Issue: Heading is not descriptive
Issue | Conformance | Description |
|---|---|---|
Heading is not descriptive | AA | Headings should clearly describe the content they introduce. Siteimprove uses AI to review whether headings are descriptive. You can edit the review at any time if needed. |
Descriptive headings help users quickly understand the content of a page or section and act as a table of contents, especially for those relying on screen readers. Without clear headings, visitors may struggle to navigate and find the information they need.
This fix requires manually reviewing each affected page.
Good News! You may not need to make any edits within Cascade.
This issue is considered a “guided review” in Site Improve, or in other words it is a reminder to double check your content.
Locate the heading flagged in the issue
When viewing a page report in Siteimprove, the default view shows page content. Siteimprove will outline the issue location with a white dotted line.
This issue is flagging the main New Mexico State University heading, there are no steps involving Cascade, you can remediate the issue within Site Improve.
Review the heading text
Navigate your cursor to the occurrences box.
Click on the pencil icon to begin the guided review.
The edit review will open and you will be prompted to answer the question “Does this heading clearly describe the content it introduces?
If your heading is a good descriptor of your page, then you will select yes.
This will complete your review, and you can select review another occurrence.
If another occurrence is present, you will follow the same steps, otherwise you will see a green box saying “Great job!” all occurrences are fixed. You may then exit out of the browser window.
Verify successful remediation
Return to the Siteimprove to recheck the page.
You can recheck the page from the page report window or the list of pages in the issue overview page.
Recheck icon on “page report” page
When you return to the issues overview page in Siteimprove, the page you fixed will no longer be listed for this particular issue.
On the page report window, if you have successfully corrected all issues on that page, you will see a “Great Job! All occurrences on this page have been fixed” badge.