Coming February 2, 2025, YuJa Panorama is a new accessibility tool for faculty and students that will replace Anthology Ally. It will function similarly to Ally, in that it:
Reviews all documents and content in D2L courses, providing faculty with reports and
remediation guidance and
Offers students the option to create accessible alternate formats of content.
However, Panorama doesn't just replace the functionality faculty and students are used to, it expands it! Improvements include:
Improved course and content reports for faculty
Inline remediation for many common accessibility issues
Faster, easier solutions for PDF remediation
Increased alternate formats for students, including math conversion
A DocHub that extends document accessibility outside of the LMS
Learn more about Panorama with the resources below.
Panorama is integrated in D2L and will automatically scan any content you have added to your course (HTML pages, documents, presentations, etc.). You'll know Panorama is working because you'll see colorful indicators next to your content titles.
The indicators offer a quick glance at content most in need of remediation. The colors and shapes of the indicators are based on a score Panorama gives the content using AI. It’s important to see the Panorama color-coded gauge as an indicator of the number and type of issues that Ally detects, rather than a “passing score.” For instance, while Panorama may be able to see that there is alternative text for images in a file, it won’t be able to tell if that alternative text is a sufficient description for the item—that is something that will need your judgment to determine. Similarly, an indicator on a PowerPoint file may have a green color because only one image in the file is lacking alternative text. However, if that image carries a meaning that is essential for the students to understand, then that alternative text still needs to be added, regardless of the color.
The following list explains the indicator meanings a little more:
Blue circle icon: Accessibility icon (Student View)
Dark Green octagon icon: Very high accessibility scores
Green hexagon icon: High accessibility scores
Yellow triangle icon: Medium accessibility scores
Red hexagon icon: Low accessibility scores
Red rounded hexagon icon: Very low accessibility scores
Grey prohibition icon: Your institution has disabled the alternative formats for this
document
Purple circle icon: The file is being processed for accessibility
Clicking on the Panorama icon next to your content opens the alternative formats menu
that students see and provides faculty with an accessibility report they can click
on.
You can learn more about how to use the Panorama Alternate formats menu and the Accessibility Report at Panorama's help site. In addition, DLI will be publishing resources and offering support specifically for KSU staff and faculty.
Faculty have another option to access content reports. Under "Existing Activities: External Learning Tools," faculty can choose to add a Panorama link to their course. This will give them access to a broad report on their course's accessibility.
The Course Report offers faculty a broad overview of accessibility throughout their
course and many options for choosing which content to address or remediate first.
