Improving Digital Content Accessibility in MyCourses

As you prepare your MyCourses courses for the spring semester, please review the Panorama Course Report to identify accessibility issues and implement fixes for webpages (HTML), Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, PDF files, and Excel spreadsheets.

The example course report shown below indicates that the overall accessibility score for digital content in this course is 73%. More specifically, it shows that the PowerPoint presentations and PDF files used in the course have even lower accessibility scores indicating that those files need to be improved to enhance the student experience.

Example screenshot of a Panorama Course Report. This screenshot shows a Overall Accessibility Score of 73%. It shows a breakdown of accessibility scores by file type. In this example, the accessibility score of PowerPoint files used in the course is 52% and PDF files is 64%.

The course report further identifies the files and issues that have the greatest impact accessibility score and student experience.

One of the examples below shows a course were there are a number of PDF files that have an accessibility score of 0 and possible actions that can be taken to improve the score.
Another example shows a course were there are a number issues across multiple files that should be addressed to improve accessibility.

This screenshot of a course report shows which files have the greatest impact on the overall accessibility score and offers actions that can be taken to improve those specific files. In this specific example, there are many PDF files with zero for the accessibility score.

This screenshot of a course report shows which issues have the greatest impact on the overall accessibility score and offers actions that can be taken to address those specific issues. Issues can include a lack of alternative text for images, not enough color contrast, small font sizes, and documents/files without structure.

How Can Panorama Improve Accessibility?

Panorama can help you identify and, in some cases, automatically fix common accessibility issues such as:

Scanned PDF files
Insufficient contrast between text and backgrounds
Missing alternative text descriptions for images
Lack of document structure: Missing titles, headers, etc.
Misuse of tables: No headers, merged cells, etc.

Resources and Training Opportunities

Additional resources and workshop opportunities are available to assist you with digital content accessibility.

Upcoming Workshops

MyCourses: Improving Accessibility
November 11, 2025, 2:00p
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MyCourses: Improving Accessibility and UDL
December 11, 2025, 2:00p
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Resources

Locating the Panorama Course Report
Using the Panorama Remediation Engine
Review Accessibility Matters to learn about a variety of tools and features available to improve overall MyCourses course accessibility and the student experience.

You may also schedule a 1-1 consultation to discuss Panorama Course Reports.