Assessment for The Map as History by Mohawk - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The only time alt text is not available is within the Timelines feature of this resource.
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:
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Technicality: Zooming in or out does not work on the Timelines feature, it stays the same size.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Images become a little pixelated, as in they aren't perfectly sharp, but they're still clear.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: With the exception of the Timelines feature. The very purpose of those is to horizontally scroll through the timeline presented. Those don't work with zooming in/out anyway.
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The homepage that has a few failed contrast items.
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no colour coded graphs in this database
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no instances of colour being used to indicate an action
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
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:
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: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: For the most part, yes. The Timeline feature is a little wonky and difficult to navigate via keyboard at first try.
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Yes, by clicking on the navigation buttons within, but it will start moving again after a few seconds.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Yes, but it's not intuitive to navigate between items in the carousel. Using tab, you can highlight the title of the carousel page and navigate between items with the arrow keys, but only once. You have to tab back into the carousel to change the page again. You can't go [tab][arrow][arrow][arrow], but you can go [tab][arrow][tab][arrow].
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Once again, the Timeline feature has the fault. There is some text overlap at the top of the screen on the smaller resolutions.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: We lose the Timeline link from the homepage on the iphone 5 and 6 resolution but it comes back with the ipad and larger.
eResource: The Map as History
eResource Type: Website
Vendor: Other
Institution: Mohawk
Score: B+

Key Findings

Strengths

  • All images contain a textual alternative
  • Information is not distorted when zoomed in at 200%

Weaknesses

  • Some text and images meet contrast requirements
  • Some information is preserved at different screen resolutions

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

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 The only time alt text is not available is within the Timelines feature of this resource.
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

Content Scaling

Question Answer Notes Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? Always Technicality: Zooming in or out does not work on the Timelines feature, it stays the same size.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? Always Images become a little pixelated, as in they aren't perfectly sharp, but they're still clear.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Always With the exception of the Timelines feature. The very purpose of those is to horizontally scroll through the timeline presented. Those don't work with zooming in/out anyway.

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Sometimes The homepage that has a few failed contrast items.

Colour

Question Answer Notes Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable There are no colour coded graphs in this database
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? Not Applicable There are no instances of colour being used to indicate an action

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

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 For the most part, yes. The Timeline feature is a little wonky and difficult to navigate via keyboard at first try.

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Sometimes Yes, by clicking on the navigation buttons within, but it will start moving again after a few seconds.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Sometimes Yes, but it's not intuitive to navigate between items in the carousel. Using tab, you can highlight the title of the carousel page and navigate between items with the arrow keys, but only once. You have to tab back into the carousel to change the page again. You can't go [tab][arrow][arrow][arrow], but you can go [tab][arrow][tab][arrow].

Liquid layout

Question Answer Notes Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Sometimes Once again, the Timeline feature has the fault. There is some text overlap at the top of the screen on the smaller resolutions.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Sometimes We lose the Timeline link from the homepage on the iphone 5 and 6 resolution but it comes back with the ipad and larger.
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