The accessibility conversation often begins with reports, scores, and technical issues that need to be corrected. Those tools are important, but they only tell part of the story. At its core, accessibility is about creating course content that students can successfully access, understand, and use. As faculty become more familiar with Panorama Course Reports in […]
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The accessibility conversation often begins with compliance requirements, accessibility checkers, and remediation workflows. While those topics are important, they only tell part of the story. At its core, accessibility is about creating learning experiences that help students succeed. This post is the first in a series exploring a simple idea: digital accessibility is not just about compliance.
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Creating accessible digital content is a critical part of supporting student success, but anyone who has worked with PDF documents knows how challenging remediation can be. Complex layouts, missing tags, and inconsistent reading order can make PDFs difficult for assistive technologies to interpret. To address these challenges, YuJa Panorama offers an advanced solution: Structural Remediation Max,
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Before summer semester begins, Information Technology (IT) would like to share a few reminders and best practice recommendations to help you wrap up the academic year smoothly and prepare for the upcoming year. Whether you are teaching this summer, returning in the fall, or stepping away for a well-earned break, a little cleanup now can save you time later. TABLE OF CONTENTS Reminders Return IT Assets
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Thursday, May 21, 2026, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)—a chance to celebrate the progress made at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) and to reaffirm our commitment to creating digital experiences that work for everyone. GAAD reminds us that accessibility is about access and opportunity—not just compliance or deadlines. While the federal digital accessibility deadline has been extended, the work happening
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Accessibility checkers available in Microsoft products and MyCourses may provide different recommendations for improving the accessibility of digital content. It is not uncommon for content to ‘pass’ the Microsoft Accessibility Checker and then have more accessibility issues identified by Panorama after being uploaded to MyCourses. Accessibility checkers are often built to serve different purposes which can impact the recommendations offered by the checker. What
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Video content presents unique accessibility challenges. Video is typically paired with audio, so your audio (narration, interview dialogue, background music, etc.) and video must both be accessible. In the event someone is unable to view your video, the audio should provide the necessary content and context. If someone is unable to hear your audio, the video should provide the necessary content and context. Videos are made accessible primarily through captions and
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PDFs can be created in many ways: exporting, converting, “Save As”, scanning, “Print to PDF”, and even created intentionally through software like Adobe Acrobat. Due to the wide range of origin points for PDFs, the accessibility issues that arise can be incredibly complex, so much so that they are not a recommended file type in most cases. Information Technology (IT) generally does not advise using PDFs whenever possible. They are one of the least
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Alternative text, also known as alt text, describes the content and purpose of an image, chart, or table for people who have visual impairments or use screen reading technologies. All images, charts, and tables require some form of alt text. The alt text should provide the information a person needs to know about the image, chart, or table
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During Fall 2025, Panorama identified common accessibility issues found in Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets used in MyCourses courses. Many of these issues can be identified and corrected by using Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker prior to adding content to MyCourses. The following digital accessibility concerns fall under three major categories: color, multimedia, and structure. Common Accessibility Concerns with Microsoft Content Color Color Used
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