Assessment Report
eResource Title | Vendor | Overall Grade |
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SimplyAnalytics | Geographic Research | F |
Images
Positioning of Images
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? | Always |
Functional images embedded in the background
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there functional images embedded in the background? | Always | Everything is clear it just all pushes together when you enlarge. |
Presence of Icons
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? | Sometimes | Screen resolution said there was appropriate icons but if you are using a phone, they get blocked out. The charts have no icons just textual data after you build a project. |
Alt Text
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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 | Icon and word together but there is no hover text | |
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Not Applicable | ||
Content Scaling
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? | Never | You would not be able to use this on an iPad or a phone, it would have to be a computer. Everything gets cut off. | |
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? | Always | ||
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? | Never | It was impossible to scroll when maximized | |
Colour and Contrast
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? | Always | 8.59:1 actually | |
Colour
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? | Always | ||
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? | Always | It passes with colour contrast for all elements in the WAVE tool | |
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? | Never |
Text to speech
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? | Never |
Clustered Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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)? | Always | ||
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? | Never |
Dynamic content
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can users pause carousel movement? | Not Applicable | Not sure what this means | |
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? | Not Applicable |
Liquid layout
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? | Sometimes | No overlap but things get pushed out of the way and it gets messed up | |
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? | Sometimes | But you cannot see everything on the page | |
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? | Never | no as it compressing and moves thing out of sight | |
Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form? | Never | ||
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above? | Never | ||
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand? | Never | Not at all intuitive | |
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field? | Sometimes | Placed inside not above | |
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available? | Not Applicable | ||
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields? | Sometimes | Not consistent helps | |
Error Prevention
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable. | Sometimes | You can reverse but adding other data seems to be faulty |
Error Reports
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box? | Never | ||
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix? | Never | ||
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error? | Sometimes | ||
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission? | Always | ||
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order? | Sometimes | Rarely saw error reports |
Search function spell-check
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms? | Never | No correction offered it just says there is nothing |
Functionality of Interactive Elements
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site? | Always | ||
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type? | Always | As long as you can see clearly enough to choose the icon | |
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 | ||
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone? | Sometimes | If the icons are considered links then yes you can have an idea of what is under it |
Consistent Navigation
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages? | Always | ||
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website? | Always | ||
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website? | Always | ||
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 |
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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? | Never | There is no way to set preferences to no popups. | |
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded? | Never | ||
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups? | Never | ||
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing? | Always |
Headers
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately? | Never | There were hierarchical errors, h1 missing but h2 located. | |
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading? | Never | ||
Menus
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options? | Always | We believe there are too many drop-down menus. | |
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items? | Sometimes | ||
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation? | Never |
Change of context
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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? | Never | ||
Does the database avoid automatic redirection? | Always |
Change of Context: Focus
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus? | Never | ||
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? | Never | ||
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control? | Never |
Navigation Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? | Always |
Keyboard Navigation
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? | Never | You had to click on grayed out areas for it to be read. You could not use keyboard focus to get you to the item. | |
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? | Never | ||
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? | Not Applicable | ||
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? | Never | You can use NVDA within a section with tab or down or sideways arrows. These tools are not able to move outside of a specific section. | |
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? | Always | ||
Skip Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? | Never | They don't have skip links | |
Are skip links visible or invisible? | Not Applicable | ||
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? | Not Applicable | ||
Are skip links labelled properly? | Not Applicable | ||
Are skip links accessible via keyboard? | Not Applicable | ||
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? | Never | ||
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? | Not Applicable |
Tables
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? | Sometimes | ||
Frames
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? | Sometimes | ||
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? | Always | ||
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? | Never |
PDFs
Searchable PDFs
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the sampled PDFs image-only? | Not Applicable | There are no PDFs available unless adobe changed them into PDF; therefore it is not applicable. | |
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? | Not Applicable | ||
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? | Not Applicable |
Tagged PDFs
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are alternative descriptions provided? | Never | ||
Is primary language specified? | Never | ||
Is reliable character encoding provided? | Never | ||
Are all page elements tagged? | Sometimes | ||
Are list and table structure correct? | Always |
Structure: Reading Order
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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”? | Sometimes | It reads articles that are not on the page for a person who can see. | |
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? | Always |
Magnification
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? | Always |
Images
Positioning of Images
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? | Always |
Alternative Description
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Never | ||
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Never | ||
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Never |
Tables
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? | Never | ||
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? | Never |
Additional Navigational Aids
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? | Always | ||
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? | Not Applicable |
Video Captions
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are videos captioned? | Sometimes | Total two videos and one had captioning and the other did not. | |
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? | Never | There was not even the option to turn on the captioning in one. | |
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? | Not Applicable | ||
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? | Not Applicable | One video was entirely words moving on the screen without sound and one video was all audio but no captioning. | |
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? | Not Applicable | ||
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? | Never | ||
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? | Never |
Described Video
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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? | Never | ||
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? | Not Applicable | ||
Audio Accessibility
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? | Not Applicable | ||
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? | Not Applicable | ||