Assessment for Rehabilitation Reference Center by Mohawk - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Imagery is consistently placed throughout pages, but the same imagery (eg. linked imaged to specific tools/pages) are always placed in the topmost corners of the pages for this database.
Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Obviously not capable of doing an exhaustive look at every image contained in the database, but based on the multiple informational images that were scrutinized throughout the database there was a troubling amount of "IMAGE" alt tags being used in place of appropriate descriptors.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Sporadic usage of these elements, but generally they were well tagged. I found the usage of the logo in the top left corner of virtually every page to be a strange case, as it was used a link to return to main home/search page and thus had an alt tag of "New Search".
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: I found the usage of the logo in the top left corner of virtually every page to be a strange case, as it was used a link to return to main home/search page and thus had an alt tag of "New Search".

More troubling, there are a bunch of exercises listed under the exercises tab, featuring images with informational text contained. These have no alt text information whatsoever and also do not contain text near the image (or at all) that describes the images or contains the text featured in the images.


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:
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Obviously not 100% but close enough to it and those that are not crystal clear are still overly legible.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Seems it's mostly some border elements in the footer of each page that necessitate horizontal scrolling. Not text/imagery is lost to it.
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most text is well contrasted, and most images are in black and white which help. But there are certain buttons through the resource which have very poor contrast (WAVE said 1:1?).

Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some specific tools, "Add search to folder" "Create alert for this search" have both text and hyperlink blue used. But a lot of links featuring blue text simply have informational text for what they are linking to, not text indicating that it is a link.
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: I personally found them to be spaced out to an adequate level. But not sure if that is representative of others experience.
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: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
eResource: Rehabilitation Reference Center
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: EBSCO
Institution: Mohawk
Score: B

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Sometimes Imagery is consistently placed throughout pages, but the same imagery (eg. linked imaged to specific tools/pages) are always placed in the topmost corners of the pages for this database.

Functional images embedded in the background

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background? Not Applicable

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? Never Obviously not capable of doing an exhaustive look at every image contained in the database, but based on the multiple informational images that were scrutinized throughout the database there was a troubling amount of "IMAGE" alt tags being used in place of appropriate descriptors.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Sporadic usage of these elements, but generally they were well tagged. I found the usage of the logo in the top left corner of virtually every page to be a strange case, as it was used a link to return to main home/search page and thus had an alt tag of "New Search".
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never I found the usage of the logo in the top left corner of virtually every page to be a strange case, as it was used a link to return to main home/search page and thus had an alt tag of "New Search". More troubling, there are a bunch of exercises listed under the exercises tab, featuring images with informational text contained. These have no alt text information whatsoever and also do not contain text near the image (or at all) that describes the images or contains the text featured in the images.

Content Scaling

Question Answer Notes Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? Always
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? Always Obviously not 100% but close enough to it and those that are not crystal clear are still overly legible.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Always Seems it's mostly some border elements in the footer of each page that necessitate horizontal scrolling. Not text/imagery is lost to it.

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Sometimes Most text is well contrasted, and most images are in black and white which help. But there are certain buttons through the resource which have very poor contrast (WAVE said 1:1?).

Colour

Question Answer Notes Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable
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? Sometimes Some specific tools, "Add search to folder" "Create alert for this search" have both text and hyperlink blue used. But a lot of links featuring blue text simply have informational text for what they are linking to, not text indicating that it is a link.

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 I personally found them to be spaced out to an adequate level. But not sure if that is representative of others experience.
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? Always

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Not Applicable
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Always

Liquid layout

Question Answer Notes Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Always
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Always
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