Assessment for SAGE Business Cases by Seneca - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The tested samples of 5 PDFs are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The report of all 5 PDFs tested is indicating that the test of alternate text associated with some content has failed.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: According to the report, not all annotations are tagged.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not always. Some images and logos appear blurry and pixelated, starting at zooming 175%.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: None of the rich images on tested PDFs have alt text.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Overall, the software picks up the content of the table row by row when using the keyboard navigation, but sometimes it skips to read the titles, reading only the word "table" and the number of it.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Sampled PDFs allow for easy navigation of table headers.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Every tested video has clickable CC icon for close captioning.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When the video is provided directly by SAGE, those videos are having grammatically correct captions along with the transcripts below.
Videos with captions embedded from Youtube don't have very good accuracy and often are shown with delay.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Close Captions are usually placed at the bottom of the video.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: On Youtube videos the captions are not in sync.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Ony for videos that are provided directly by SAGE.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Only SAGE embedded videos provide description of the video in the transcripts.
The rest types of videos are missing any description.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: This eResource does not have audio clips.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
eResource: SAGE Business Cases
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: SAGE
Institution: Seneca
Score: B

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never The tested samples of 5 PDFs are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes The report of all 5 PDFs tested is indicating that the test of alternate text associated with some content has failed.
Is primary language specified? Always
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes According to the report, not all annotations are tagged.
Are list and table structure correct? Always

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? Always
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Sometimes Not always. Some images and logos appear blurry and pixelated, starting at zooming 175%.

Images

Positioning of Images

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

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never None of the rich images on tested PDFs have alt text.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Overall, the software picks up the content of the table row by row when using the keyboard navigation, but sometimes it skips to read the titles, reading only the word "table" and the number of it.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Always Sampled PDFs allow for easy navigation of table headers.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Always
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Always
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always Every tested video has clickable CC icon for close captioning.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Sometimes When the video is provided directly by SAGE, those videos are having grammatically correct captions along with the transcripts below. Videos with captions embedded from Youtube don't have very good accuracy and often are shown with delay.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always Close Captions are usually placed at the bottom of the video.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Sometimes On Youtube videos the captions are not in sync.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Sometimes Ony for videos that are provided directly by SAGE.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable

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? Sometimes Only SAGE embedded videos provide description of the video in the transcripts. The rest types of videos are missing any description.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Always

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable This eResource does not have audio clips.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable
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