YuJa Panorama, which is already integrated into your Moodle course, helps check and improve the accessibility of course materials and resources. Panorama can also generate alternative formats of documents for you and students.
Alternate Formats—signified by an accessibility icon—generate alternative formats of documents for you and your students. The program can generate the formats listed below.
NOTE: Be sure to share how to use this tool with your students so they can access materials in a way that best suits their needs.
NOTE: We recognize that there are situations where you would not want a student to access materials in a certain format (such as a language translator on a French Language Exercise). If so, please put in a ticket with OLET and we can turn off translations at the course level.
Select the accessibility icon to the right of any uploaded document.
NOTE: Students will only see the generic blue icon. They will not see the other Accessibility Score Icons.
Select the format that you would like to generate. The file will start to process and notify you when it has completed.
NOTE: The Student view will be similar, but will not display the Accessibility report.
You will have the option to view the document in Moodle or to download it to your computer.
The Accessibility Report helps you to find accessibility issues and fix them.
Once you upload a file to your course, Panorama will run an automated document check and provide an accessibility “score” for that document. Once the scoring is complete, you will see an Indicator icon to the right of each document letting you know its accessibility ranking. This way, you can get a quick visual of where the issues are and which ones you need to tackle first.
Learn more about the different Accessibility Score Icons.
NOTE: Students will only see the generic blue icon. They will not see the other Accessibility Score Icons.
Select the icon to the right of any uploaded document to open a pop-up window over the page.
NOTE: You will be able to request alternative formats from this window as well.
Select the Gauge Icon in the window to display a Document Preview on the left and the Accessibility Report on the right.
NOTE: If the icon is blue and the Score Gauge is gray, just select the Reprocess link to get your score.
Correct issues outside of Moodle:
Upload your corrected document:
Repeat as needed.
The Accessibility Report is available on the toolbar of your text editor when you are editing any Moodle Activity or Resource. You can use the accessibility report to help you identify and fix accessibility issues while creating your course content.
Click the Gauge icon to open the Accessibility Report.
NOTE: The Accessibility Report button will indicate how many accessibility issues your content has.
Correct issues inside of Moodle:
With the Fix Issue button, you can fix the issue inside Moodle.
Click the close button for the Accessibility Report.
Click Save and return to course button.
Scanned PDF files are essentially images that screen readers do not interpret the text. As a result, these PDFs are not accessible to users who rely on screen readers.
To improve PDF accessibility, you can use Panorama’s optical character recognition (OCR) tool to convert your PDF into a searchable format. While this won’t address all the accessibility issues, it will make the document more usable and allow you to address the other accessibility issues separately.
Select the accessibility icon to the right of the scanned PDF to open the Alternative Formats menu.
NOTE: You can also access the Alternative Formats menu through the Content area of the Course Report.
Click the OCR button.
Click the OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF button.
NOTE: The PDF will maintain the appearance of the original document but includes OCR (Optical Character Recognition) text overlay. As a result, the new PDF will be searchable and accessible for screen readers.
Click the Download link to save the OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF to your computer.
Upload your OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF:
View the updated score, and use the Accessibility Report to fix any remaining issues.
YuJa Panorama’s Course Accessibility Report includes a high-level overview report to allow you to see the accessibility scores for all content embedded in a specific course.
Course Report displays a summary of all items embedded in the Moodle course and the number of issues found in each content item.
Enter a Moodle course.
Select Reports from the secondary navigation.
Select the YuJa Panorama Accessibility report option from the list of reports.
The YuJa Panorama website (panorama.yuja.com) will open in a new tab.
NOTE: If the website does not open, check your pop-up blockers.
Click the Select Course button.
If you don’t see the course listed, enter the year/term (i.e. 2024/WI) into the Search course name or course ID box and press the Search button.
Select the course name to view its report.
The dashboard will display the overall course accessibility score, total files processed, files improved, and alternative formats downloaded.
NOTE: The Filter by Date default is set to 1 year. If you’ve recently made substantive improvements to the course, you may want to update the date range.
Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the accessibility scores for each course content item.
Click on the course Gauge icon to view the Alternative Formats menu.
Use the Accessibility Report to make your course content more accessible.
