Assessment for Teen Health & Wellness by Lambton - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Home button and Search bar overlap when a page is re-sized.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Rarely are the functional images labelled. Hotlines and Visit the calm room buttons in side menu are not identified with alt-text. Search bar does not have alt-text.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Sort of. There is an image of a house on the "home" button and there is an image of a download icon on the "save button", but these icons are tiny and low contrast, so they are ineffective. There are icons for Print and Email, which are larger but still hard to find on the page due to the low contrast and lack of white space around them.
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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some icons/buttons pixelate slightly at 200%
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There are many low contrast items, including navigation menus, hyperlinks, and coloured headings.
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: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most of the content pages have the option to access ReadSpeaker.
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most of the content links are good, but some of the hotlines are not loading or give 404 errors:
http://www.toronto.ca/health/sexualhealth/aids_hotline.html
http://www.dart.on.ca
http://www.mhsio.on.ca
http://www.toronto.ca/health/thc_index.htm
http://www.glnh.org/talkline

Calm room:
Virtual Bubble Wrap (gives blank screen)

Organ donation link seems to be mis-directing/spoofing...?:
https://organdonations.ca/



Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some of the frames get skipped if you use a tab button. If you mouse into the frame, the tab can find all the link(s).
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No scrolling images or carousels present.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Home button and search bar can overlap
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
eResource: Teen Health & Wellness
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Rosen Publishing
Institution: Lambton
Score: C

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Functional images embedded in the background

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background? Sometimes Home button and Search bar overlap when a page is re-sized.

Presence of Icons

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? Sometimes Sort of. There is an image of a house on the "home" button and there is an image of a download icon on the "save button", but these icons are tiny and low contrast, so they are ineffective. There are icons for Print and Email, which are larger but still hard to find on the page due to the low contrast and lack of white space around them.

Alt Text

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Rarely are the functional images labelled. Hotlines and Visit the calm room buttons in side menu are not identified with alt-text. Search bar does not have alt-text.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable

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%? Sometimes Some icons/buttons pixelate slightly at 200%
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Always

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Sometimes There are many low contrast items, including navigation menus, hyperlinks, and coloured headings.

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? Not Applicable

Text to speech

Question Answer Notes Images
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? Sometimes Most of the content pages have the option to access ReadSpeaker.

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? Sometimes When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? Sometimes When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? Sometimes Most of the content links are good, but some of the hotlines are not loading or give 404 errors: http://www.toronto.ca/health/sexualhealth/aids_hotline.html http://www.dart.on.ca http://www.mhsio.on.ca http://www.toronto.ca/health/thc_index.htm http://www.glnh.org/talkline Calm room: Virtual Bubble Wrap (gives blank screen) Organ donation link seems to be mis-directing/spoofing...?: https://organdonations.ca/
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? Sometimes Some of the frames get skipped if you use a tab button. If you mouse into the frame, the tab can find all the link(s).

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Not Applicable No scrolling images or carousels present.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Not Applicable

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? Sometimes Home button and search bar can overlap
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Always
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