Panorama Training Recap

How Panorama Integrates with RaiderCanvas

YuJa Panorama works as an accessibility layer inside your RaiderCanvas courses. Once enabled, it automatically scans any content you upload or link in a course and assigns it an accessibility score. Instructors see color-coded icons (red, yellow, or green) next to each file. Students see a neutral icon. Both groups can click the icon to open the Alternative Formats menu. The Panorama link in your course navigation takes you to the full console, which includes the Doc Hub, To-Do list, course reports, and course settings.

If Panorama does not appear in your course navigation, go to Course Settings > Navigation and look for Panorama in the hidden tools section. Drag it into the visible navigation area and save.

Alternative Formats: What Is Available and When

The formats Panorama can generate for a document depend on whether that document is tagged. For a properly tagged file (a Word document, PowerPoint, or a tagged PDF exported from an Office application), the full list is available: source file, PDF, plain text, Immersive Reader, audio podcast (MP3), EPUB, math formats (LaTeX, Math Text, Math Audio, MathML), braille (BRF and UEB), and gradient reader.

For an untagged PDF, such as a scanned document or one created by printing to PDF, only a limited set of formats is available. The solution is to generate an OCR version first. Panorama offers several OCR options: OCR Overlaid PDF (adds a selectable text layer to the original image), OCR Reconstructed PDF (rebuilds the content as a cleanly formatted document), OCR HTML (which can be imported directly into a RaiderCanvas page), OCR Text, OCR Immersive Reader, OCR Gradient Reader, and OCR Audio. Once you generate an OCR version and set it as the primary file using Update Document > Replace with Alternative Format, Panorama will rescan it and unlock the remaining format options.

The Immersive Reader

The Immersive Reader is different from the other alternative formats because it does not produce a file to download. Instead, it opens the document in a customizable reading environment directly in the browser. Students can adjust text size, line spacing, and color theme to suit their reading preferences. They can turn on line focus to follow one line at a time, enable parts-of-speech highlighting, and activate text-to-speech with a choice of voices and reading speeds. The experience is closer to an interactive audiobook than a static document, and it works for both standard and OCR-processed files.

Fixing Issues Inline with the Fix Issue Button

Each issue in the Panorama accessibility report includes a Learn More link that opens a short tutorial explaining what the problem is and how to fix it. Many issues also include a Fix Issue button, which lets you correct the problem directly inside Panorama without touching the original file. Issues that commonly support inline fixes include missing or inadequate alt text, small font sizes, and some structural tagging problems.

Not every issue can be fixed inline. Problems with heading structure, malformed tables, or reading order in complex documents typically require editing the source file. In those cases, the report will show a Learn More link but no Fix Issue button. Use Panorama's guidance to correct the issue in the original Word, PowerPoint, or PDF file, then drag and drop the updated file into the report's Update Document area to replace the version stored in RaiderCanvas.

The Panorama Console: Doc Hub, To-Do List, and Reports

Clicking the Panorama link in your course navigation opens the full console. The Doc Hub is a personal workspace where you can upload and review documents before adding them to a course. Documents in the Doc Hub do not count toward your course accessibility score. Once you are satisfied with a document's accessibility, you can download the improved version and upload it to your RaiderCanvas course.

The To-Do list works as a remediation queue. When you review a file's accessibility report and want to return to it later, use the three-dot menu to select Add to To-Do. The file will appear in your list so you can keep track of what still needs attention.

The Course Report gives you a full picture of accessibility across an entire course. It shows an overall score, a file count, a tally of fixes completed, and a breakdown of which alternative formats students are downloading. The Issues tab consolidates every issue type found across all documents in the course, along with a count of how many times each issue appears. This view helps you decide whether to work through documents one at a time or to focus on clearing a specific issue type across all files.

Student View and Privacy

You can preview the student experience at any time using the View as Student button in RaiderCanvas course settings. In student view, the color-coded accessibility icons are replaced with the neutral icon that students see. Clicking that icon shows only the alternative formats list, not the accessibility report or issue scores. Students are not shown any information about a document's compliance status, which gives instructors time to address issues without affecting the student experience in the meantime.

Customizing Alternative Formats for Your Course

You can control which alternative formats are available to students in a given course. In the Panorama console, go to Course Settings > General Settings to see the full list of format options and turn individual formats on or off. One common adjustment is disabling language translation for courses where the original language is part of the subject matter, such as foreign language classes. Each course has its own settings, so you can configure them differently depending on the subject.

If Course Settings is not available to you, TTU's Panorama instance has restricted that area to administrator-level users. Contact Digital Accessibility to request a configuration change for your course.

OCR and Scanned Documents

Panorama's OCR tools convert image-based PDFs, such as scanned textbook chapters or photographed handwritten notes, into machine-readable documents. The accuracy of the output depends on the clarity of the source image. A clean, high-resolution scan will produce a much better result than a blurry or low-contrast photograph. Always review OCR output before making it available to students, and be especially careful with handwritten content, where accuracy can vary significantly.

For scanned documents, the recommended approach is to generate an OCR Overlaid PDF or OCR Reconstructed PDF in Panorama, review it for accuracy, and then use Update Document > Replace with Alternative Format to set the OCR version as the primary file. Panorama will rescan it, unlock the full format menu, and update the file in your RaiderCanvas course.