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Panorama How Tos

Faculty use Panorama to identify common accessibility issues in all digital content types.​ Aims is asking faculty to get an accessibility score of 90% or higher. ​It is recommended to check and fix all content uploaded into a course shell.

About Panorama in D2L

  • Comprehensive digital accessibility platform integrated into Aims D2L LMS.​

    • When faculty copy a course or build a new one, Panorama scans and scores digital content.​​

    • Identifies common accessibility issues for digital content types.

    • Can convert scanned, unreadable PDFs or images into searchable, structured text using optical character recognition (OCR).​

    • Can convert equations, formulas, and scientific notation into accessible formats like MathML, LaTeX or audio.​

    • Translates documents into different languages.

Panorama Workflows

There are three workflows that faculty can use to work on accessibility for content:​

  1. Go to the D2L course content section and follow the table of contents - per chapter to work on each content item.​
  2. Go to the Panorama course report, scroll to the bottom of the dashboard and work on ​items in this order:
    1. Red items first (flagged as severe: 0-30%)
    2. Yellow items second (flagged as Major: 31-89%)
    3. Green items last (flagged as minor: 90% or higher)​
  3. Go to the Panorama course report, scroll to the bottom of the dashboard and work on all files of a particular content type, then switch to another: all PDFs, all documents, etc. ​

Panorama Icons and More

  • Click on all icons next to content items - no matter their color – red (0-30%), yellow (31-89%), or green (90-100%). ​A purple icon means Panorama is processing the file.
  • Gray icon = Panorama is processing. Doesn't change color? Reprocess in accessibility report. Panorama may have trouble processing large files. ​
  • Clicking an icon opens the Accessibility Report that lists specific issues. 
  • If available, work on accessibility issues through the "Fix the Issue" workflow, then click Apply.
  • Don't see this? Read Panorama documentation / watch a video about how to fix the issue.
    • Provides step-by-step remediation guides and videos about fixing issues. 
  • Also use the Aims Accessibility Learning Hub checklists and how – to guides.
  • Students only see a blue icon to access the Alternative Formats menu.​ 
  • Can choose formats based on personal learning preferences.​
  • For example: If your content is a PDF file, a student can generate a podcast file to listen to it.

Panorama Reporting

  • Reporting - Provides administrative, departmental, and course – level accessibility data. ​
  • Course accessibility report summarizes accessibility of all items, tracks progress over time. ​
  • Helps faculty track, analyze, and improve accessibility in courses.

Panorama Training Recording

Here is the link for the Yuja Panorama training session that Aims held in May 2025. Anyone working on D2L course accessibility can check it out. A lot of great information was shared on ways to use Panorama to address accessibility issues within documents in D2L courses. Access the recording using this link: YUJA Panorama training. 

Need Help?

For any recurring or new YuJa Panorama bugs in your D2L courses, please email Vinnie Augden and provide the following information: 

  • Course ID
  • Issue description
  • A screenshot of the error
  • Location of the document that Panorama is having an issue with. 

If this is a Panorama bug, we'll submit the details to YuJa.