Overview
YuJa Panorama’s Real-Time Suggestions feature empowers faculty to proactively address accessibility issues in their course materials. This AI-powered tool scans documents such as PDFs, Word, and PowerPoint files, identifying common accessibility concerns and offering immediate, actionable suggestions. Faculty can implement fixes directly within their documents, ensuring that course materials are accessible from the outset rather than relying solely on end-of-term adjustments.
What are Real-Time Suggestions?
Real-Time Suggestions provide a dynamic approach to accessibility, allowing faculty to make changes before content becomes an issue for students. The system flags accessibility concerns, such as missing alt text, low color contrast, and missing headers, and offers tailored suggestions to resolve each problem. Some of the primary benefits include:
• Automated Identification: Automatically identifies and prioritizes accessibility issues based on their potential impact on student experience.
• Instant Feedback: Provides contextual feedback to faculty while they are preparing or editing their course materials.
• Step-by-Step Fixes: Offers step-by-step instructions or automated fixes, depending on the issue identified, allowing faculty to correct accessibility barriers quickly.
Practical Applications for Real-Time Suggestions
Proactively Addressing Visual Content Accessibility
Faculty often include images and graphics in lecture slides and documents. YuJa Panorama’s Real-Time Suggestions can identify images missing alt text and prompt faculty to provide descriptive captions, helping visually impaired students access and understand visual content. This simple adjustment enhances inclusivity and ensures compliance with accessibility standards.
Improving Document Structure with Header and Formatting Suggestions
When uploading lecture notes or supplementary readings, the Real-Time Suggestions feature can detect missing or incorrect heading structures. Faculty receive prompts to fix these issues, enabling screen readers to navigate documents more effectively for students who rely on assistive technology.
Enhancing Readability by Adjusting Color Contrast
YuJa Panorama can analyze color contrast in slides or documents, flagging combinations that may be difficult for students with visual impairments to read. The system provides suggestions to adjust colors or increase text contrast, ensuring that all students can engage with the course content without visual strain.
Ensuring Video Content Accessibility with Caption Prompts
Many courses include embedded video content or linked YouTube videos. Real-Time Suggestions scan these videos and detect if captions are missing. If missing, the system prompts faculty to add captions, reducing barriers for hearing-impaired students and improving comprehension for all learners.
Fixing Tables and Lists for Enhanced Navigability
Real-Time Suggestions can also detect improperly formatted tables and lists, which can pose navigation challenges for screen reader users. The feature provides instructions on how to fix these formatting issues, ensuring that documents remain accessible and easy to follow.
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