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The YuJa Panorama accessibility rubric helps instructors in Canvas to dynamically evaluate accessibility issues within documents based on severity: Severe, Major, and Minor. The overall score reflects how critical the issues are, with more severe issues lowering the score significantly.
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Severity of Issues |
Expected Score Range |
Dynamic Influence |
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Only Minor issues |
70% to 100% |
More minor issues = Score moves down, closer to 70% |
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At Least 1 Major Issue |
30% to 70% |
More major issues = Score moves down, closer to 30% |
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At Least 1 Severe Issue |
0% to 30% |
More severe issues = Score moves down, closer to 0% |
Here's how it works:
• Severe Issues (0-30%): Documents have accessibility barriers that significantly impact users, like missing alternative text for essential images.
• Major Issues (30-70%): Documents may have improper headings or other formatting issues, affecting navigation.
• Minor Issues (70-100%): Documents need smaller adjustments, like font size consistency.
Want to know more about what is checked? Currently available checks and severity ratings
Common Scenarios for Faculty:
- Missing Alternative Text in an Image-Heavy Lecture Slide: A slide deck with many missing image descriptions would receive a low score (closer to 0%). This is because users relying on screen readers cannot access crucial visual content. Addressing this issue by adding proper alt text would significantly improve the score.
- Inconsistent Heading Structure in Course Syllabus: A syllabus with headings but incorrect order (e.g., skipping from a Heading 1 directly to a Heading 3) will result in a mid-range score. Fixing this by ensuring proper hierarchical structure would elevate the score toward 70%.
- Minor Spacing Issues in a Reading Material: If a document only has minor accessibility issues, such as inconsistent spacing between paragraphs, it may receive a score in the upper range, but fixing these would push it closer to 100%.
For more details on scoring, refer to the Panorama Scoring Rubric.
YuJa Panorama's checks for accessibility issues are specific to individual file types.
For up-to-date details on the specific accessibility checks Panorama performs, and how they are categorized, you can refer to the Panorama Accessibility Checklist.
Available checks and severity ratings - 10/31/24
PDF Checklist
PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format. The left side of each table lists the type of issue and the right column denotes the severity rating denoted by Panorama for that issue .
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is encrypted |
Severe |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The document is scanned |
Severe |
| The document heading structure does not start at one |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document does not have any headings |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The PDF is untagged |
Major |
| The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| Check reading order |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
DOCX Checklist
DOCX refers to Microsoft Word Open XML Document (i.e., Microsoft Word Document)
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The document heading structure does not start at one |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document does not have any headings |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels |
Minor |
| This element should be formatted as a list |
Minor |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The image is not inline with the text |
Minor |
| The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
| Text should not be justified |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
ODT Checklist
ODT refers to Open Document Text
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The document heading structure does not start at one |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document does not have any headings |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels |
Minor |
| This element should be formatted as a list |
Minor |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The image is not inline with the text |
Minor |
| The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
| Text should not be justified |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
RTF Checklist
RTF refers to Rich Text Format
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The document heading structure does not start at one |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document does not have any headings |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels |
Minor |
| This element should be formatted as a list |
Minor |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The image is not inline with the text |
Minor |
| The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
| Text should not be justified |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
PPTX Checklist
PPTX refers to Microsoft PowerPoint files (called PowerPoint Open XML Presentation)
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The slide does not have a title |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| Check reading order |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
ODP Checklist
ODP refers to Open Document Presentation
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| The slide does not have a title |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The document does not have the correct language set |
Minor |
| The language set is not specified for this content |
Minor |
| Check reading order |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
XLSX Checklist
XLSX refers to Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| Sheet does not have text in cell A1 |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
XLS Checklist
XLS refers to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| Sheet does not have text in cell A1 |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
ODS Checklist
ODS refers to Open Document Spreadsheet
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| Sheet does not have text in cell A1 |
Major |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| The document is missing a title |
Major |
| The hyperlink text is not descriptive |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
HTML Checklist
HTML refers to HyperText Markup Language
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background |
Major |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| This page is missing a header |
Major |
| Table does not have a caption |
Major |
| Table does not have a header |
Major |
| Table does not contain content |
Major |
| This YouTube video does not have human-generated captions |
Major |
| This Vimeo video does not have human-generated captions |
Major |
| The item file name should not be the alternative description |
Major |
| Alternative description longer than 120 characters |
Major |
| The item should not have a placeholder text as an alternative description |
Major |
| This element should be formatted as a list |
Minor |
| This link should have a descriptive title |
Minor |
| Adjacent links contain the same URL |
Minor |
| The document's heading structure is not properly nested |
Minor |
| The font size is smaller than 9 points |
Minor |
GIF Checklist
GIF refers to Graphics Interchange Format
| Issue Name |
Default Issue Severity |
| The document is malformed |
Severe |
| This GIF has an increased risk of triggering seizures |
Severe |
| The item does not have an alternative description |
Major |
| The GIF contains flashing elements |
Major |
| The GIF does not contain text alternatives |
Major |