Assessment for Choice Reviews by Centennial - Module 3: Interface Structure

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Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The answer is really always, but. The focus will disappear sometimes and you can't tell which invisible elements it is focusing on - in some cases, it's options on the dropdown menus, but that's not visible to you - the menus don't drop down, just the URL that the keyboard is pointing at changes, but there is no other visible indication on the screen.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: For the most part, yes, except, again, when the focus disappears. But when it finally reappears, it's where you would expect it to be.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not always - see above notes.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Again, see above notes. Otherwise, when it's visible, it behaves usually as expected. When you hit enter on any of the links with dropdown menus, nothing happens. These links are accessible through tabbing but there is no visual representation of where you are tabbing to on the screen except the changing URLs. And they are accessible before you get to the tab - so on the home page, you tab past the logo, the cursor disappears for over thirty tabs while the URL keeps changing, and then you move on to Reviews. The invisible tabbing that you just did was to access the dropdown menu options.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
eResource: Choice Reviews
eResource Type: Database
Institution: Centennial
Score: D

Navigation Links

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Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? Always

Keyboard Navigation

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Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? Sometimes The answer is really always, but. The focus will disappear sometimes and you can't tell which invisible elements it is focusing on - in some cases, it's options on the dropdown menus, but that's not visible to you - the menus don't drop down, just the URL that the keyboard is pointing at changes, but there is no other visible indication on the screen.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page? Never
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above? Sometimes For the most part, yes, except, again, when the focus disappears. But when it finally reappears, it's where you would expect it to be.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? Sometimes Not always - see above notes.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? Sometimes Again, see above notes. Otherwise, when it's visible, it behaves usually as expected. When you hit enter on any of the links with dropdown menus, nothing happens. These links are accessible through tabbing but there is no visual representation of where you are tabbing to on the screen except the changing URLs. And they are accessible before you get to the tab - so on the home page, you tab past the logo, the cursor disappears for over thirty tabs while the URL keeps changing, and then you move on to Reviews. The invisible tabbing that you just did was to access the dropdown menu options.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? Always

Skip Links

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Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? Sometimes I couldn't find evidence of skip links using keyboard navigation, but the screen reader seems to indicate that one exists on the subscribe page.
Are skip links visible or invisible? Sometimes Invisible.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? Sometimes I hear them listed at the beginning of the Subscribe page. I can click on it and it lets me skip to the relevant content..
Are skip links labelled properly? Sometimes They are invisible, so not labelled at all visibly. The audio is accurate on the screen reader.
Are skip links accessible via keyboard? Never
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? Sometimes Again, just on the subscribe page, which is really a different website - www.choice360-org rather than choicereviews.org
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? Not Applicable

Tables

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Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? Always

Frames

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Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? Not Applicable
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? Not Applicable
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? Not Applicable
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