MyCourses Digital Content Accessibility Features

Instructors benefit from the Panorama Course Report, which provides a snapshot of the overall accessibility status of their course content. This data empowers instructors to make informed decisions and track improvements over time.

To launch the course report, click Course Tools and select Panorama Course Report in the default course navigation bar.

The Remediation Engine streamlines accessibility efforts for Instructors, reducing the time and effort needed to remediate accessibility issues. In addition the accessibility score, the Remediation Engine shows the total number of issues and groups them into categories based on severity. It also provides a comprehensive list of the issues and gives the instructor the option to fix the issue immediately inside the Engine.

DocHub is an accessible digital storage space available within the Panorama portal. Users can upload and store files in the Panorama Cloud and sync their accessible content across multiple devices. The uploaded documents will be scanned for accessibility issues, which can be fixed using the aforementioned Remediation Engine.

The DocHub can be accessed by launching the Panorama Course Report from any MyCourses course and then selecting the DocHub icon at the top of the portal menu. Non-MyCourses users, such as Kaufman Library or Communications staff, can request to be added to the Panorama portal by emailing helpdesk@ggc.edu.

Panorama offers alternative formats directly inside. Available alternative formats include:

• Source File: View the document in its original format, suitable for download viewing.
• PDF: View the document in PDF format, suitable for both online and download viewing.
• Text File: View the document in a pure text format without any formatting styles, suitable for both online and download viewing.
• Immersive Reader: Allows for customizations to text preferences, grammar options, and reading preferences while following along with the audio playback. 
• Gradient Reader: Enhances visual word recognition when reading by providing a guiding color gradient. 
• EPUB: View the document in the ebook format, suitable for any ebook reader application.
• Braille: View the document in the braille grade 2 format, suitable for download viewing (a braille reader is required).
• Audio Podcast: Audio playback for documents, suitable for both online and download listening.
• Enhanced HTML: HTML documents can be displayed in a dedicated tab to customize the document’s appearance using the Website Accessibility tool.
• OCR: Convert images with text into machine-encoded text that can be searched and read by screen readers. [screenshot]
  • OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF: Generate a tagged PDF that allows for selectable text overlaid on the original document
  • OCR Reconstructed DOCX: Generate a new DOCX file from scanned documents or images.
  • OCR Reconstructed Tagged PDF: Generate a new tagged PDF from scanned documents or images.
  • OCR Reconstructed HTML: Generate a new HTML file from scanned documents or images.
  • OCR Text: Recommended for those who prefer plain text, the OCR tool extracts and displays text within images and GIFs as a TXT file.
  • OCR Immersive Reader: use the immersive reader for OCR content.
  • OCR Audio: Extract text within images and GIFs into an MP3 text-to-speech audio player. 
• Math Formats: Convert documents containing math equations into LaTeX, Math Text (i.e., numbers and symbols to words), MP3 files, or MathML. [screenshot]
  • Latex: Convert documents into LaTeX document format. 
  • Math Text: Convert documents into printed English, including numbers and symbols.
  • Math Audio: Convert documents to MP3. 
  • MathML: Extract mathematical equations from documents and convert them into HTML files.
• Language Translation: Translate a document automatically to over 100 languages, which can be downloaded.

Note: Some of these formats may not be available based on the source file or Panorama settings for the content item or course.