Assessment for Leisure Tourism by Centennial - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: The sampled PDFs are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: None of the sample PDFs were locked.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The sampled PDFs are fully searchable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Two of the PDFs sampled failed the alternative text section of the accessibility test and the one PDFs sampled failed three alternative text issues.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All of the PDFs sampled that I checked failed this section of the accessibility test.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Reliable character encoding is provided in all sampled PDFs.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all page elements are tagged. Under the page content, tagged content, tagged annotations and tab order failed all sampled PDFs that I checked.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Three out of five PDFs sampled passed both tables and lists; the other two PDFs sampled failed both tables and lists.
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: The read out loud function read the pdfs in a logical way.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The read out loud function avoid problematic elements such as "Blank".
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The controls are consistent and effective when navigating the document.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When zooming in 250%, the text and tables are clear throughout. Some of the images are blurry when zooming.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The images are positioned prominently and easy to find.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all informative images within the PDF documents have alt text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all the sampled PDFs tables are tagged.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Table headers do allow for easy navigation with screen readers.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The bookmarks panel does not display bookmarks for all sampled PDFs.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The bookmarks do link to the correct sections in the document.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The video has the closed caption option to turn on and off.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The process is straightforward and intuitive to turn on the closed caption.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The captions are typo-free and grammatically correct.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
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: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is no described video or provides a text equivalent of the video.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is no described video option on this database.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no audio files found on this database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no audio files found on this database.
eResource: Leisure Tourism
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: CABI
Institution: Centennial
Score: B

Key Findings

Weaknesses

  • Audio does not have transcripts
  • PDFs are searchable but not tagged
  • Videos have captions but not audio descriptions/transcripts

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never The sampled PDFs are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never None of the sample PDFs were locked.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always The sampled PDFs are fully searchable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes Two of the PDFs sampled failed the alternative text section of the accessibility test and the one PDFs sampled failed three alternative text issues.
Is primary language specified? Never All of the PDFs sampled that I checked failed this section of the accessibility test.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always Reliable character encoding is provided in all sampled PDFs.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Not all page elements are tagged. Under the page content, tagged content, tagged annotations and tab order failed all sampled PDFs that I checked.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes Three out of five PDFs sampled passed both tables and lists; the other two PDFs sampled failed both tables and lists.

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 The read out loud function read the pdfs in a logical way.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always The read out loud function avoid problematic elements such as "Blank".
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always The controls are consistent and effective when navigating the document.

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Sometimes When zooming in 250%, the text and tables are clear throughout. Some of the images are blurry when zooming.

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Not all informative images within the PDF documents have alt text.
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? Always

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Not all the sampled PDFs tables are tagged.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Always Table headers do allow for easy navigation with screen readers.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes The bookmarks panel does not display bookmarks for all sampled PDFs.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always The bookmarks do link to the correct sections in the document.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Always The video has the closed caption option to turn on and off.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always The process is straightforward and intuitive to turn on the closed caption.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Always The captions are typo-free and grammatically correct.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Always
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable

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 There is no described video or provides a text equivalent of the video.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Never There is no described video option on this database.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable There are no audio files found on this database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable There are no audio files found on this database.
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