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This is intended as a guide for faculty.

1. Panorama will generate Accessibility Scores for DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, HTML, TXT, GIF, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP, ODS, RTF file types, and editable HTML pages. 

Panorama Document Icons

2. Accessibility Score icons are located next to each file type or along the top of HTML content and provide a quick at-a-glance summary of the Accessibility Score based on their color. 

    1. The blue circle is for student view.
    2. The green hexagon is for accessibility scores greater than 70%.
    3. The yellow triangle is for accessibility scores between 30% and 70%.
    4. The red octagon is for accessibility scores less than or equal to 30%.
    5. The grey prohibition sign is for documents with disabled alternative formats.

3. Once the user finds the course document, there will be an Alternative Formats icon to the right of the document title.

Panoram Course Document View

4. Click on the Alternative Formats icon to display the list of available resources.

Panorama Alternate Format Options

5. Below is the list of available Panorama Alternative Formats:

    1. Source File: View the document in its original format, suitable for download viewing.
    2. PDF: View the document in PDF format, suitable for both online and download viewing.
    3. Text File: View the document in a pure text format without any formatting styles, suitable for both online and download viewing.
    4. Immersive Reader: Allows for customizations to text preferences, grammar options, and reading preferences while following along with the audio playback. 
    5. Gradient Reader: Enhances visual word recognition when reading by providing a guiding color gradient. 
    6. EPUB: View the document in the ebook format, suitable for any ebook reader application.
    7. Braille: View the document in the braille grade 2 format, suitable for download viewing (a braille reader is required).
    8. Audio Podcast: Audio playback for documents, suitable for both online and download listening.
    9. Enhanced HTML: HTML documents can be displayed in a dedicated tab to customize the appearance of the document using the Website Accessibility tool.
    10. OCR: Convert images with text into machine-encoded text that can be searched and read by screen readers. 

 Accessibility Reports

Accessibility Reports offer a comprehensive list of accessibility issues detected within files and provide actionable options to address and resolve issues for content within the LMS. They can be accessed by selecting the Accessibility Score icon next to each document file.

The Accessibility Report offers various ways in which to resolve accessibility issues that have been identified under the Reviewed Issues list. Below is an overview of each method.

Panorama Report View

  • AutoPilot: Automatically proposes fixes for accessibility issues, which can be applied to your document immediately using the Panorama Remediation Engine. 
  • Fix Issue (Panorama's Remediation Engine): Manually add fixes for accessibility issues within the report, and then apply those changes to your document.
  • How To Fix: Provides manual steps for updating the original document. Institution admins can adjust these steps. 
  • Replace with Alternative Format: Replace the original document with an Alternative Format generated by Panorama.


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KeywordsD2L, Desire 2 learn, Panorama, Yuja   Doc ID139095
OwnerAntoine T.GroupParkland College
Created2024-08-13 09:27:05Updated2024-08-13 09:39:11
SitesParkland College
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