Accessibility Assessment

Although this volume is a collection of works that have (almost) all been previously published, seven key areas related to accessibility were assessed during the importing and editing process. The checklist below has been drawn from the Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far), which was itself adapted from the BCcampus Open Education Accessibility Toolkit. While a checklist such as this is just one part of a holistic approach to accessibility, it is one way to begin work on embedded good accessibility practices.

Accessibility Checklist

Checklist for Accessibility in Webbook
Area of Focus Requirements Pass?
Font Size Font size is 12 point or higher for body text Yes
Font Size Font size is 9 point for footnotes or endnotes Yes
Font Size Font size can be zoomed to 200% Yes
Formulas Formulas have been created using MathML Not applicable
Formulas Formulas are images with alternative text descriptions, if MathML is not an option Not applicable
Organizing Content Content is organized under headings and subheadings Yes
Organizing Content Headings and subheadings are used sequentially (e.g. Heading 1. Heading 2, etc.) as well as logically (if the title if Heading 1 then there should be no other Heading 1 styles as the title is the uppermost level) Yes
Images Images that convey information include Alternative Text (alt-text) descriptions of the image’s content or function Yes
Images Graphs, charts, and maps also include contextual or supporting details in the text surrounding the image Yes
Images Images do not rely on colour to convey information Yes, with the following exceptions:

  • Image 1 of 1 in Chapter 13
  • Slide 17 of 41 in Chapter 15
Images Images that are purely decorative contain empty alternative text descriptions. (Descriptive text is unnecessary if the image doesn’t convey contextual content information) Yes
Tables Tables include row and column headers Yes
Tables Tables include a title or caption Yes
Tables Tables do not have merged or split cells Yes
Tables Tables have adequate cell padding Yes
Weblinks The weblink is meaningful in context, and does not use generic text such as “click here” or “read more” Yes

 

Weblinks Weblinks do not open new windows or tabs Yes
Weblinks If weblinks must open in a new window, a textual reference is included in the link information Not applicable
Embedded Multimedia A transcript has been made available for a multimedia resource that includes audio narration or instruction* Not applicable
Embedded Multimedia Captions of all speech content and relevant non-speech content are included in the multimedia resource that includes audio synchronized with a video presentation Yes, with the following exceptions:

  • Chapter 9: Nina Simone: Don’t let me be misunderstood does not have captions
  • Chapter 9: Open pedagogy open discussion #YearofOpen includes machine-generated captions
  • Chapter 15: Digital pedagogy lab Vancouver livestream does not have captions but includes a transcript
  • Chapter 18: OpenCon 2017 live day 2 does not include captions but includes a transcript
  • Chapter 20: Sherri Spelic: Provocation for #TowardsOpenness at #OEB17 includes machine-generated captions
  • Chapter 28: Video by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence, University of Edinburgh does not include captions
  • Chapter 32: #OER19 – Keynote Panel: Taskeen Adam, Caroline Kuhn and Judith Pete includes machine-generated captions
  • Chapter 33: #OER19: Holding the Line on Open in an Evolving Courseware Landscape [O-149] includes machine-generated captions
  • Chapter 34: Adele Vrana and Siko Bouterse, “Whose Knowledge?” includes machine-generated captions
Embedded Multimedia Audio descriptions of contextual visuals (graphs, charts, etc.) are included in the multimedia resource Not yet evaluated

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