NMSU has created Accessibility Dashboards in Siteimprove to provide a quick overview of accessibility scores, issues, progress towards site target, details regarding compliance requirements, and instructions on how to prioritize remediation. You can also share dashboard reports via email and/or schedule reports to be sent on a regular basis.
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You must have a Siteimprove account to view the dashboard. Request access to Siteimprove.
What does “A11y” mean?
“A11y” is a a numeronym, with 11 representing the count of letters between the letter a and the letter y. A11Y is used interchangeably to reference digital accessibility.
View the A11y Dashboard
Log into Siteimprove.
Click on the Site drop-down button to display a list of Sites that you have access to. Select your Site (in the example below we selected “NMSU Branding - brand.nmsu.edu”).
Click on the drop-down button next to DCI Score dashboard to change the dashboard view.
Using the search tab, enter “A11y” to find the “New Mexico State University A11y Dashboard.” Select the dashboard.
The dashboard includes an overview of NMSU’s web accessibility goal as well as other details regarding your sites accessibility score, crawl details, issues, guidelines and an overview of how to prioritize issues.
Many features on the dashboard can be found throughout the Accessibility tab.
Elements of the A11y Dashboard
Crawl details - The first widget you will see is labeled “crawl details.” This widget provides you with date your last crawl was completed and when your next crawl is scheduled for. You can also initiate a re-crawl of your site.
Accessibility Overview - The accessibility overview provides your site’s accessibility score and the details that make up your sites accessibility score. The accessibility score in the gauge is an overall score of your site based on the WCAG 2.1 success criteria. Our goal is to reach 100% of the Level A and AA criteria.
Progress Over Time - Provides a line graph of the progress you have made over time. You can choose to filter the data in this chart by accessibility issues or occurrences, select a custom time frame or export the data to a CSV file.
Issues - The issues table provides a list of all issues found on your site. Only Level A and AA conformance issues are reported. The table includes conformance level, difficulty, responsibility, the element type, occurrences per page and how many points you can gain if the issue is remediated.
Pages with issues - The pages with issues table provides a list of all of the pages on your site that include issues. The table includes the number of issues and occurrences of that issue on each page.
Documents found on website - The documents found on website table includes an inventory of all of the documents found on your site. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents will be included in this list. Siteimprove does not scan for accessibility conformance within Microsoft documents, however it should be noted that all documents posted on your site must be accessible.
Guidelines - A list of all of the issues found on your site organized by WCAG guidelines and success criteria.
Issue Prioritization - Provides an overview of tips to b help you prioritize remediation on your site and well as provide an overview on how to include your Accessibility score.
Dashboard Reports
Siteimprove Dashboard Reports provide a means to gather all data into a report that can be shared across your team or passed on to upper-level management to demonstrate progress towards meeting accessibility goals.
You can email a dashboard report or schedule it to be sent regularly to your team members, management or external agency. With a choice of frequency, delivery time, and time zone you make sure all your recipients get the reports when it’s most convenient. You can also export your report as a pdf file and HTML.
📘 Send a Dashboard Report
Click on the Reports dropdown at the top of the dashboard.
Select Send Report.
Enter the email addresses of recipients.
Enter a message for the email recipients. Tip: This can be a useful reminder of why they are receiving the report and any actions they should take.
Click on Email Report.
You can preview the report and the email message before sending.
📘 Schedule a Dashboard Report
Click on the Reports dropdown at the top of the dashboard.
Select Schedule Report.
Click Add Recipients.
You will be presented with three options: Defining a rule, Selecting individuals, and Adding external users.
Defining a Rule - The rules section lets you select criteria to decide the users to receive reports. Criteria sets include user role, users with group access, tag, etc.
Selecting Individuals - In the specific user section, you can select recipients from a list of users in NMSU’s Siteimprove account. You can filter on site and group access for the selected schedule, user roles, tags, or search for a specific user.
Adding External Users - The externals users section provides a text field where you can copy/paste email addresses of recipients.
After you have added recipients, click Save changes.
Configure the rest of the report including report frequency and including a message if required.
You can preview the report and email message using the Preview Report and Preview Email buttons.
Click on Schedule Report.
📘 Edit a Dashboard Report Schedule
Click on the Reports dropdown at the top of the dashboard.
Select Manage scheduled reports.
Click on the Edit scheduled report icon to the right of the report you want to edit. You can also delete the schedule using the delete icon.
Edit the report's recipients, frequency, and message as required.
When complete click on Save Report Schedule.