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This article provides instructions on how to activate and configure the Accessibility feature.
Follow these steps to turn on and configure the Accessibility feature.
Click AdminSettings (gear icon) on the top menu bar. The Domain Settings page opens.
Click Action on the same row as the domain.
Select Edit Domain from the drop-down list.
The Edit Domain page opens.
In the Features section, click on the Accessibility field and select the accessibility level that is necessary for the website. The selection includes:
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
WCAG 2.1 (Level A)
WCAG 2.1 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.1 (Level AAA)
WCAG 2.2 (Level A)
WCAG 2.2 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.2 (Level AAA)
QualWeb (Level A)
QualWeb (Level AA)
If desired, turn on Exclude checks that require manual review.This option reduces the amount of issues that the scan finds. It instructs the scan to exclude any accessibility checks that require a manual review. Your scan results will only show Error type checks, for example, issues that can be programmatically determined as accessibility violations.
Note
When you exclude certain types of checks, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
The results show up after the next scan.
Important
When you change the WCAG accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization.
WCAG compliance
This section provides information about the compliance levels and a link to a full document on this subject.
Compliance is shown for the following:
Page compliance = percentage of checks that the page is compliant in.
Domain compliance = Average page compliance in this domain.
For the full article on WCAG compliance, visit the user guide article:
How to set the accessibility level for PDF document scans:
Click to select the necessary accessibility level for PDF scans. The default setting is WCAG 2.0:
WCAG 2.0
WCAG 2.1
WCAG 2.2.
To edit the accessibility level for PDF document scans, click the new accessibility level. The default setting is WCAG 2.0.
WCAG 2.0
WCAG 2.1
WCAG 2.2.
Important
When you change the accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization. If you change the scan to Exclude checks that require manual review, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
If any PDF files require remediation, this can be requested from within the platform. The remediated documents and accessibility reports are sent to you when they are ready. To include the PDF scanning tool, contact the support team to upgrade your account.
Note
EU customers have to contact the Acquia partner Commonlook directly for PDF remediation quotes at their own discretion due to regulatory requirements. The PDF Remediation option continues to be available for customers in other geographical regions.
Do an accessibility scan as per the previous section.
Click PDFs, from the menu on the left.
Select Internal PDFs to locate the non-compliant PDF files.
Click Action on the same row as a non-compliant PDF.
Select Start PDF Accessibility Scan from the expanded menu.
On the same row as a non-compliant PDF, click to select Remediation Quote. This submits an order for remediation of issues that require attention in the PDF. This service is provided by a third party.
A dialog box opens with the following text: "Document remediation for compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, HHS or PDF/UA accessibility standards. Document remediation requires manual verification and can range in cost. When you submit PDF documents for remediation, we will review the document and give you a firm, fixed price for the remediation. Upon completion of the work, we will also provide a compliance report. We will let you know if there is any Alternative Text (Alt-Text) required for images that are not self-descriptive or any related additional information needed to remediate the document."
Click OK to confirm.
Commonlook sends the remediated PDFs to the provided email when the remediation is finished.
Remove the old PDFs from the website and upload the remediated PDFs.
Change the status of the PDFs manually to Mark as reviewed. This moves the files to the Reviewed/Ok folder in the user interface.
Unignore an issue
Click a page link and filter for the Ignored Checks detail view for the page.
Click to select an issue. The pane on the right-hand side of the page shows actions that you can do to the issue.
Click Pending to view pending actions.
Click Ignored to view ignored issues.
Click Unignore to remove the item from the list.
Undo a review on an issue
This section gives instructions on how to remove a reviewed issue. Do these steps in the Audit Log section.
This procedure is for issues marked as Reviewed in the Accessibility FastTrack® module or via the Page Details view. The Undo a Check Review option returns the issue to the errors view on the page and module where it occurs.
Click Audit Log from the menu on the left side of the page.
On the same row as a reviewed issue, click Action.
The Action menu expands with the following options:
Show Details
Undo Check Review.
Select Undo Check Review.
The issue is gone from the audit log and returns to the errors view on the page and module where it occurs.
If you change the accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization. If you enable the option to Exclude checks that require manual review, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
It is not recommended to require Level AAA conformance s a general policy for entire sites because it is not possible to satisfy all Level AAA Success Criteria for some content.
Level AA of WCAG 2.1 is the legal requirement to be considered accessible. WCAG 2.2 is newly released and will soon be the standard, taking over from WCAG 2.1.
When you switch to a different guideline, the compliance score can show a sudden change. A dashed line on the graph shows when the update was done and indicates the old value and the new value of the compliance score. This appears on the first scan after the guideline update.
The orange annotation appears on the compliance chart in the Accessibility module and the Accessibility section of the History Center.
This article provides instructions on how to activate and configure the Accessibility feature.
Follow these steps to turn on and configure the Accessibility feature.
Click AdminSettings (gear icon) on the top menu bar. The Domain Settings page opens.
Click Action on the same row as the domain.
Select Edit Domain from the drop-down list.
The Edit Domain page opens.
In the Features section, click on the Accessibility field and select the accessibility level that is necessary for the website. The selection includes:
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
WCAG 2.1 (Level A)
WCAG 2.1 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.1 (Level AAA)
WCAG 2.2 (Level A)
WCAG 2.2 (Level AA)
WCAG 2.2 (Level AAA)
QualWeb (Level A)
QualWeb (Level AA)
If desired, turn on Exclude checks that require manual review.This option reduces the amount of issues that the scan finds. It instructs the scan to exclude any accessibility checks that require a manual review. Your scan results will only show Error type checks, for example, issues that can be programmatically determined as accessibility violations.
Note
When you exclude certain types of checks, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
The results show up after the next scan.
Important
When you change the WCAG accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization.
WCAG compliance
This section provides information about the compliance levels and a link to a full document on this subject.
Compliance is shown for the following:
Page compliance = percentage of checks that the page is compliant in.
Domain compliance = Average page compliance in this domain.
For the full article on WCAG compliance, visit the user guide article:
How to set the accessibility level for PDF document scans:
Click to select the necessary accessibility level for PDF scans. The default setting is WCAG 2.0:
WCAG 2.0
WCAG 2.1
WCAG 2.2.
To edit the accessibility level for PDF document scans, click the new accessibility level. The default setting is WCAG 2.0.
WCAG 2.0
WCAG 2.1
WCAG 2.2.
Important
When you change the accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization. If you change the scan to Exclude checks that require manual review, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
If any PDF files require remediation, this can be requested from within the platform. The remediated documents and accessibility reports are sent to you when they are ready. To include the PDF scanning tool, contact the support team to upgrade your account.
Note
EU customers have to contact the Acquia partner Commonlook directly for PDF remediation quotes at their own discretion due to regulatory requirements. The PDF Remediation option continues to be available for customers in other geographical regions.
Do an accessibility scan as per the previous section.
Click PDFs, from the menu on the left.
Select Internal PDFs to locate the non-compliant PDF files.
Click Action on the same row as a non-compliant PDF.
Select Start PDF Accessibility Scan from the expanded menu.
On the same row as a non-compliant PDF, click to select Remediation Quote. This submits an order for remediation of issues that require attention in the PDF. This service is provided by a third party.
A dialog box opens with the following text: "Document remediation for compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508, HHS or PDF/UA accessibility standards. Document remediation requires manual verification and can range in cost. When you submit PDF documents for remediation, we will review the document and give you a firm, fixed price for the remediation. Upon completion of the work, we will also provide a compliance report. We will let you know if there is any Alternative Text (Alt-Text) required for images that are not self-descriptive or any related additional information needed to remediate the document."
Click OK to confirm.
Commonlook sends the remediated PDFs to the provided email when the remediation is finished.
Remove the old PDFs from the website and upload the remediated PDFs.
Change the status of the PDFs manually to Mark as reviewed. This moves the files to the Reviewed/Ok folder in the user interface.
Unignore an issue
Click a page link and filter for the Ignored Checks detail view for the page.
Click to select an issue. The pane on the right-hand side of the page shows actions that you can do to the issue.
Click Pending to view pending actions.
Click Ignored to view ignored issues.
Click Unignore to remove the item from the list.
Undo a review on an issue
This section gives instructions on how to remove a reviewed issue. Do these steps in the Audit Log section.
This procedure is for issues marked as Reviewed in the Accessibility FastTrack® module or via the Page Details view. The Undo a Check Review option returns the issue to the errors view on the page and module where it occurs.
Click Audit Log from the menu on the left side of the page.
On the same row as a reviewed issue, click Action.
The Action menu expands with the following options:
Show Details
Undo Check Review.
Select Undo Check Review.
The issue is gone from the audit log and returns to the errors view on the page and module where it occurs.
If you change the accessibility level, the existing Accessibility Score scan information is erased and the new standard starts over from the beginning with the next scan. All of the history is lost. It is advised to activate a new level only when you are ready to make the updates needed, or if it becomes a legal requirement for your location and organization. If you enable the option to Exclude checks that require manual review, you might not see other potential accessibility violations on your website.
It is not recommended to require Level AAA conformance s a general policy for entire sites because it is not possible to satisfy all Level AAA Success Criteria for some content.
Level AA of WCAG 2.1 is the legal requirement to be considered accessible. WCAG 2.2 is newly released and will soon be the standard, taking over from WCAG 2.1.
When you switch to a different guideline, the compliance score can show a sudden change. A dashed line on the graph shows when the update was done and indicates the old value and the new value of the compliance score. This appears on the first scan after the guideline update.
The orange annotation appears on the compliance chart in the Accessibility module and the Accessibility section of the History Center.
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