Assessment Report | LEAP

Assessment Information
eResource Title	Vendor	Overall Grade
Oxford Handbooks Online	Oxford University Press	A-

Key Findings

Strengths

All images contain a textual alternative
Information is not distorted when zoomed in at 200%
Information is preserved at different screen resolutions

Weaknesses

Some text and images meet contrast requirements

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?	Never	no functional images embedded in background identified

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?	Always
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Always	Yes, alt-text is present or there is equivalent text next to the icon/image.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Always

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
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	Most pages appear to have good colour contrast between all elements in background. One contrast issue was identified in the metrics about the resource/item being looked at - part of the template so on most resource detail pages.

Colour

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?	Not Applicable	Not encountered in the sample.
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	Not encountered.

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
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?	Never	None encountered.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?	Always

Dynamic content

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

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

Key Findings

Strengths

The platform’s layout and navigation is consistent across all pages

Weaknesses

Some user input fields contain labels and clear instructions to help users successfully complete the form
Page content sometimes has appropriate headers and is tagged appropriately

Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form?	Sometimes	User input fields for login and registration fields have clear instructions, the search and advanced search fields do not have instructions.
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?	Sometimes	Search field does not have a label associated with it. The other user input fields for login or registering do have labels associated with it.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?	Always
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?	Sometimes	The labels are not always above the user input field.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available?	Always	Required fields have "required" in red text for fields that must be filled in.
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields?	Not Applicable	No other visual indicators used on the site.

Error Prevention

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable.	Always	User input fields are checked or reversible.

Error Reports

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box?	Always	Alert messages are through dialog box.
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?	Always	Alert messages indicate the field with the error an how to fix the error.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error?	Always
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission?	Always
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order?	Always

Search function spell-check

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms?	Never	When a user spells a word wrong, the search function does not offer suggestions.

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?	Always	Icons such as cite, permissions and share are all consistent throughout the site.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?	Always	Alt text is consistent for each of the icons.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.	Always
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?	Not Applicable	No adjacent links
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?	Always

Consistent Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?	Always	Navigation and layout is consistent through out all the pages.
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?	Always	Search fields are located on the top right of each page.
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?	Always	Elements on the page are in the same place when they appear.
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently?	Always

Pop-up windows/Interruptions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button?	Always
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded?	Always
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups?	Always
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing?	Always

Headers

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately?	Sometimes	Some pages like the search result page does not have a H1 heading and some headings are not ordered in a logical manner. Records, homepage and content are all logically ordered and headings
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading?	Always

Menus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options?	Always	Oxford Handbooks Online has very few menu options. The few I was able to find was a drop down for subjects and the table of contents in ebooks.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items?	Always
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation?	Always

Change of context

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning?	Always
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content?	Sometimes	Some options only update when the "Update button" is clicked. Other options int he results page will automatically update when a filter is selected.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection?	Always	When users select a record that has a new edition, a window appears to alert the user, allowing if they choose to go to that new edition or stay on the one they clicked on initially.

Change of Context: Focus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus?	Always
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus?	Always
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus?	Always
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control?	Always

Key Findings

Strengths

All interactive functionality works consistently for users who are navigating a site via keyboard
Screen readers accurately capture information presented in tables

Navigation Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
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

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Always
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Always
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Always
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Always
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Always
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Always

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Always	Chrome
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Always	Visible
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Always
Are skip links labelled properly?	Always	Labelled as Main content
Are skip links accessible via keyboard?	Always	Hitting tab first thing as the page loads brings up the skip link
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?	Always
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Always

Tables

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

Frames

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

Key Findings

Weaknesses

PDFs are searchable but not tagged

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only?	Never	Event he oldest (from the 19th century) has been OCR'd so the text is searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?	Never
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?	Always	Yes, with the caveat that the database contains content that is over a century old, and has obviously been scanned/ocr'd. Some older content may not search as accurately as needed.

Tagged PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alternative descriptions provided?	Never	All sampled PDF's displayed issues with alt-text in the Acrobat accessibility check report.
Is primary language specified?	Never	Failed on all inspected PDF's.
Is reliable character encoding provided?	Sometimes	Some PDF documents passed, some failed.
Are all page elements tagged?	Never	All sampled PDF's failed that tagged PDF test.
Are list and table structure correct?	Never	All sampled PDF's had a fail on this part of the accessibility test.

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?	Never	Read Aloud reads only a sentence that runs down side of the PDF, about the download details. It does not read the main content of the PDF.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?	Never	No actual content read. Just information about when/who downloaded it and from where. Reads as gibberish.
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	There is some slight loss of clarity in the very old scanned/OCR'd content (pre 1900's), but still mostly readable.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?	Not Applicable	No meaningful images in the sample.

Alternative Description

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Not Applicable	No informative images.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Not Applicable	No images used as titles.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Not Applicable	No rich images encountered.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?	Never	While no tables are visible in any of the articles, acrobat still indicates issues with table content.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?	Not Applicable	While no tables are visible in any of the articles, acrobat still indicates issues with table content.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?	Never	No bookmarks visible in any of the sampled PDF's.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?	Not Applicable	No bookmarks present.

Video Captions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are videos captioned?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to. Primary an article/book database.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?	Not Applicable	Not available in the content with subscribe to.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.

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?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.

Audio Accessibility

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?	Not Applicable	No videos available in the content we subscribe to.

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