Case Study Higher Education Meridian, MS

How Meridian Community College Brought Accessibility Awareness from “Zero to 100 Percent”

All incoming freshmen receive training on digital learning tools, including YuJa Panorama, during orientation. They learn how to download different file types, use the accessibility widget in Canvas, and other tools they may need.

Meridian Community College campus
About the Client

About Meridian Community College

Meridian Community College is a public community college serving Meridian, Mississippi, and the surrounding Lauderdale County community. Founded in 1937 as an extension of the local high school, MCC is the only one of Mississippi’s 15 public community colleges to have originated through the initiative of a local school system. Today, the college offers more than 40 career and technical education programs alongside a robust University Transfer program, serving around 3,400 college credit students each year along with thousands more through continuing education and community enrichment programs. Through its Tuition Guarantee Program, MCC ensures that any graduate of a Lauderdale County high school or home school can attend tuition-free, reinforcing the college’s role as a true community anchor.

“YuJa tells you what standard your content isn’t meeting and how to fix it, robustly, and with tutorials.”

Erin Richardson, Director of Digital Teaching and Learning & Instructional Designer
  • 1937Founded
  • ~3,400Enrollment
  • 40+Programs
  • Meridian, MSLocation
Highlights

The Impact of YuJa at Meridian Community College

  • Accessibility in Students’ Hands

    The only solution MCC found with tools for students, not just the institution.
  • Access on Every Student’s Terms

    The Accessibility Widget and alternative formats are available to all, on demand.
  • Self-Service in the LMS

    Students actively customize their own learning experience inside Canvas.
100%accessibility awareness 7-10faculty knowledge after YuJa
The story

YuJa Panorama Offers Instructor and Student Components

A Comprehensive Solution

“What we found with all other products we evaluated, was that they didn’t have a student component, which still put a lot of work on instructors. With YuJa, students can ‘transform Canvas into their own learning environment.’”

Holley Purvis · Canvas Administrator
  • Guided remediation
    Follow clear step-by-step guides to fix accessibility issues.
  • Generate alternatives
    Generate accessible alternative formats, even for students.
  • LMS accessibility
    Transform document and content accessibility straight in the LMS.
Gaining Accessibility Awareness
Gaining Awareness of Accessibility Issues

“If you ask instructors ‘what was your accessibility knowledge before and after, on a scale from zero to 10,’ most would be below a five prior to YuJa, and probably within a seven to 10 after.”

Erin Richardson · Director of Digital Teaching and Learning & Instructional Designer
  • Accessibility training
    Develop accessibility awareness through guided support.
  • Improve scores
    Increase accessibility scores for LMS documents and content.
  • Customize conformance
    scan and adhere to different accessibility conformance standards.
Helping Reduce Instructors’ Workloads
YuJa Panorama Reduces Workloads and Helps With Development

“YuJa Panorama has helped reduce some of their workload and some of their cognitive load as they’re creating their courses.”

Holley Purvis · Canvas Administrator
  • Real-time suggestions
    Fix accessibility issues as content is being developed in real time.
  • Remediate files
    Identify high-risk file types and transform them into accessible alternatives.
  • Reduce workload
    Minimize manual remediation steps with automation at scale.

YuJa Panorama is transformative for our entire college, both from a faculty and staff perspective and from a student perspective.

Erin Richardson Director of Digital Teaching and Learning & Instructional Designer

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