Assessment Report | LEAP

Assessment Information
eResource Title	Vendor	Overall Grade
Teen Health & Wellness	Rosen Publishing	C

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?	Sometimes	Home button and Search bar overlap when a page is re-sized.

Presence of Icons

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?	Sometimes	Sort of. There is an image of a house on the "home" button and there is an image of a download icon on the "save button", but these icons are tiny and low contrast, so they are ineffective. There are icons for Print and Email, which are larger but still hard to find on the page due to the low contrast and lack of white space around them.

Alt Text

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
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	Rarely are the functional images labelled. Hotlines and Visit the calm room buttons in side menu are not identified with alt-text. Search bar does not have alt-text.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Not Applicable

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%?	Sometimes	Some icons/buttons pixelate slightly at 200%
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	There are many low contrast items, including navigation menus, hyperlinks, and coloured headings.

Colour

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?	Not Applicable
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

Text to speech

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?	Sometimes	Most of the content pages have the option to access ReadSpeaker.

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?	Sometimes	When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate?	Sometimes	When accessing a content page, I think the "save" button, leading to a drop down list of choices is very difficult to get to work. The A to Z button measures 4x6 mm on my large display screen, which is tiny. It is 2 mm from the next button for "subject".
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?	Sometimes	Most of the content links are good, but some of the hotlines are not loading or give 404 errors: http://www.toronto.ca/health/sexualhealth/aids_hotline.html http://www.dart.on.ca http://www.mhsio.on.ca http://www.toronto.ca/health/thc_index.htm http://www.glnh.org/talkline Calm room: Virtual Bubble Wrap (gives blank screen) Organ donation link seems to be mis-directing/spoofing...?: https://organdonations.ca/
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?	Sometimes	Some of the frames get skipped if you use a tab button. If you mouse into the frame, the tab can find all the link(s).

Dynamic content

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

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?	Sometimes	Home button and search bar can overlap
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?	Always

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?	Never	There are no instructions for the search box. The form control does not have a corresponding label. The survey on the homepage is confusing because a group of check boxes or radio buttons is not enclosed in a fieldset. There are no instructions for the survey. There is no heading for the left column of list of subjects. There are coloured asterisks on the form for "Share your story". There are single and double asterisks. Single asterisks denote required fields, but double asterisks are not explained in any way.
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?	Never	There is no text label for the search box. The form control for the search box does not have a corresponding label. A group of check boxes or radio buttons is not enclosed in a fieldset, so the radio buttons are disconnected from the question they go with, and the submission button.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?	Never	There are no descriptions for fields and boxes.
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?	Never	The search box is not labelled. There is no field set for the survey on the homepage, and there is no label for the radio buttons that go with the survey.
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?	Not Applicable	There are no required form fields.

Error Prevention

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

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?	Sometimes	Sometimes error messages appear in red text well above where the correction is required, while other errors appear as a dialog box: manner of delivery of an alert is not consistent across the platform; some messages are coloured and may be invisible to certain users; the location of the messages is not always directly attached to the problem; the method of delivery for the messages is not consistent.
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?	Sometimes	It may be difficult to identify which box is for which field.
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?	Always	Search bar offers "did you mean" options and also suggests the use of the A to Z list.

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?	Always	You cannot save/download/print/cite/share from the home page, so these functions are not present there, but these icons are consistently placed in the individual subject pages.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?	Sometimes	There are icons that are missing alternative text.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.	Sometimes
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?	Sometimes	There are two different buttons/images that go to the "calming room" from the home page. The "hotlines" link through the tab at the top right goes to a different page than the "hotlines" link through the left menu...one is a list with headings, while the other presents with buttons.
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?	Sometimes	There is at least one link called "here".

Consistent Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?	Sometimes	The top and bottoms of pages are fairly consistent, but the content page layouts vary between 1 and 3 columns, with and without tabs.
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?	Always
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?	Sometimes	Side menu for home page, which contains links to most of the reference content of the database, does not contain these links on the other pages which are navigated to via tabs at the top right. So, if you navigate to the "calm room" or "hotlines" page, you will not see the links that were on the home page for "diseases, infections, and conditions" or "body basics".
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently?	Sometimes	Some buttons and icons are not labeled.

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?	Sometimes	Links for Email, Cite, and Print open automatically in new windows
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?	Sometimes	The calm room videos load and play as soon as you click on an image. Links in hotline list automatically load a pop up page that tells you that you are leaving the database, but the client is then required to click "continue" before the link itself is loaded in this new window.
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	There are no H1 headings, but there are H2 and H3 headings.
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading?	Sometimes	The headings under the "hotlines" in the tabs at the top of the page, are the same heading level as the actual links for those headings.

Menus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options?	Always
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?	Not Applicable
Does the database avoid automatic redirection?	Never

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

Navigation Links

Question	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?	Sometimes	Most of the links are well-labelled. If the link can be seen, the purpose can be determined. The problem lies with images that are not clearly links, which also do not have alt text. Even sighted people might not realize that a given image is a link. For example, on the "send us your video" page, there are three instructional boxes in red, the first two of which are static, and the third is a link to the form to send with a video. Likewise, one of the links from the home page to "visit the calm room" is a banner that does not have a high contrast border with the background.

Keyboard Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Sometimes	The hotline page (as accessed by button from the home page left menu) has a list followed by buttons, but the keyboard focus does not find the buttons. In content pages, the tab button does not find images and/or videos that are beside the text in the central column (You have to click a mouse inside the pane first, and then you can tab to the remainder of the content in the central column).
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Not Applicable
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Sometimes	The home page path is good. The intermediate indexing pages are good. Actual content pages: path travels across the top and then down the left menu, followed by top section of central columns, but then it misses content at the bottom of the central column, leaves that pane and rises to the browser window parts, skipping the picture and/or video to the right of the text in the central section, and missing the links at the bottom of the central pane (reviewer name, citations and navigation links), and finally missing the links across the bottom of the web page (about us, contact us, etc).
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Sometimes	Most of the time there is a coloured highlight. However, there is no visual indication that the "save" or "share" buttons on content pages receive focus, though the screen reader finds them.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Always	There are some videos
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Always

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Never
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?	Not Applicable
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Not Applicable

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?	Not Applicable

Frames

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?	Sometimes	Content pages: The focus path travels across the top and then down the left menu, followed by top section of central columns, but then it misses content at the bottom of the central column, leaves that pane and rises to the browser window parts, skipping the picture and/or video to the right of the text in the central section, and missing the links at the bottom of the central pane (reviewer name, citations and navigation links), and finally missing the links across the bottom of the web page (about us, contact us, etc).
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?	Never
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?	Sometimes	Content pages: The focus path travels across the top and then down the left menu, followed by top section of central columns, but then it misses content at the bottom of the central column, leaves that pane and rises to the browser window parts, skipping the picture and/or video to the right of the text in the central section, and missing the links at the bottom of the central pane (reviewer name, citations and navigation links), and finally missing the links across the bottom of the web page (about us, contact us, etc).

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only?	Never	Please note that there are very few PDFs in this resource. I found and evaluated a total of 3.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?	Never
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?	Always

Tagged PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alternative descriptions provided?	Never
Is primary language specified?	Sometimes
Is reliable character encoding provided?	Always	Passed
Are all page elements tagged?	Sometimes
Are list and table structure correct?	Sometimes

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”?	Not Applicable	There were no blank spaces.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?	Never	Shift control commands do not work at all.

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	Some of the icons and sampled images pixelate, but the text and other elements are clear.

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?	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
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?	Not Applicable	No tables present
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?	Not Applicable	No tables present

Additional Navigational Aids

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?	Never	There are no bookmarks for the PDFs.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?	Not Applicable	There are no bookmarks.

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
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?	Always
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?	Always
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?	Always
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Always
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	There are no videos that do not have captions.

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?	Never	Videos do not contain "described video".
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?	Not Applicable	Videos are not described.

Audio Accessibility

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?	Always
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?	Never	The transcript does not include any of the text on the screen. The visuals of the scene are not described, even if they are integral to the topic of the video.

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