Panorama for Digital Accessibility is a YuJa Video Enterprise System companion tool. It allows instructors to identify and correct accessibility issues for several digital file types uploaded to Brightspace. It also provides several alternative formats for users to engage with the content more easily. It is available for individual courses upon request, including your course URL and the semester you wish Panorama to be available within your course site. Each course for each semester has to be identified in the Brightspace ticket along with a request for Panorama support so it will get directed to the Panorama Support Team.
Locating the Panorama Tools
Panorama will generate Accessibility Scores in sites where Panorama is enabled for DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, HTML, TXT, GIF, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP, ODS, and RTF file types, as well as editable HTML pages. Instructors and students can access Panorama tools in LMS courses where Panorama has been enabled. To ensure your course gets the Panorama tool added, please submit a TeamDynamix ticket at HTTP://www.uwindsor.ca/brightspace/ticket/. Before submitting your request, please review the details on enabling Panorama on your course site (links open in a new window). Users can then access a document's Alternative Formats or an Accessibility Report.
For Instructors
Instructors can access reports from the Panorama tool in Brightspace's Custom NavBar to identify trends in Panorama issues and usage. When instructors prepare content for their courses, they can activate and view the Accessibility Report and Score for the file. Once they trigger the report, the severity of issues, tips on resolving them and the ability to upload a repaired document will be visible.
If you have any questions about Panorama, please email ooltech@uwindsor.ca. If you are experiencing any technical issues using Panorama, email support@yuja.com and file a ticket, where the YuJa/Panorama support will respond. Workshops on accessibility features in Brightspace, which discuss using Panorama, are available to sign up for at the Office of Open Learning: Workshops page, Teaching with Tech.
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