Cvent Web Accessibility

• Siteimprove
  • Siteimprove Browser Extension
  • Siteimprove Account
• Review Results
  • Quick checks beyond Siteimprove
  • Web Accessibility Resources

Siteimprove

Siteimprove Browser Extension

You can add a Siteimprove browser extension to your preferred browser: https://www.siteimprove.com/why-siteimprove/integrations/browser-extensions/

• You need to load the page you want to check and activate the tool. The tool will then give you information about the page including information about accessibility problems.
• Once you have navigated to the webpage you want to check, click the Siteimprove browser extension.
  • NOTE: if this is your first time clicking the extension, a form to register for Siteimprove will appear.  Click the 'Skip Form' button at the bottom of the form - you do not need to complete the form to use the browser extension.
• After you click the Siteimprove browser extension, it will analyze your website and a popup will appear listing any accessibility issues it finds.  You can click directly into the issues to view more information.

Siteimprove Account

Review your site's accessibility level by using Siteimprove to scan your site: https://it.cornell.edu/siteimprove

• Create a Siteimprove account (if you don't already have one): https://it.cornell.edu/siteimprove/access-existing-website-siteimprove
• Add your Cvent site to your Siteimprove account: https://it.cornell.edu/siteimprove/set-account-and-request-access-website
  • NOTE: this does involve requesting CIT to add the website to your Siteimprove account.
• Once your site is added to Siteimprove

Review Results

CIT has resources on how best to review your results, including tips on what each section that is reviewed means and how it should look/function: https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility/recommended-web-accessibility-testing-plan

Some key points are (from https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility/recommended-web-accessibility-testing-plan):

• Alternate Text for Images: https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility/alternate-text-images
• Keyboard Navigation and Functionality
• Use of Color: there should be at least a 4.5:1 color contrast, which can be checked using https://vispero.com/color-contrast-checker/
• Media Supports (such as images, videos, etc): https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility/accessibility-and-embedded-videos-helpful-guide
• Screen Reader testing: https://dequeuniversity.com/screenreaders/
  • Windows: use Non-Visual Desktop Access or Job Access With Speech
  • Mac: VoiceOver (Apple's built-in tool)
  • Mobile: native tool for mobile device

If you have questions about the issues that appear, you can reach out to CIT's Web Accessibility team: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/39/Portal/Requests/TicketRequests/NewForm?ID=qu8OaxDLTo4_&RequestorType=ServiceOffering

Quick checks beyond Siteimprove

Siteimprove finds only about three quarters of accessibility problems, so check your page another way too.

Five quick checks:

1. Run an automated checker besides Siteimprove. The free WAVE and axe DevTools browser extensions (Chrome and Firefox) show each problem on the page and how to fix it.
2. Zoom in to 200%. Nothing should be cut off or overlap.
3. Put the mouse away. You should be able to reach and use everything with Tab, Shift+Tab and Enter. The ARC Toolkit extension (Chrome) shows the tab order.
4. Check your headings. The HeadingsMap extension (Chrome) lists every heading on the page, so you can see whether they're in a sensible order.
5. Listen to it with a screen reader: NVDA on Windows (free), or VoiceOver, which is built into Mac. Deque's shortcut list covers the keys.

Chrome and Firefox also have an accessibility pane in their developer tools. It shows what assistive technology sees, and checks basics such as color contrast.

PDFs you attach to an event need to be accessible too:

• 1 to 2 pages: check and fix them yourself in Adobe Acrobat.
• 3 or more pages: use Cornell's Equidox.
• Cornell's checklist: Create accessible PDFs.

Web Accessibility Resources

• Cvent Web Accessibility: https://support.cvent.com/s/communityarticle/How-do-I-know-if-my-website-and-registration-are-WCAG-compliant?is_article=true&lang=en_US&searchFor=wcag
• CIT Web Accessibility Home: https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility
• All CIT Web Accessibility Articles: https://it.cornell.edu/landing-page-kba/5816
• CIT WCAG Testing Plan: https://it.cornell.edu/accessibility/recommended-web-accessibility-testing-plan
• CIT WCAG 2.2 AA Checklist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vIPKCE4rdTmqiJYJd7fHFNTr4lAeQc2Q-otaJAJQm3Q/edit?gid=0#gid=0
• WCAG Guidelines: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/?versions=2.2
• POUR: https://webaim.org/articles/pour/