main contents" skip link does not seem to activate properly when selected with "enter", (or a mouse click for that matter).

Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?

Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:

Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: I was unable to find a single PDF with a table that was accessible to Read&Write.

Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no frames.

When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no frames

eResource: Nursing & Allied Health

eResource Type:

Vendor: ProQuest

Institution: Lambton

Score: D

Navigation Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?	Sometimes	Main:There are three buttons on this page that are labelled "view all". They are inside a box titled "view other content types", adjacent to text that tells the client what each link is for, but if a client tabs through links (without reading the accompanying text), they will have no idea how these are different, Advanced: YES Results:YES, except for the hand lens icon in the top right corner, for initiating the search bar, which does not appear to be labelled. I find the labelling of "selected items" and "my research and language selection" ambiguous; it is unclear to me what the difference is between "selected items" and "my research". Item record 1:YES Item record 2:Y Item record 3 :There is a button with an "up" caret that appears when an item record is long, near the bottom right of the record. It is intended to bring the reader back to the top of the article. There is no alt text for this and there is no text beside this button to explain what it is for. An "up" caret is quite intuitive to me, but I am not sure that it would be meaningful to everyone. Item record 4:Yes Item record 5: Yes Help:Yes Login:Yes Create an account: Yes Search history:Yes Bookmark pages: NA

Keyboard Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Always
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Not Applicable	I did not find any "traps".
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Sometimes	Results: The central column with the results, which can be very long (50 articles in my case), is tabbed before the filters column. I would rather examine and alter the filters BEFORE scrolling so many results. The main search page: logical top to bottom, left to right advanced search page: logical top to bottom, left to right Multiple instances of item records 1: logical top to bottom, left to right 2: logical top to bottom, left to right 3: logical top to bottom, left to right 4: logical top to bottom, left to right 5 logical top to bottom, left to right help pages: logical login and create an account pages: logical search history pages: logical bookmark pages: not applicable
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Sometimes	Sometimes the keyboard focus indicator rectangle is not visible on tabs. For example, on the "Sign in" (person icon in top right corner) pop up window, there are tabs that say "sign in" and "create an account", which do not get highlighted as per usual. The "search tips" pop up window has tabs but these ARE highlighted when they receive focus.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Sometimes	Main: There is a carousel of video links on the main search page, which doesn't advance a tab at a time after the initial images scroll to the off-screen materials, meaning that the 7th-10th videos may not be accessible to someone using a keyboard. The up arrow for returning to the top of the screen does not receive focus, so it is skipped when tabbing. Advanced:Generally seems to be consistent and as expected Results: When a video is selected, there is a tab "embed", which contains the button to copy a permalink or embed code to another document, but this does not receive focus, so I do not think it will be noticed, or can be accessed when tabbing.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Always

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Sometimes	I am using Chrome Version 118.0.5993.118 (Official Build) (64-bit) Main: No Advanced: No Results: Yes, there is an invisible "skip to main content" skip link; there are invisible "quick look" links for reading abstracts of individual records; there is a visible skip link at the bottom of the page, an up arrow, to return to the top of the page, but this one does NOT receive focus when tabbing. Item record 1: there is a visible skip link at the bottom and this DOES receive focus; there are invisible "quick link" skip links for the additional "suggested sources" citations in the right hand column, that open abstracts. Item record 2: same Item record 3: http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/algologin.aspx?inst=lambton&/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/example-governance-ai-health-services-aotearoa/docview/2859762027/se-2?accountid=39336 There was an invisible "skip to main content" link, but when I clicked "enter" the focus shifted back to a link at the top of the page; When I was at the pane with the article, there seemed to be three separate tab positions marking the "crossmark" button. Item record 4:invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work Item record 5: invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work Help: No skip links Login: No skip links Create an account: The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus. Search history: There is a "skip to main content" llnk that does not work; The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus. Bookmark pages: NA [The college I am at does not subscribe to ebooks with this service, and there does not appear to be a bookmarking capacity within the ebooks located in the database, so this could not be tested.]
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Sometimes	There are invisible skip links for "skip to main contents", but these do not seem to bring the main contents into focus. There are invisible skip links on results pages and on individual article pages which open abstracts (the individual article pages have a column of related citations, which contain these "quick look" links). There are visible skip links at the base of pages, which when clicked navigate to the top of the page. These skip links sometimes do not receive focus when tabbing.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Sometimes	"Skip to main contents" skip links are at the top left of the page. The button to return to the top of the page is in the bottom right corner of the screen. "Quick look" links are above the image for the resource type, where the journal cover is.
Are skip links labelled properly?	Sometimes	The button to return to the top of the page is not labelled as a skip link.
Are skip links accessible via keyboard?	Sometimes	The button to return to the top of the page does not always receive focus when the user is tabbing. The "Skip to main contents" skip link does not seem to activate properly when selected with "enter", (or a mouse click for that matter).
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?	Never
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Sometimes	The "skip to main contents" are fairly consistent, as are the up arrow buttons to return to the top of the page. "Quick look" links vary, because they appear connected to citations, which may be part of the main pane, or may be part of a related results column to the right, and both lists can vary in length.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?	Not Applicable	I was unable to find a single PDF with a table that was accessible to Read&Write.

Frames

Question	Answer	Notes
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?	Not Applicable	Home: no frames Advanced: no frames Results: no frames though page has a left navigation pane and content pane in appearance Item record 1: no frames though page has a content pane to the left of the screen, and a secondary content frame to the right of this pane Item record 2: Item record 3: Item record 4: Item record 5: Login to My research: has apparent panes, but no frames. Create an account: NA Search history: has apparent panes, but no frames Bookmark pages: NA
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?	Not Applicable	There are no frames.
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?	Not Applicable	There are no frames