Use the Editoria11y Accessibility Checker Tool

About the Editoria11y Accessibility Checker Tool

A new tool is available when editing content on Amherst College Webpages.

The icon is found at the bottom right corner of the webpage. You must be logged into the website and have editing privileges for the page to access and use the tool. 

The icon is a circle with a checkmark or number in the center and also has color indications of solid blue and white, solid yellow/amber and black, and solid white and red. A white checkmark in a solid blue circle indicates accessible content based on an automated review. A low number in a solid yellow/amber color indicates some issues that should be reviewed. A higher number in a white circle with a red outline indicates several issues and/or critical issues detected based on an automated review. 

Editorially icon examples, blue circle with checkmark, red circle with number 4, yellow or amber circle with number 1

 

 

 

 

Instructions for Use

The Accessibility Checker will check and flag the article or specific content being edited for the following accessibility issues:

  • Incorrect headings or missing headings
    • Will identify text that should be set as a heading and is instead formatted as bold.
    • In some cases will identify non-sequential headings i.e. h2 followed by h5.
  • List structure
    • Will identify if you’ve manually formatted a numbered or bulleted list.
  • Image ALT text
    • It will check for alt text which in our case is required for images and should never be missing.
    • It will also check that the alt text is NOT the same as the image filename and prompt for use of meaningful alt text.
  • For Tables the checker will prompt for the following:
    • Caption, which appears at top.
    • Header cell - leave set to header row and click repair. Top row of table needs to have header-type content to satisfy this requirement.
    • “Table headers must be applied to a row or column” - this sets a tag for every header cell.
      • Leave set to row and click repair.
      • You will have click once for each column.
    • Best practice for tables is to leave defaults and keep clicking repair.

More Information

Visit the Drupal Editoria11y resource webpage for more information, including support resources.