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Getting Started with Panorama for Students in D2L

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Installing the Browser Plugin

The first step to ensure that students can retrieve Alternative Formats from course documents that are processed through Panorama, they will need to install the Browser plugin.

  1. From the D2L course navigation bar, find and click on Panorama.
    D2L Brightspace course page with Panorama highlighted in the Nav bar.
  2. On the next page, you will find the Panorama console. Click on the tab on the left-hand side titled User Setup.
  3. Click on Click here to install the Panorama Browser Extension and download the extension from the web store.
    Panorama User Setup page. Step one is highlighted.
  4. Once the plugin is installed, click on Connect, and the setup is complete! All documents currently attached to D2L provide students with their required Alternative Formats for download within the browser.
    Panorama User Setup page. Step two is highlighted.
For best performance, we recommend installing the extension only on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers.

Accessing Alternative Formats

Alternative Formats are generated on your documents automatically and do not require any extra configuration or editing in D2L on your behalf.

  1. Once the user finds the course document, there will be an Alternative Formats icon to the right of the document title.
    Accessibility Icon highlighted.
  2. Click on the Alternative Formats icon to display the list of available resources.
    The Alternative Formats menu.
  3. Below is the list of available Panorama Alternative Formats:
      • Source File: View the document in its original format, suitable for download viewing.
      • PDF: View the document in PDF format, suitable for both online and download viewing.
      • Text File: View the document in a pure text format without any formatting styles, suitable for both online and download viewing.
      • Immersive Reader: Allows for customizations to text preferences, grammar options, and reading preferences while following along with the audio playback. 
      • Gradient Reader: Enhances visual word recognition when reading by providing a guiding color gradient.
      • EPUB: View the document in the ebook format, suitable for any ebook reader application.
      • Braille: View the document in the braille format, suitable for download viewing (a braille reader is required).
      • Audio Podcast: Audio playback for documents, suitable for both online and download listening.
      • OCR: Convert images with text into machine-encoded text that can be searched and read by screen readers. 
        OCR alternative menu.
        • OCR PDF: Text within images and GIFs that are inserted into a document can be searched and read aloud by screen readers.
        • OCR Text: Recommended for those who’d like plain text, the OCR tool will extract and display text within images and GIFs as a TXT file.
        • OCR Audio: Extract text within images and GIFs into an MP3 text-to-speech audio player. 
      • Math Formats: Convert documents containing math equations into LaTeX, clear text (i.e. numbers and symbols to words), or MP3 files.  
        Math Alternative Formats menu.
        • Latex: Convert documents into LaTeX document format. 
        • Math Text: Convert documents into printed English, including numbers and symbols.
        • Math Audio: Convert documents to MP3. 
      • Language Translation: Translate a document automatically to over 100 languages, which can be downloaded.

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