Assessment for Road to IELTS by Conestoga - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: There are not many PDFs on this resource. All of the PDFs can be found on the "Resource Bank" page. Of the PDF's available, all are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: All of the PDFs are searchable and extractable. There were no locked PDFs.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All of the sampled PDFs were fully searchable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: While the accessibility checker shows that there are 5 errors in each document for alternative text- there are no images in any of the documents that require alternate text. To confirm this, I attempted to 'add alternate text' but adobe did not find any images requiring it.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Primary language check failed for all five documents.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Character encoding failed for all five documents.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Tagged elements failed on all five documents.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Lists and table checks failed for all five documents.
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: This test failed on all five documents. The document reads straight down multiple columns- often reading two columns at the same time. Often, sections are skipped completely. The order of the text and sections are not preserved or read 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 does avoid problematic elements on the page.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The first two controls, 'read this page only' and 'read to the end of the document' did not function for any of the documents tested. The 'pause reading' and 'stop reading' worked for all.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All document elements on all five items tested appear clear and easy to read at 250% zoom.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No summaries have been added to tables in any of the PDFS tested.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The table headers do not allow for ease of navigation. They are not tagged appropriately to allow keyboard navigation or screen reader navigation.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: None of the PDFs tested include displayed bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no bookmarks to listed to test this.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There are no captions or option to enable captions on any of the videos tested. I thought it might have been the videos in the resource bank, but I went into the test sections and tried additional videos there; none of the videos tried included captioning.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no options for captions.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no captions.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no captions.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no captions.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos with captions.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There are no transcriptions available for any of the videos tested.
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: None of the videos tested include described video or an equivalent of such elsewhere.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The videos do not include described video or text equivalent of such.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: A link to a text transcript, or a text transcript is not available for any of the videos tested.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no transcript provided for any of the videos.
eResource: Road to IELTS
eResource Type: Website
Vendor: NAS
Institution: Conestoga
Score: F

Key Findings

Weaknesses

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

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never There are not many PDFs on this resource. All of the PDFs can be found on the "Resource Bank" page. Of the PDF's available, all are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never All of the PDFs are searchable and extractable. There were no locked PDFs.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always All of the sampled PDFs were fully searchable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Not Applicable While the accessibility checker shows that there are 5 errors in each document for alternative text- there are no images in any of the documents that require alternate text. To confirm this, I attempted to 'add alternate text' but adobe did not find any images requiring it.
Is primary language specified? Never Primary language check failed for all five documents.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Never Character encoding failed for all five documents.
Are all page elements tagged? Never Tagged elements failed on all five documents.
Are list and table structure correct? Never Lists and table checks failed for all five documents.

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? Never This test failed on all five documents. The document reads straight down multiple columns- often reading two columns at the same time. Often, sections are skipped completely. The order of the text and sections are not preserved or read 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 does avoid problematic elements on the page.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes The first two controls, 'read this page only' and 'read to the end of the document' did not function for any of the documents tested. The 'pause reading' and 'stop reading' worked for all.

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 All document elements on all five items tested appear clear and easy to read at 250% zoom.

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable The PDFS do not contain any images that require alt text.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never No summaries have been added to tables in any of the PDFS tested.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never The table headers do not allow for ease of navigation. They are not tagged appropriately to allow keyboard navigation or screen reader navigation.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Never None of the PDFs tested include displayed bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Not Applicable There are no bookmarks to listed to test this.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Never There are no captions or option to enable captions on any of the videos tested. I thought it might have been the videos in the resource bank, but I went into the test sections and tried additional videos there; none of the videos tried included captioning.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable There are no options for captions.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable There are no captions.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable There are no captions.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Not Applicable There are no captions.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable There are no videos with captions.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Never There are no transcriptions available for any of the videos tested.

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 None of the videos tested include described video or an equivalent of such elsewhere.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable The videos do not include described video or text equivalent of such.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Never A link to a text transcript, or a text transcript is not available for any of the videos tested.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable There is no transcript provided for any of the videos.
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