University web pages need to follow federal accessibility laws and University standards. While Drupal templates are built to meet these standards, site owners must ensure their sites stay compliant.
Basic Information
- Web Accessibility Overview: Find out the "what", "who", "why", "how" and "when" of web accessibility.
- Start With the 7 Core Skills of Digital Accessibility: Start with these key skills.
- UM Policy on Accessibility of Information Technology: Understand the University's policy.
Editoria11y: An easy to use accessibility tool
Editoria11y (short for "editorial accessibility ally" and pronounced editorially) is a user-friendly tool that can help you make your content more accessible.
It runs automatically on University of Minnesota Drupal websites and is available to all content editors. It works like spellcheck, identifying accessibility issues directly in Drupal, focusing on content problems that editors can easily fix.
Editoria11y Instructions
- Drupal: Find Content Accessibility Issues with Editoria11y
- Drupal: Use the Content Accessibility Issues Report
Pope Tech: An enterprise-level web accessibility evaluation system
Pope Tech is available to website editors using Drupal. Features include:
- Full site scanning
- Tracking progress over time
- Checks for both content & template areas
- Reports
- Built-in training resources
Get Pope Tech Access
- Complete the online form.
- For questions, email Andy Manteuffel, [email protected].
If you already have access, Log in and Get Started to begin making your website more accessible.
Pope Tech Instructions
Pope Tech documentation is available:
- Add a Website
- Crawl and Scan a Website
- Create and Email Reports
- Schedule a Scan
- View Your Dashboard
- Display Locations of Accessibility Errors
- Fix Missing Alternative Text Errors
- Fix Empty Heading Errors
- Fix Empty Link Errors
- Self Help Guide
A webinar recording, Measure Website Accessibility is available. is available. It provides an overview of Pope Tech, showing how to set up a website, run scans, find errors, and track progress over time.
Have Questions or Need Help?
- Contact the Office for Digital Accessibility (ODA).
- Request a consultation with an ODA team member.
- Attend an ITSS Drupal Drop-in session.