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Create Report (Run FAE)

Each report can evaluate up to 800 pages maximum. If your site contains over 800 pages, you may want to create multiple reports for different subdomains paths.

  1. Log in to the FAE service. You will be taken to a page to create a new report.
    Note: If you are not on this page. click the Run FAE link in the left menu.
  2. Enter an appropriate Starting URL into the text box to begin. The URL can either be a top level domain (e.g. http://accessibility.psu.edu) or a subdomain with a path (e.g. http://accessibility.psu.edu/courses/courseguidelines/).
  3. Enter an appropriate report name into the Title field.
  4. For the Depth of Evaluation field, check the radio button to specify how many path levels down the report should evaluate.
  5. The Follow Links In parameter specifies whether the report should only include pages within the path or whether the report should evaluate content on a related domain.
    Note: For this selection, consider whether the related domain contains information under the control of your unit or not. When in doubt, you may be able to create a separate report for a different domain.
  6. Select an appropriate Ruleset based on whether you wish to evaluate your site for ARIA landmarks and components.
  7. Use the Evaluation Limited To option to control how many pages you wish to scan.
    Note: Reports with more possible pages will take longer to complete.
  8. Click the Evaluate button when you are ready to run the report. You will be taken to the Report Processing screen.
    Note: If the page does not change, you should confirm that all report options are correctly set and try again.

View Results (Summary)

These instructions allow you to view the Summary report listing all errors found on all pages within the scan.

  1. Log in to FAE as needed.
  2. If you do not see the report page, click the Report Processing or Archived Reports link in the left menu.
  3. Reports are listed in a table. If the Status of the report is set Completed, you can view the report.
  4. Click the title of the report to view results. Results are shown in a table classified by rule category and whether there is a violation, warning or manual check needed.

Interpret Results

To understand the meaning of a particular error, please refer to FAE Rulesets page. This page lists all the errors by category and links to a detailed description.

Additional information can be found at Blockers page.

Page Results

To view individual page results

  1. Make sure you have navigated to the Summary report following instructions in the section above.
  2. In the Reports menu, click All Pages to view a list of page reports. Click the title for any page to view a list of errors found with recommended fixes.
  3. Alternatively, you can click the Page 1 link, then use the Next and Prev links to go through reports page by page.

Note: Page reports only include a summary of errors found, but not necessarily details on where the error is located within the code. See the A-Inspector section to learn how to find location of errors.

Email Results

Both the Summary Report and individual page results may be emailed to one or more individuals.

  1. Navigate to the appropriate report.
  2. Click the E-mail Report link near the report title. An email message with a report link will be generated.
  3. Add appropriate people to receive the report.
    Note: This report link is publically available to anyone who has the URL.

Manage Reports

Number of Reports

Each user can store results from up to 80 reports, 40 of which can be archived permanently. If you create report 81, the oldest non-permanent report will be deleted. No permanent report will be deleted by the system.

Note: Each report can scan up to 800 pages.

Make a Report Permanent

  1. In the FAE interface, click the Manage Reports link in the left menu.
  2. Check the Perm option for any report you wish to be permanently archived.

Delete Reports

To delete a report

  1. In the FAE interface, click the Manage Reports link in the left menu.
  2. Make sure the Perm option is NOT checked for that report.
  3. Click the Delete button under the Action column for that report.

AInspector WCAG

The AInspector toolbar provides a summary report of accessibility errors and recommended checks for a specific page, including a page which is password protected.

Install AInspector WCAG

Follow the instructions at the Installation Guide.

Find Flagged Code

See the AInspector WCAG User Guides documentation for information on generating a report for a page.

To determine where in the HTML code an issue exists, follow the procedure below:

  1. Once the report is generated, a Summary view appears.
  2. Double click a particular category (e.g. images or forms) to view results in that area.
  3. Click the Details button below the report to open a detailed view of elements in the report.
  4. In the Highlight menu, choose Selected. When you click on each item in the report, a colored box appears around the element.
  5. Note: If the element is not currently on the screen a box with a colored border indicating Offscreen will appear.

AInspector Example

AInspector violation report for an image. See paragraph below.

The AInspector shows an image which is missing an ALT text. The reference to the image causing the violation is highlighted in the AInspector WCAG window, and the image itself is highlighted with a red border on the page. The color of the border and letter used on the highlight corresponds with the color key in the report.

Other Testing Tools

FAE can be combined with other testing tools as needed depending on your issues. Below are some examples of tools that can be used with FAE.

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