Assessment for Credo Reference by Centennial

Credo Reference: Accessibility Overview

Home Page (Landing page)

Starting on the home page of Credo Reference, the WAVE tool shows that there are 0 errors, 0 contrast errors, 51 alerts, 17 features, 27 structure and 124 ARIA. The WAVE tool also shows that the home page is a 9.4 out of 10 AIM score. 

List of alerts of Credo Reference home page:

• 10 redundant alternative text
• 1 redundant link
• 5 very small text
• 10 underlined text

• 25 redundant title text

  List of features on Credo Reference home page:

• 3 alternative text
• 1 null or empty alternative text
• 11 linked image with alternative text
• 1 form label

• 1 language

  List of structural elements on Credo Reference home page:

• 1 heading level 1
• 2 heading level 2
• 10 headings level 3
• 5 unordered list
• 1 header
• 2 navigation
• 1 search
• 2 main content
• 1 footer
• 2 aside

List of ARIA on Credo Reference home page:

• 27 ARIA
• 31 ARIA label
• 54 ARIA tabindex
• 9 ARIA hidden
• 2 ARIA expanded
• 1 ARIA popup

Looking on the contrast on the home page of Credo Reference using the WAVE tool, there were no contrast erros detected. The contrast ratio on the home page is 8.5:1. 

Using the resizing tool on the home page of Credo Reference, the page is able to resize to any resize to any ratio. No issues with resizing.

When using the Read&Write tool on Credo Reference's home page, the various functions this tool has works well on this page. Text can be read out loud, text can be turned into images, and text can be turned into definitions. No text to speech issues on the home page. However, the NVDA tool partially works on the home page. When using the NVDA tool on Credo Reference's home page, for the most part, it was able to read all the text on the page. However, when you click on one of the videos in the "Research Quick Tips" section of the home page, the NVDA tool is not able to read the transcript that shows beside the video. The transcript should probably be shown below the video or as a PDF file so that the NVDA tool is able to read it out loud.

Overall, the home page of Credo Reference looks good, with some minor mistakes or fixing.

Start Your Search: Brief Overview Of Each Page

This will be about a brief overview of each section under "Start Your Search" on Credo Reference. There will be tables that listed each page and their errors.