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Pope Tech Accessibility Scanner

The Pope Tech accessibility scanner is an automated web accessibility scanning tool powered by WebAIM’s WAVE tool and is available to teams on campus.

To get a team account, send the following information to accessibility@ncsu.edu:

  • Primary contact name
  • Primary contact email
  • User account email (if different from primary contact email)
  • Team or group name
Automated web accessibility scanners cannot pick up on every accessibility barrier on your site. Many barriers require manual testing to identify.

How to Use the Tool

Step 1: Crawl Your Website

  1. Click Websites from the main navigation menu.
  2. Select Create New Website.
  3. Add your base URL (i.e. https://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/) and give it a name (i.e. Accessibility).
  4. Assign your website to your group (i.e. OIT) and click Save.
    1. Note: For now, use the default options for the Crawler and Scanner Options.  
  5. Confirm that your website has been added on the Websites page.

Step 2: Add Pages to Your Website

  1. Click Crawl.
  2. Click Start.
  3. You can monitor progress in the Scan and Crawls window in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
  4. Click Refresh to see the most up-to-date status. A Success status indicates your crawl is completed.

Step 3: Scan Pages

  1. Click Accessibility from the main navigation menu.
  2. Click Scan.
  3. Select the Website or Group you want to scan.
  4. Click Scan.
  5. Once your scan is complete, click Dashboard to see your scan results.

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