YuJa Panorama's Accessibility Checklist

YuJa Panorama integrates into D2L Brightspace to improve the accessibility of digital media and course content, while helping institutions meet WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 standards. YuJa Panorama helps you resolve issues with guided remediation workflows directly within your course.  

Panorama's accessibility checklist is based on the international accessibility standards outlined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and also includes additional checks created through feedback from our users. In this guide, the sections below are organized by document type and indicate which issues Panorama's accessibility tools can help resolve. 

PDF Checklist

Note: Panorama requires Structural Remediation to address certain accessibility issues marked with an asterisk (*).

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue?  Remediation Support
The document is missing a title Major Yes Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes No
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Disabled Yes In Beta
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes Yes*
The document's heading structure is not properly nested Minor Yes No
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes Yes*
The PDF is untagged Major Yes Yes*
Table does not have a header Major Yes Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes No
The document is scanned Severe Yes Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes Yes*
The document is encrypted Severe Yes No
The document is corrupted Severe Yes No
Table is missing a summary Disabled Yes No
List item is not contained within a list structure Disabled Yes No
List item structure is missing Disabled Yes No
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes No
This link does not have a URL Disabled Yes No
Table structure is invalid or missing body content Major Yes No
The form field does not have a tooltip description Severe Yes Yes
The tag is empty and contains no content Minor Yes Yes

DOC/DOCX/ODT/RTF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue? Remediation Support
The document is missing a title Major Yes Yes
Table does not have a header Major Yes Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes Yes
The document does not have any headings Major Yes No
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes Yes
Text should not be justified Minor Yes Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No No
The Image is not in line with the text Minor Yes No
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes No
The document heading structure does not start at one Major Yes Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes No
The document is encrypted Severe Yes No
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes Yes
The document's heading structure is not properly nested Minor Yes No
Table does not have a caption Major Yes Yes

PPT/PPTX/ODP Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue? Remediation Support
The document is missing a title Major Yes Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes Yes
The slide does not have a title Major Yes No
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes Yes
The language set is not specified for this content Minor Yes Yes
The document does not have the correct language set Minor Yes Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes Yes
Check reading order Minor Yes Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes No
The document is encrypted Severe Yes No
The file format is outdated Disabled No No
Table does not have a header Major Yes No
The slide uses an inaccessible transition Major Yes Yes

XLS/XLSX/ODS Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue? Remediation Support
The document is missing a title Major Yes Yes
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes Yes
The hyperlink text is not descriptive Minor Yes Yes
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes Yes
The document is malformed Severe Yes No
The document is encrypted Severe Yes No
Table does not have a header Major Yes No
Sheet does not have text in cell A1 Major Yes Yes
The file format is outdated Disabled No No

HTML/HTM Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue? Remediation Support
The item does not have an alternative description Major Yes Yes
Alternative description longer than 120 characters Major Yes Yes
The item should not have a placeholder text as an alternative description Major Yes Yes
The item file name should not be the alternative description Major Yes Yes
This header is longer than 120 characters Minor Yes Yes
Insufficient contrast between foreground text and background Major Yes Yes
Content Longer Than 3000 Words Minor Yes No
Table does not have a header Major Yes Yes
Table header is longer than 120 characters Minor Yes Yes
Table does not have a caption Major Yes Yes
Table does not contain content Major Yes No
Table header does not have a scope Major Yes Yes
This link is missing a text description Minor Yes Yes
This image is marked decorative, but is used for links or buttons Minor Yes Yes
This link should have a descriptive title Minor Yes Yes
This link is broken Disabled No Yes
Adjacent links contain the same URL Minor Yes Yes
The target size is too small Major Yes Yes
This page is missing a header Major Yes No
The font size is smaller than 9 points Minor Yes Yes
The document's heading structure goes beyond six levels Minor Yes Yes
This YouTube video does not have human-generated captions Major Yes Yes
This YouTube video is not publicly available Major Yes No
This Vimeo video does not have human-generated captions Major Yes Yes
The document's heading structure is not properly nested Minor Yes Yes
This element should be formatted as a list Minor Yes Yes
This Video Platform video does not have captions generated Major Yes Yes
This Kaltura Platform video does not have captions generated Major Yes Yes
Zooming and scaling must not be disabled Severe Yes Yes
<html> element must have a lang attribute Disabled Yes Yes
List item elements must only be contained in lists Severe Yes Yes
Lists must only directly contain list item elements Severe Yes Yes
All ID attribute values in a document must be unique Major Yes Yes
All frames or iframes must have a unique title Major Yes Yes
All accesskey attribute values in a document must be unique Major Yes Yes
This HTML tag is deprecated and should not be used Major Yes Yes
The <basefont> HTML head tag is deprecated and should not be used Major Yes Yes
Buttons must have a discernible, accessible name Major Yes Yes
The document is missing a title Disabled Yes Yes
This Panopto Platform video does not have captions generated Major Yes Yes
This Canvas video does not have captions generated Major Yes Yes

GIF Checklist

Issue Name Default Issue Severity Is it an accessibility issue? Remediation Support
This GIF has an increased risk of inducing seizures Major Yes No
The document is malformed Severe Yes No
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