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Covered In This Tutorial<\/h2>\n
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  1. What is Siteimprove?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Siteimprove Does Not Catch Everything<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Who Is Responsible For Fixing the Issues?<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. How Do I Get Access to Siteimprove?<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Logging In<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. View Your List of Sites \/ Switch Sites<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Training<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Getting Started<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    You probably already know that everything we put online \u2013 from websites, to PDFs, to images \u2013 needs to be accessible. Accessible websites reach a bigger and more diverse audience, are easier for everyone to use, and comply with UNC policy. In an effort to improve website accessibility, UNC’s Digital Accessibility Office (DAO)<\/a> funds the use of Siteimprove<\/strong> for any UNC Chapel Hill website.<\/p>\n

    <\/a>What is Siteimprove?<\/h2>\n

    Siteimprove is an easy-to-use website monitoring tool that helps you improve the quality of site content, increase accessibility compliance, and enhance your website’s visibility with improved search engine optimization (SEO)<\/a>. This tool helps website editors work towards improving the quality and accessibility of their website(s). Siteimprove can also be used to improve a website’s ranking in search engines as well as help prioritize website improvements through site analytics. It highlights accessibility and content issues so you can improve your website and provide a good user experience for all site visitors.<\/p>\n

    Siteimprove runs periodic scans of your website and evaluates content for potential accessibility related issues. These issues are sorted into categories such as Quality Assurance, Accessibility, and Search Engine Optimization.<\/p>\n

    You don\u2019t have to be an accessibility expert to get started<\/strong>. Siteimprove will break down the issues into easy-to-understand, prioritized tasks so you can efficiently remove barriers that affect the way users experience your website. It turns your website’s issues into relevant and actionable to-do lists.<\/p>\n

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    <\/a>Siteimprove Does Not Catch Everything<\/h2>\n

    Siteimprove is a powerful tool and an important part of improving accessibility but it doesn’t catch every issue<\/strong>. It helps you find problems but it doesn\u2019t replace thoughtful, accessible content creation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Automated tools like Siteimprove scan your site\u2019s content to identify common accessibility problems, such as missing alt text, color contrast issues, and structural errors. However, they can only detect a portion of possible accessibility issues.<\/p>\n

    Some accessibility problems require human judgment and cannot be identified automatically. For example:<\/p>\n