Assessment for BioOne Complete by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: All seven PDFs tested were not image-only.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: All seven PDFs tested are not locked. Text is searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All seven pdfs are fully searchable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: 5 out of 7 pdfs reviewed all of the alternative text failed. One passed all the alternative text except for the “other elements”. The 7th pdf failed the “figures alt text” and “other elements alt text” sections.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Only 1 of the 7 pdfs passed the primary language test.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: 6 of 7 PDFs reviewed passed the character-encoded accessibility checker test.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There is a mixture of page elements tagged on all eight PDFs.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: 2 out of 7 pdfs reviewed passed the tables and list section in the acecessibility checker.
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: 3 of 7 pdfs (within the last 20 years) mostly read in a logical order. One pdf that included columns jumps between them for each paragraph. One pdf only repeated empy page and not reading any text. Older pdfs from 1990, 1970, and 1965 – the download information for the article was the only thing that the Read aloud function read.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The read out loud feature does not always avoid problematic elements. Yet there were no blank spaces read out loud.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Keyboard shortcuts worked for turning the read out loud function for turning on, stop, pause, resume, etc. Arrow keys could move through the document, however, they did not control where the player would pick up and start reading all the times.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: At 250% zoom, all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read. The content maintains its clarity and readability without distortion or loss of quality, ensuring that everything remains accessible and visually clear at this zoom level. However, users will need to use the horizontal scroll bar to navigate across the page
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Images are positioned in areas that flow with the documents and are easy to find.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some information images do contain appropriate alt text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images that are used as titles. The only image title is the Statista logo and it contains the words beneath it.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Rich images are all graphs and charts. No all contain alt text for the image, but there is a descriptive caption about the charts and graphs.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Rich images are all graphs and charts. No all contain alt text for the image, but there is a descriptive caption about the charts and graphs.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: For the pdfs where the read out loud function worked, the navigation follows the order setup.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some documents reviewed contained bookmarks, while others did not. Most of the documents that passed the accessibility checker’s bookmark test did not include bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Documents with bookmarks do link to the correct sections. However, the labels are slightly confusing for the ones that were checked.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There are only a handful of videos throughout the platform. They are YouTube videos that provide promotional information about the database collections. All videos found does have closed-captioning that can be turned on and off by the user.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Users can turn on and off the closed captioning. It is in the same place – in the top right-hand corner when embedded in the platform. It is easily found. It is within the play bar on the YouTube channel.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All videos reviewed were typo-free and grammatically correct.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Captions are at the bottom of the video above the playbar.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All videos reviewed have captions fully in-sync with the narrator who is speaking them.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Transcripts are available for each video on the BioOne YouTube channel. However, they are not posted with the video in the BioOne platform. The transcripts are still accessible for users, but they do need to go the extra step to get to them.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: All videos include closed captions and subtitles, with full transcripts available on the associated YouTube channel. In addition, key information presented in the videos is summarized in highlighted points accompanying the video content.
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: Videos do not have described video options or a text equivalent.
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: Videos do not have a described video options or a text equivalent.
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
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
eResource: BioOne Complete
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Other
Institution: St. Clair
Score: B-

Key Findings

Weaknesses

  • PDFs are searchable, but not all elements are appropriately tagged.
  • Videos have captions and transcripts are available on the YouTube channel, but not directly on the platform.

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never All seven PDFs tested were not image-only.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never All seven PDFs tested are not locked. Text is searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always All seven pdfs are fully searchable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes 5 out of 7 pdfs reviewed all of the alternative text failed. One passed all the alternative text except for the “other elements”. The 7th pdf failed the “figures alt text” and “other elements alt text” sections.
Is primary language specified? Sometimes Only 1 of the 7 pdfs passed the primary language test.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Sometimes 6 of 7 PDFs reviewed passed the character-encoded accessibility checker test.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes There is a mixture of page elements tagged on all eight PDFs.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes 2 out of 7 pdfs reviewed passed the tables and list section in the acecessibility checker.

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 3 of 7 pdfs (within the last 20 years) mostly read in a logical order. One pdf that included columns jumps between them for each paragraph. One pdf only repeated empy page and not reading any text. Older pdfs from 1990, 1970, and 1965 – the download information for the article was the only thing that the Read aloud function read.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes The read out loud feature does not always avoid problematic elements. Yet there were no blank spaces read out loud.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes Keyboard shortcuts worked for turning the read out loud function for turning on, stop, pause, resume, etc. Arrow keys could move through the document, however, they did not control where the player would pick up and start reading all the times.

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 At 250% zoom, all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read. The content maintains its clarity and readability without distortion or loss of quality, ensuring that everything remains accessible and visually clear at this zoom level. However, users will need to use the horizontal scroll bar to navigate across the page

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always Images are positioned in areas that flow with the documents and are easy to find.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Some information images do contain appropriate alt text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no images that are used as titles. The only image title is the Statista logo and it contains the words beneath it.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always Rich images are all graphs and charts. No all contain alt text for the image, but there is a descriptive caption about the charts and graphs.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Rich images are all graphs and charts. No all contain alt text for the image, but there is a descriptive caption about the charts and graphs.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Sometimes For the pdfs where the read out loud function worked, the navigation follows the order setup.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes Some documents reviewed contained bookmarks, while others did not. Most of the documents that passed the accessibility checker’s bookmark test did not include bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always Documents with bookmarks do link to the correct sections. However, the labels are slightly confusing for the ones that were checked.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Always There are only a handful of videos throughout the platform. They are YouTube videos that provide promotional information about the database collections. All videos found does have closed-captioning that can be turned on and off by the user.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always Users can turn on and off the closed captioning. It is in the same place – in the top right-hand corner when embedded in the platform. It is easily found. It is within the play bar on the YouTube channel.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Always All videos reviewed were typo-free and grammatically correct.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always Captions are at the bottom of the video above the playbar.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Always All videos reviewed have captions fully in-sync with the narrator who is speaking them.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Sometimes Transcripts are available for each video on the BioOne YouTube channel. However, they are not posted with the video in the BioOne platform. The transcripts are still accessible for users, but they do need to go the extra step to get to them.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable All videos include closed captions and subtitles, with full transcripts available on the associated YouTube channel. In addition, key information presented in the videos is summarized in highlighted points accompanying the video content.

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 Videos do not have described video options or a text equivalent.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable Videos do not have a described video options or a text equivalent.

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
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable There are no audio files
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