YuJa Panorama for Students
Why Panorama?
Have you ever read a paragraph over and over trying to understand what you're reading? Are there times when you would like to listen to your course materials while exercising or commuting?
YuJa Panorama is a learning tool in Brightspace (D2L) that easily transforms your course content into a format that meets your learning needs in a way that works for you.
Getting started
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Find the alternative formats icon – Look for the person-inside-a-circle icon next to each course file in Brightspace.
The icon appears next to documents, PDFs, and other course materials.
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Choose your format – Select the format that works best for you and download.
Format options
Choose from these accessible formats for your course materials:
Reading formats
- Source File
- View the document in its original format, suitable for download viewing.
- View the document in PDF format, suitable for both online and download viewing.
- Text File
- View the document in pure text format without any formatting styles, suitable for both online and download viewing.
- Enhanced HTML
- HTML documents displayed in a dedicated tab with customizable appearance using the Website Accessibility tool.
- EPUB
- View the document in ebook format, suitable for any ebook reader application.
- Gradient Reader
- Enhances visual word recognition when reading by providing a guiding color gradient.
- Immersive Reader
- Allows customizations to text preferences, grammar options, and reading preferences while following along with audio playback.
Audio formats
- Audio Podcast
- Audio playback for documents, suitable for both online and download listening. Great for commuting or exercising.
Accessibility formats
- Braille
- View the document in braille grade 2 format, suitable for download viewing (a braille reader is required).
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- Convert images with text into machine-encoded text that can be searched and read by screen readers.
Math and science formats
- LaTeX
- Convert documents containing math equations into LaTeX document format.
- Math Text
- Convert math documents into printed English, including numbers and symbols written as words.
- Math Audio
- Convert math documents to MP3 audio files.
- MathML
- Extract mathematical equations from documents and convert them into accessible HTML files.
Text-to-speech with SmartSpeaker
YuJa Panorama also provides text-to-speech options for listening to your course content and quizzes inside Brightspace.
Need more help?
Panorama may meet most alternative format requests. However, if you need textbooks or other academic materials in alternate formats as a disability-related accommodation, connect with the Disability Resource Center.
For general questions about YuJa Panorama, contact accessibility@arizona.edu.