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October 8, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility Uncategorized United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This update aims to provide users with more configurable settings to measure accessibility.
- Improved HTML Accessibility Checks
To ensure all content meets accessibility standards, HTML WYSIWYG Editor content will be analyzed and assigned an Accessibility Score. Additionally, Panorama will guide instructors with steps to improve the Accessibility Score.
- Updated UI of Accessibility Gauges
To create uniformity in the Score Report, Course Report and LTI Institution Reporting, the UI of the Accessibility Gauge has been updated.
- New Configurable Course Default Settings
To provide Admin and Instructors with more oversight in to the course, a Course Configuration Panel has been implemented. The Course Configuration Panel serves as a central location for Admins and Instructors to configure course-level settings.
- Ability for Instructors to Enable or Disable Accessibility Report Gauges
In the Course Configuration Panel, Instructors can configure the Report settings, choosing whether to enable or disable the Accessibility Gauges from appearing in their courses.
- Ability for Admins to Review Default Settings
In the Course Configuration Panel, Admins can set default Report settings on an institution-wide level.
- Improved Tab Order and Keyboard Accessibility
The Tab key can be used to navigate through the Panorama Platform, including the Alternative Formats.
- Improved HTML Accessibility Checks
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August 26, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210826 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release is specifically targeted to improving back-end infrastructure and simplifying the implementation process.
- Improved Installation and Setup
As customers continue to purchase Panorama for their digital accessibility needs, we wanted to improve the speed of the implementation by improving how Panorama integrates with an organization’s LMS. - Full Automatic Synchronization
We’ve moved Panorama from on an on-demand sync to an full automatic sync for all LMS’ to increase the efficiency of Panorama content identification. Now, alternative formats generation is even faster as we continue to focus on improving the back-end infrastructure of the Platform. - More Secure Content Replacement in D2L
We re-designed our back-end connector with D2L to improve the reliability and security of the Panorama-to-D2L connection. - Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
Multiple Panorama improvements were made to optimize our system interaction with third-party integrations to significantly increase system performance, prevent duplicate document and alternative formats from non-whitelisted LMS courses and more.
- Improved Installation and Setup
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July 30, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210730 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Automatic Processing for D2L Digital Content
We’ve added automatic processing for D2L files on pages that are visited by users so users don’t need to wait for Alternative Formats or Accessibility Scores to generate. System Administrators can configure this behavior under Additional Settings in the Panorama LTI.
- Automated Processing for Canvas HTLM Pages
We now support automated generation of Canvas HTLM content when the page is loaded ensuring a quicker processing and retrieval of Alternative Formats.
- Enhanced Panorama Security Message
We released our Enhanced Security feature in our last Panorama update and have added additional messaging in this release to notify users when they need to install the Panorama Browser Plugin to use all the features of Panorama.
- Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
Multiple Panorama improvements were made to optimize the connection between Panorama and all LMSs, improve processing speeds and more.
- Automatic Processing for D2L Digital Content
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July 2, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210707 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility Uncategorized United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Official Panorama Support for D2L Brightspace
We’re excited to announce Panorama support for D2L Brightspace to help your instructors ensure they are providing accessible course content to their students using D2L. Panorama seamlessly generates multiple accessible variants of the course-material in the background including HTML, Electronic Braille, EPUB, Audio (Speech-to-Text), High Contrast, and Tagged PDF files. Reach out to your Account Manager for additional information.
- Secure Browser Plugin for Security and Authentication
Make Panorama even more secure for your Organization by requiring instructors to install the Panorama plugin on their Chrome, Firefox or Safari web browser before they can replace files in Panorama. To turn on this requirement, navigate to Additional Settings in Panorama and enable Visualizer Enhanced Security.
- Default Prioritization for Frequently Used Courses
Improve Panorama processing times for the most frequently used courses in your LMS by specifying the Scanning Frequency and Number of Prioritized Courses.
- Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
Multiple Panorama improvements were made to better handle Tagged PDFs, Organization Reporting Metrics, advanced Alternative Formats usage and more.
- Official Panorama Support for D2L Brightspace
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May 28, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210528 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Audio Podcast File Alternative Formats Now Generated By Default
Panorama now provides users the option to request an MP3 audio file as an alternative format for DOCX, PPTX, PDF and more.
- Configurable Settings to Control Panorama Scanning Frequency
Brand new settings allow Organizations to specify how often Panorama scans their LMS to synchronize content between the Accessibility Platform and LMS, then automatically queue the content for processing. Before, content was synchronized daily.
- Alternative Formats in Canvas Pages
Users can now access alternative formats directly from the Pages activity in Canvas for all digital content processed by Panorama.
- Detailed Breakdown for Panorama Accessibility Reporting
Using Panorama’s Accessibility reports to drive improved digital accessibility using AI flagged issues is now even easier. Instructors can now view a detailed breakdown of files that qualify for an accessibility error by issue type.
- Audio Podcast File Alternative Formats Now Generated By Default
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May 7, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210506 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Drag & Drop Document Replacement with LMS Mirroring of Replaced Version
With a refreshed UI, the Accessibility Report allow instructors to Drag & Drop edited documents that they have improved the accessibility for. This provides a quick-and-easy way to update documents. Previously, instructors needed to edit the LMS post, remove the old document and upload the new version. - Native HTML Accessibility in Canvas
Panorama now provides accessibility reporting for HTML files and native HTML webpages in Canvas including Assignments, Discussions, Pages and Syllabus. Users can also access alternative formats of the HTML file and webpage’s text in PDF, Braille, EPUB and more.
- Configurable Feature Flags in Canvas
New settings are available to let Organizations control Panorama behavior using Feature Flags. These flags support toggling new HTML Accessibility features and Accessibility Score Weighting.
- Severity Grade Now Visible in Accessibility Reports
In our ongoing effort to provide additional transparency to accessibility scores, we’ve added Severity Scores to each accessibility issue flagged by Panorama’s AI to show Minor, Major and Severe issues.
- Customize the Severity of the Accessibility Checks
Panorama supports custom Issue Severity Scores that are configurable by an Administrator for PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT and PPTX file types. Organizations can now provide prioritization of accessibility issues that are unique to their users.
- Monitor Files Still Processing in Panorama
Panorama will now identify and mark files that have not been processed allowing instructors to monitor when a document is ready for review.
- Drag & Drop Document Replacement with LMS Mirroring of Replaced Version
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April 9, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210408 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- New User Engagement Report
A new User Engagement report provides real-time visual summaries of how users are engaging with Panorama. Reports include Panorama console and “widget” usage, number of times a recommended accessibility suggestion was implemented, and how often alternative formats are used.
- PowerPoint Analysis Now Includes Reading Order Checks
The PowerPoint Accessibility Analysis Engine (AAE) has been improved to perform Reading Order checks to ensure that objects displayed are in a logical reading order. This is a critical element to use within screen-readers.
- New User Feedback Reporting Tool
One of the ways we learn how our automated accessibility checks are doing is through feedback from users. Now users can provide feedback on Panorama, and more specifically how well a particular accessibility conversion performed, directly within the Panorama Console.
- In addition to the above improvements, a number of fixes for specific scenarios were also improved including:
- Improved detection of items with missing Alternative Text on PowerPoints
- Resolved issue within the Blackboard Course Homepage where the Accessibility Gauge could fail to load.
- Resolved issue where tagged PDFs were incorrectly listed as regular PDFs
- Ability to replace files directly within the LTI-based application’s Accessibility Report.
- New User Engagement Report
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March 11, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210311 Released to All Zones
Panorama for Digital AccessibilityWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Updated Course Accessibility Report with Clearer Indications and Action Items
The Course Accessibility report has been redesigned to provide clearer visual indicators, summary information, and more organized tables for detailed information.
- Updates to Microsoft Office’s Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Engines
Based on feedback provided by our partner institutions – submitted through the integrated Feedback tool or through our support channels – we have updated the Accessibility Engines for Word (docx, doc) and PowerPoint (pptx, ppt) documents to provide improved preview accuracy.
- Improved Accessibility Score Calculations for Word Documents
The heuristic used to provide Accessibility Scores for Microsoft Word documents has been improved to provide a better single-score assessment.
- Updated LTI Role Mapping
Updated the default LTI role mapping to be more representative of the permissions provided by each LMS’s base roles.
- Updated Contents Tab with Clearer Indicators of Accessibility Scores and Additional Filtering Options
The Contents Tab now provides clearer indicators of Accessibility Scores. Additional course and file filtering options were also implemented.
- Improved Navigation Structure Aligned with Other Products in the YuJa Portfolio
The navigation structure of the YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility product has been refined and aligned with other products in our portfolio for a more consistent user experience, better use of vertical space, and product branding.
- Added Accessibility Status Information to the Institution Report
Added a new courses tab inside the institution report, which allows administrators to easily view the accessibility status of their courses.
- Refined Settings and Configurations View
The Visualization configuration and Course Settings have also been updated to provide the ability to configure Panorama options within a single, integrated panel.
- Updated Course Accessibility Report with Clearer Indications and Action Items
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February 24, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210223 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones Panorama for Digital Accessibility United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Updated Institution Reporting User Interface
The Institution-level report has been updated to provider clearer scorecards, trends indicators, and summaries. Over the upcoming releases, each report and screen will experience a similar update.
- Improved Accessibility Checker for Issues That Span Paragraphs
Improved the accessibility reporting for Microsoft Word documents with improved support for issues that span across the full paragraph.
- Other Improvements
- Accessible formats button now always fetches the latest, most up-to-date alternative formats instead of the latest versions available during the initial page load. Replacing a document now refreshes the page, to display the updated document.
- Accessibility reports no longer show preview documents without the associated red lines (when applicable).
- Improved compatibility of Microsoft Word contrast checking.
- Improved the method of calculating accessibility scores for newly uploaded documents, including fixing the tendency for large and problematic documents to have an unusually high score.
- Updated Institution Reporting User Interface
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February 6, 2021
YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210206 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones Panorama for Digital AccessibilityWe have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- Reports and Configuration Now Available Within New LTI-based Application
Unified and updated the Panorama reporting into a consolidated LTI-based application. Now all reports can be accessed within a unified LTI application. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for updated installation steps.
- New Blackboard Plugin for Easier Installation
The Blackboard installation steps just got easier with the release of a YuJa Panorama Visualization Plugin for Blackboard. This capability also adds an additional layer of security and integrity checks. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for updated installation steps.
- New Configuration Panel within LTI-based Application
Added ability to view the latest Visualization version, with the corresponding integrity hash on the Configuration panel.
- Reports and Configuration Now Available Within New LTI-based Application