Assessment Information
eResource Title |
Vendor |
Overall Grade |
Gale OneFile |
Gale |
A- |
Assessment for Gale OneFile by Fanshawe - Module 1: Interface Appearance | Status: Complete | Grade: A-
Images
Positioning of Images
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Notes |
Images |
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? |
Always |
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Functional images embedded in the background
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are there functional images embedded in the background? |
Never |
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Presence of Icons
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? |
Always |
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Alt Text
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Always |
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Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Sometimes |
Almost always used correctly but found a few instances of linked images missing alt text and 1 instance of redundant alt text |
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Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Sometimes |
Found logo image without alt text |
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Content Scaling
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? |
Always |
Only the word "notes" is slightly cut off from the "highlights & notes" option when article opened |
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Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? |
Always |
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Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? |
Always |
Only minimal right scrolling in Help pages and of icons above an article |
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Colour and Contrast
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? |
Always |
Consistently 8.59: 1 |
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Colour
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? |
Not Applicable |
I couldn't locate any articles with colour coded graphs. |
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Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? |
Always |
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Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? |
Sometimes |
Once an article title has been clicked on, it will change colour from blue to purple but there isn't a text alternative to the colour change. |
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Text to speech
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? |
Always |
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Clustered Links
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily? |
Always |
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Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? |
Always |
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Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? |
Always |
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Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? |
Sometimes |
Tab works to move forward but backspace does not go back.
The arrow keys do not work to move to the next box but they function within the search field to move through the options like keyword, subject, abstract, author etc. |
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Dynamic content
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Can users pause carousel movement? |
Not Applicable |
No carousels |
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Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? |
Not Applicable |
No carousels |
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Liquid layout
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? |
Always |
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Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? |
Always |
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Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? |
Always |
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Assessment for Gale OneFile by Fanshawe - Module 2: Interface Navigation | Status: Complete | Grade: A-
Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form? |
Sometimes |
Basic search, advanced search and subject search all have multiple missing labels and empty labels |
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Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above? |
Sometimes |
Basic search, advanced search and subject search all have multiple missing labels and empty labels |
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Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand? |
Always |
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Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field? |
Sometimes |
Some labels are missing and some labels are orphaned throughout database. |
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Are text cues for coloured form control labels available? |
Sometimes |
Search terms text colour is blue. When you press enter in database without text the message to enter search term is in red. |
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Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields? |
Always |
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Error Prevention
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable. |
Always |
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Error Reports
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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 |
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Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix? |
Always |
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Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error? |
Always |
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Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission? |
Always |
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Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order? |
Always |
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Search function spell-check
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms? |
Always |
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Functionality of Interactive Elements
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site? |
Always |
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Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type? |
Always |
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Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”. |
Always |
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Are icons that have adjacent links consistent? |
Always |
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Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone? |
Always |
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Consistent Navigation
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages? |
Always |
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Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website? |
Always |
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Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website? |
Always |
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Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently? |
Always |
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Pop-up windows/Interruptions
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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 |
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Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded? |
Sometimes |
I only experiened 1 pop-up window while testing |
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Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups? |
Always |
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Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing? |
Always |
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Headers
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately? |
Always |
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Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading? |
Always |
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Menus
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options? |
Sometimes |
In advanced search, the "field" options has too many options like word count. More than average for databases |
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Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items? |
Always |
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Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation? |
Always |
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Change of context
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning? |
Always |
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Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content? |
Never |
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Does the database avoid automatic redirection? |
Never |
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Change of Context: Focus
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus? |
Always |
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Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus? |
Always |
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Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus? |
Always |
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Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control? |
Always |
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Assessment for Gale OneFile by Fanshawe - Module 3: Interface Structure | Status: Complete | Grade: A+
Navigation Links
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? |
Always |
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Keyboard Navigation
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? |
Always |
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If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page? |
Not Applicable |
Moving keyboard focus away from component did not require more than tab or arrow keys |
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Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above? |
Always |
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When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? |
Always |
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Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? |
Always |
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Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? |
Always |
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Skip Links
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? |
Always |
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Are skip links visible or invisible? |
Always |
Visible |
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Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? |
Always |
"Skip to content" is top left of page |
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Are skip links labelled properly? |
Always |
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Are skip links accessible via keyboard? |
Always |
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Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? |
Always |
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Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? |
Always |
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Tables
Question |
Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? |
Sometimes |
It depends how the table is included in the article. When it looks like it is an image including data then Read & Write skips over the table altogether.
I also noticed that sometimes when reading column heading it will read them horizontally instead of how it should read. I will include an example of an article that has all 3; skips over 1 table, reads the column heading incorrectly, and reads the data in the columns correctly ( https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A466782954/AONE?u=ko_acd_fc&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=8f097e94) |
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Frames
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? |
Always |
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Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? |
Always |
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When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? |
Always |
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Assessment for Gale OneFile by Fanshawe - Module 4: Content | Status: Complete | Grade: B-
PDFs
Searchable PDFs
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? |
Sometimes |
Most of the PDFs are searchable and extractable but a small portion (approx. 10%) of them are not and those ones are image only. |
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Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? |
Sometimes |
Most PDFs are extractable (approx. 90%) |
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Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? |
Sometimes |
Most PDFs are searchable (approx. 90%) but a small amount are locked (approx. 10%) |
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Tagged PDFs
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are alternative descriptions provided? |
Sometimes |
Approx. half of the PDFs viewed passed the alt text accessibility check. |
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Is primary language specified? |
Sometimes |
Approx. half of the PDFs viewed had the primary language specified. |
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Is reliable character encoding provided? |
Always |
Approx. half of the PDFs viewed passed the page content accessibility check. |
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Are all page elements tagged? |
Sometimes |
Approx. half of the PDFs viewed passed the tagged accessibility check. |
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Are list and table structure correct? |
Sometimes |
Approx. half of the PDFs viewed passed list & tables section for the accessibility check. |
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Structure: Reading Order
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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? |
Sometimes |
In some cases, the read out loud function skipped the title and authors.
It worked well at reading paragraphs. |
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Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? |
Sometimes |
I did not encounter any "blank" spaces but it did read out "warning empty page" once and then stop. |
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Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? |
Always |
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Magnification
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? |
Sometimes |
Most of the PDFs appeared clear and easy to read but I did find a couple that became blurry at 250% |
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Images
Positioning of Images
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? |
Always |
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Alternative Description
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Sometimes |
I found some images that are infographics and Acrtobat's Read Out Loud function skips them altogether. |
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Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Always |
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Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? |
Never |
I viewed approximately 7 articles with rich images and none of them had a full-text equivalent in alt-text for the information provided in the rich image. |
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Tables
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? |
Sometimes |
The tables that the screen reader read were read correctly. However, in one PDF, the screen reader in Adobe skipped the table entirely and went to the text below. |
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Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? |
Always |
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Additional Navigational Aids
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? |
Never |
There are not any bookmarks in the 7 articles I viewed. I see the option for them but none are already there. |
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Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? |
Not Applicable |
No bookmarks in the 7 articles I viewed |
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Video Captions
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Are videos captioned? |
Always |
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If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? |
Always |
All videos had open captions but I was able to turn all off them off in a straightforward way. |
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Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? |
Always |
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Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? |
Always |
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Are the captions in sync with spoken words? |
Always |
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For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? |
Sometimes |
There are not additional transcripts. The video's text is below the video. |
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For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? |
Not Applicable |
All videos had captions. |
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Described Video
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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? |
Always |
The text equivalent of the video is provided directly below the video. |
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If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? |
Always |
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Audio Accessibility
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Answer |
Notes |
Images |
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? |
Always |
The text is directly below the video. |
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If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? |
Always |
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