Yuja Panorama is an accessibility tool integrated directly into Brightspace. This tool will make it easier to track and improve accessibility for your courses.
This tool is a replacement for Ally and provides extended functionality. Panorama is also available outside of Brightspace by any employee. See the Panorama Accessibility – All Employee Access post for more details.
What you will see in courses
Colored symbols in areas like Content and Announcements give a quick glance at accessibility.
- 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 icon: No alternative formats for this document
- Purple circle icon: The file is being processed
Click on those colored symbols to see accessibility score, improve accessibility, and access alternate formats.
Click again on the accessibility score to view accessibility issues for the content. You can check and fix accessible issues from here. The structural remediation shown in the screenshot is available only to specified users.
What you will see in the Panorama dashboard
To view the Panorama dashboard, click “Panorama” on the Brightspace navigation from a course.
The dashboard will look different depending on what course you come from.
Course report
Course Report gives accessibility overview including overall score and complete list of files and issues.
- switch between courses
- overall course score
- files types in course
- alternate formats downloaded by students
- list of all content with accessibility scores
You can sort files and improve accessibility for your whole course instead of one at a time as shown previously.
DocHub
Score accessibility, generate alternate formats, and fix issues for files before adding them to your course. Folders are auto-generated. You can delete and create your own as desired.
DocHub is available for all employees outside of Brightspace.
To-Do List
Add content to a list of tasks to do in the future.
More about Accessibility fixes
Panorama is a fantastic tool but it most helpful when you have some familiarity with basic accessibility principles. Here’s some resources to help.
Head to our post Accessibility Testing Practice Documents to download documents that you can upload to Panorama and practice fixing accessibility issues. As opposed to practicing with your own documents, with the practice documents you can compare accessible vs non-accessible versions.
You can also check out our Digital Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning page to learn more about what makes things accessible and how to build that into your courses and content to promote universal design.
Questions and training
For digital accessibility questions, please contact the IDAT team. If you have questions about accommodations for specific students, contact Disability Services.
Panorama also provides 24/7 support!
Upcoming trainings from the vendor are also scheduled for January 2026. Use the links below to join. Employees are welcome to join any training but the faculty/staff indicators show what the training will focus on.
- Wed Jan 28th, 3-4pm (faculty/staff) joining instructions
- Thurs Jan 29th, 11am – noon, (faculty/staff) joining instructions
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