Assessment for Career & Technical Education by Boréal - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most sampled PDFs contain selectable and searchable text. However, some older scanned articles were image-based and did not allow text highlighting or extraction.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The sampled PDFs did not appear to have security restrictions that prevented text copying or searching.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Many PDFs allow text highlighting, copying, and searching. However, some older scanned documents appear to be image-only and are not fully searchable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some PDFs contain alternative text descriptions for images and figures, but this feature is not consistently applied across all sampled documents.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some documents specify the primary language within the PDF metadata, but this was not consistent across all sampled articles.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The sampled PDFs used readable fonts and encoding that allowed text to be extracted and read by assistive technologies.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some PDFs contain structural tags such as headings and paragraphs, but tagging was inconsistent across sampled articles.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Tables and lists were present in some documents but were not always tagged or structured in a way that fully supports screen reader navigation.
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Many sampled PDFs were read in a logical sequence; however, some documents contained structural inconsistencies that affected reading order when using the Read Out Loud function.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some PDFs contained extra spacing or formatting issues that caused the reader to occasionally announce blank elements.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Keyboard shortcuts and navigation controls functioned as expected and allowed effective navigation through the document.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Text and images remained clear and readable when magnified to 250%, without noticeable loss of clarity.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Images in sampled PDFs were generally positioned near relevant text and within the main body of the article, making them easy to locate.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some informative images included alternative text or descriptive captions, but this was not consistent across all sampled documents.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Images used as titles or logos occasionally contained alternative text; however, this was not consistently implemented across all documents.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Complex images such as graphs or charts sometimes included descriptive captions or textual explanations, though this was not consistent across all sampled PDFs.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some tables were structured with appropriate tags and captions; however, this was not consistent across all sampled PDFs. Certain tables lacked summaries or proper tagging for assistive technologies.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some tables included header rows that supported logical navigation with screen readers, while others lacked properly defined headers.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some sampled PDFs included bookmarks corresponding to article sections such as headings or chapters, but this feature was not consistently available across all documents.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: When bookmarks were present, they correctly linked to the corresponding sections of the document.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No video content was identified within the sampled materials of this resource.
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: No videos with closed captions were identified in the sampled content.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No captioned video content was identified in the sampled materials.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos with captions were found in the sampled content.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No captioned videos were identified in the sampled materials.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.
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: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No video content was identified within the resource sample.
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: No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No standalone audio content was identified in the sampled materials.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No standalone audio files were identified in the sampled content.
eResource: Career & Technical Education
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: ProQuest
Institution: Boréal
Score: C

Key Findings

Strengths

  • PDFs are searchable and tagged

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Sometimes Most sampled PDFs contain selectable and searchable text. However, some older scanned articles were image-based and did not allow text highlighting or extraction.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Not Applicable The sampled PDFs did not appear to have security restrictions that prevented text copying or searching.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Sometimes Many PDFs allow text highlighting, copying, and searching. However, some older scanned documents appear to be image-only and are not fully searchable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes Some PDFs contain alternative text descriptions for images and figures, but this feature is not consistently applied across all sampled documents.
Is primary language specified? Sometimes Some documents specify the primary language within the PDF metadata, but this was not consistent across all sampled articles.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always The sampled PDFs used readable fonts and encoding that allowed text to be extracted and read by assistive technologies.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Some PDFs contain structural tags such as headings and paragraphs, but tagging was inconsistent across sampled articles.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes Tables and lists were present in some documents but were not always tagged or structured in a way that fully supports screen reader navigation.

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? Sometimes Many sampled PDFs were read in a logical sequence; however, some documents contained structural inconsistencies that affected reading order when using the Read Out Loud function.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes Some PDFs contained extra spacing or formatting issues that caused the reader to occasionally announce blank elements.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always Keyboard shortcuts and navigation controls functioned as expected and allowed effective navigation through 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? Always Text and images remained clear and readable when magnified to 250%, without noticeable loss of clarity.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always Images in sampled PDFs were generally positioned near relevant text and within the main body of the article, making them easy to locate.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Some informative images included alternative text or descriptive captions, but this was not consistent across all sampled documents.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Images used as titles or logos occasionally contained alternative text; however, this was not consistently implemented across all documents.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Complex images such as graphs or charts sometimes included descriptive captions or textual explanations, though this was not consistent across all sampled PDFs.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Some tables were structured with appropriate tags and captions; however, this was not consistent across all sampled PDFs. Certain tables lacked summaries or proper tagging for assistive technologies.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Sometimes Some tables included header rows that supported logical navigation with screen readers, while others lacked properly defined headers.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes Some sampled PDFs included bookmarks corresponding to article sections such as headings or chapters, but this feature was not consistently available across all documents.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always When bookmarks were present, they correctly linked to the corresponding sections of the document.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Not Applicable No video content was identified within the sampled materials of this resource.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable No videos with closed captions were identified in the sampled content.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable No captioned video content was identified in the sampled materials.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable No videos with captions were found in the sampled content.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Not Applicable No captioned videos were identified in the sampled materials.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.

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? Not Applicable No video content was identified within the resource sample.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable No video content without captions was identified during the evaluation.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable No standalone audio content was identified in the sampled materials.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable No standalone audio files were identified in the sampled content.
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