Product Updates

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa EqualGround Accessibility Governance Platform will roll out new features that enhance the Accessibility Engine for smarter, more accurate remediation, allow users to highlight and track code snippets for faster site-wide remediation, jump directly from accessibility issues to CMS edit pages, and so much more.

1. Enhanced Accessibility Engine for Smarter, Faster, and More Accurate Remediation

   We’ve enhanced the Accessibility Engine by adding new checkers and optimizing existing ones, taking issue detection and remediation to the next level. Issues are now flagged with greater precision and accuracy, and suggested fixes are clearer and more actionable, helping users understand exactly what needs attention. These updates make it faster and easier to identify, evaluate, and resolve accessibility issues, streamlining compliance workflows and improving overall content accessibility. Key benefits include more accurate detection with fewer false positives, expanded coverage across more elements and scenarios, and improved remediation guidance, enabling teams to resolve problems quickly and confidently.

   

2. Quick Wins: Highlight and Track Code Snippets for Faster Site-Wide Remediation

   YuJa EqualGround now gives users deep visibility into code snippets that trigger accessibility issues, not just on individual pages but across an entire website. By identifying, highlighting, and tracking the presence of problematic code, users can quickly understand both the scope and impact of recurring issues. This insight allows teams to prioritize fixes, evaluate patterns, and remediate issues efficiently, reducing manual effort and improving overall site accessibility.

   Key highlights include:

   • Highlight Problematic Code: Code snippets that cause accessibility issues are detected and highlighted on individual pages, making problem areas immediately visible.

     

   • Track Impact Across the Site: Users can see all pages where a flagged snippet appears, sorted from most to least impacted, providing a comprehensive view of the snippet’s reach.

     

   • Streamline Remediation Workflows: Combining detection and site-wide impact tracking allows teams to quickly evaluate and resolve recurring issues without manually inspecting each page, saving time and increasing remediation efficiency.

     

3. Jump Directly from Accessibility Issues to CMS Edit Pages

   Admins can now define a CMS edit-page property on their website, enabling EqualGround to generate deep links directly to the corresponding edit pages in the CMS. When this property is detected, contributors see a “Go to Edit Page” button that takes them straight to where fixes can be made without searching, copying URLs, or navigating CMS menus. This reduces friction between issue detection and remediation, helping teams make faster updates while keeping the EqualGround interface clean by only showing the option when a valid edit link is available.

   

4. Prevent Repeated Misspelling Flags by Adding Words to the Custom Dictionary

   Users can now add terms to the custom dictionary directly from the Usability Report, ensuring that approved words are no longer flagged as misspellings in future scans. This feature is specifically designed to help manage spelling checks, reduce repetitive alerts, and keep reports focused on new and relevant issues, allowing users to spend less time on false positives and more time addressing meaningful accessibility barriers.

   

5. Get Help Instantly with the New Support Options

   The support experience has been redesigned to make it faster and easier for users to get assistance. Clicking Support now opens a modal with tailored options: Live Chat, Call Support, Contact Form, and Product Docs. This streamlined modal centralizes support actions, giving users faster, more intuitive access to help when they need it.

   

6. Link Issues to Workflow Tasks for Faster Resolution

   YuJa EqualGround now displays when an issue, page, or issue type is tied to a workflow orchestration task and provides a direct link to the task. Clicking the badge takes users straight to the workflow page with the relevant ticket opened, streamlining issue tracking and improving and speeding up remediation.

   

7. Streamline Workflow Task Creation Across Pages and Issues

   Users can now assign entire pages or specific accessibility issues—by level, category, subcategory, or individual instance—directly to workflow tasks. From the accessibility panel, users can scope task creation, set project details, and generate tasks efficiently, improving visibility, coordination, and management across multiple pages and issues.

   

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will roll out new features to ensure caption compliance for Canvas-embedded videos, provide a guided experience across accessibility tools, offer a redesigned support experience that makes it faster and easier for instructors and admins to get assistance, and so much more.

1. Ensure Caption Compliance for Canvas-Embedded Videos

   Videos uploaded to Canvas and embedded via the Canvas Media Player in the WYSIWYG editor are now automatically checked for captions. Any video without captions will be flagged, helping instructors maintain accessibility standards and ensuring all students have equal access to course content.

   

2. Guided Experience Across Accessibility Tools

   First-time users now get a guided walkthrough across Alternative Formats, the Accessibility Report, and Structural Remediation Max, helping them quickly familiarize themselves with each interface. Banners, overlays, and prompts highlight key actions and navigation points, while admins can enable default settings to display guidance after course scanning. This update improves usability, accelerates onboarding, and boosts adoption and confidence with our accessibility tools.

   

3. Get Help Instantly with the New Support Modal

   The support experience has been redesigned to make it faster and easier for instructors and admins to get assistance. Clicking Support now opens a modal with tailored options: Live Chat, Call Support, Contact Form, and Product Docs. This streamlined modal centralizes support actions, giving users faster, more intuitive access to help when they need it.

   

4. Expanded Accessibility Coverage for Moodle Lesson Pages

   YuJa Panorama now scans additional Moodle lesson content pages, generating full accessibility reports and providing alternative formats. When lesson content is remediated through Panorama, the updated, accessible version can now replace the original content, ensuring fixes are reflected directly in the course without manual rework.

   

5. Share Accessible DocHub Folders Instantly for Seamless Collaboration

   Instructors can now share Accessible DocHub folders, making it simple to distribute multiple documents at once. This streamlines workflows, saves time, and ensures course materials are easily accessible wherever they’re needed, helping teams collaborate more efficiently and maintain accessibility compliance.

   

6. Free Trial: See How the YuJa Full-Circle Inline Remediation Module Speeds Up Accessibility Compliance

   Users can now start a free trial of the YuJa Full-Circle Inline Remediation Module to experience how inline fixes and guided remediation workflows reduce content remediation time by 95%+. By resolving accessibility issues directly within documents, institutions can eliminate manual rework, accelerate compliance efforts, and scale remediation across large volumes of content with far less effort before committing.

   

7. Centralize Course Materials with a Default DocHub Folder

   Admins can now upload content into a default DocHub folder accessible to all instructors. This creates a centralized, organized location for important documents, reducing reliance on external tools like Google Drive and making it easier for instructors to find and use shared course materials efficiently.

   

8. Added Support to Rename DocHub Folders for Better Organization

   Users can now change DocHub folder names after they’ve been created. This allows instructors and admins to keep folders organized, update naming conventions, and ensure content is easy to find as courses and materials evolve over time.

   

We’re rolling out updates to YuJa Panorama’s Structural Remediation Max capabilities over the next few weeks, which include a new Microsoft Office Add-in for PowerPoint that enables inline accessibility remediation and automated fixes with YuJa AutoPilot, without ever leaving the presentation.

1. YuJa Panorama Office Add-in Now Available in PowerPoint

   The YuJa Panorama Office Add-in is now available for Microsoft PowerPoint, extending support beyond Word. Instructors and content creators can open the Accessibility Report directly within PowerPoint and remediate issues inline, without leaving the presentation. With YuJa AutoPilot, common accessibility issues can be addressed automatically, reducing manual effort while helping ensure slide content meets accessibility requirements faster and at scale.

   

Enhancements to the YuJa Full-Circle Inline Remediation Module add font-size remediation for PDFs, accelerating accessibility workflows, supporting OCR-related fixes, and reducing manual effort to meet compliance standards.

1. Accelerate PDF Accessibility with Font-Size Remediation

   The YuJa Full-Circle Inline Remediation Module now supports font-size remediation for PDFs, helping institutions quickly address accessibility flags that require OCR injection. This feature speeds up remediation workflows, ensures PDFs meet accessibility standards, and reduces the time spent manually fixing document text for compliance.

   

Rolling out over the next few weeks, new updates to the YuJa DocAssist Accessibility Module allow admins to review and approve instructor requests, helping institutions maintain workflow oversight, prevent misuse, and better manage accessibility remediation spending.

1. Approve DocAssist Requests to Optimize Spending and Workflow

   Administrators can now review and approve instructor requests for the YuJa DocAssist Accessibility Module before they are sent to YuJa. This ensures requests are intentional, prevents misuse, and helps optimize spending, especially for page-based remediation, while keeping workflows efficient and under institutional control.