Accessibility For Student Surveys

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Why Accessibility Matters

We know that all teachers want all students to have equal access to the opportunity to share their voice. Panorama’s mission of hearing the voice of students is central to what we do, and by ensuring everyone can share their experiences, we can build an inclusive culture of giving and receiving feedback. Read on to learn more about the key features of Panorama’s platform that support students’ accessibility needs.

Panorama's surveys... 

  • are screen reader compatible
  • do not rely heavily on multimedia - there's no video or audio on our survey-taking pages!
  • follow accessibility guidelines for contrast and color
  • can be completed using only a keyboard or mouse
  • don’t have a time limit, allowing users to take as much time as they need
  • list answer choices on questions in a consistent format
  • are translated into many languages (student SEL surveys are available in six different languages, while student feedback surveys are available in twelve language)

How to Ensure Accessibility for All Students

While our platform ensures that all students can access our surveys to provide valuable feedback, there are some best practices that you can apply.

  • ✅ Provide students with any accommodation they would receive for an academic test or assessment. This could include supporting them in physically selecting the correct answer choice or providing additional examples!
  • Use the Read Aloud functionality for survey-taking. The Read Aloud feature is designed to enhance survey-taking accessibility by reading the survey questions out loud. All panorama content is supported by the read aloud functionality.  
    • In order to use this feature, survey takers must click the Turn on read-aloud button at the top of each survey. Once the feature is enabled, a speakerphone icon will appear for each survey question, answer choices, and headers and subheaders. 
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Read Aloud is supported via most major browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc. If a browser does not support read aloud, the icon will not appear. However, you can use the "text-to-speech" functionality in your web browser to read questions aloud. 

The Read Aloud feature is not available for demo or sample surveys. Once the survey administration window opens, the Read Aloud feature should automatically appear under the student's name.

All supported languages will have access to the read aloud function. If a survey respondent's language is not supported, the read aloud functionality will not appear.

We've tested this across browsers and languages, and found that the tool typically supports all of Panorama standard translated languages, depending on the settings of the individual users browser and operating system.
Here are two resources to add languages to their own browser:
microsoft-icon – Rokstad Power Windows instructions
File:Google Chrome icon (February 2022).svg - Wikipedia ChromeOS instructions 

If the read aloud feature does not work, another option is using the  Google Chrome’s “Text-to-Speech” feature on your computer to have your survey read aloud. Click below here to learn more.

  • ✅ Highlight the language dropdown on the survey-taking page. Panorama content is translated into a variety of languages, and students have the ability to select the language they want to complete the survey in.

 

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  • ✅ Review the survey vocabulary mini lesson with students to make sure that they understand the language used in the survey questions. Not only is this a helpful way to incorporate the survey-taking process into day-to-day learning, it will empower students to voice their feedback on the survey.
    • Once you click one of the links below, you can make a copy of the presentation - you are welcome to customize the lesson to suit your students’ needs. If there are certain words or phrases that your students are already familiar with, feel free to remove them from your teaching materials.

 

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Survey Instrument Grades 3-12 Version Bilingual Version
Student: Skills and Competency English 

English/Spanish option 1

English/Spanish option 2

Student: Supports and Environment English  Not available yet
Scales about the Classroom & Teaching English  Not available yet
Scales about the School English  Not available yet
Student: Well-Being English  Not available yet

*We've used AI to translate this content into a bilingual resource for your students. While we've done our best to ensure accuracy, there might be a few small mistakes or things that don't quite capture the intended meaning. We recommend taking a quick look through the content to make sure it works well for your classroom. 
 

  • ✅ Make sure that students understand the purpose of the survey by using our Proctor Guides to administer surveys and answer any questions!

If you have any questions at all, please ask your email the Panorama team at support@panoramaed.com.

Learn More

  • Check out our blog post about accessibility to learn more about how Panorama can support accessible survey-taking in your school or district. If you need more technical details or specifics, we recommend downloading this one pager that outlines how our products and services align with federal and online guidelines.
  • Read more about screen readers using this resource from the American Foundation for the Blind

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