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September
New platform navigation
The Level Access Platform just got a brand new look! The platform still holds all the features you know and love, now displayed in a tiered navigation with three levels that are more intuitive and accessible.
A few platform features have been renamed. Learn more about platform terms, check out our getting started guide, and review new navigation FAQs.
Drill down on resolved findings data
Get more insight from the Dashboard by viewing the distribution of resolved findings. Learn which websites/apps are contributing to your resolved findings data and use the data to decide what to work on next.
Risk management status beta program
Get a snapshot of your accessibility program progress for each website and workspace with the risk management status. Use the risk management status to:
- Measure accessibility risk in an understandable and meaningful way. Learn more about how the risk manage status is calculated.
- Effectively communicate status and progress of your accessibility program to executives and stakeholders.
- Identify which websites/apps need attention and why.
- View and analyze risk trends overtime.
If you're interested in joining the beta program, reach out to our team at beta@levelaccess.com.
Note that the risk management status currently only works for websites and won't be calculated for apps.
Issue tracking with Asana
Set up an Asana connection in the platform so your team can send data from Advanced Projects and Tasks to an Asana project. With an Asana connection, you can push tasks into Asana and manage their progress there.
Request validation testing in-platform beta program
Seamlessly request validation testing without leaving the platform. You can now request validation testing on tasks created from manual findings with the status Requires review. Let the platform gather most of the request data, so you can get more done with an uninterrupted workflow.
If you're interested in joining the beta program, reach out to our team at beta@levelaccess.com.
Monitoring enhancements
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Monitoring scans no longer expire. You no longer need to select an expiration date during set up.
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You can now view existing monitoring data after you turn off monitoring.
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Monitoring settings now save when you turn off monitoring. If you turn on monitoring again, your settings will be applied to the monitor.
August
Send event-based platform data to third-party applications via webhooks
Stay informed by integrating platform notifications into your everyday tools via webhooks. Configure a connection between the platform and a third-party application, like Slack or Microsoft Teams, for increased transparency and effortless updates.
Webhooks is currently part of a feedback program. If you're interested in joining the feedback program, reach out to our team at beta@levelaccess.com.
Filter Findings overview data by automated scan or manual evaluation
You can now view Findings overview by accessibility testing type in the Dashboard. Learn more about filtering findings data.
Password requirement updates for enhanced security
- Platform users now must reset their password after 365 days. After 365 the platform will display an error message and send a password reset email.
- Platform sign up page and reset password page now lists responsive passwords requirements.
New user management system updates
Note that these changes only apply customers on the new user management system.
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Workspace Administrators no longer receive a restricted access message when attempting to create, edit, or reauthorize an issue tracking connection. Only Organization Administrators can create, edit, or reauthorize an issue tracking connection.
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Workspace Administrators can now connect issue tracking integrations to projects, configure progress mapping, and configure required fields.
Two-page authentication available for automated and monitoring scans
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You can now set up advanced automated scans and monitoring on webpages with two page authentication. For example, a website that has users enter their username on one page and their password on another page.
Other updates
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The Dashboard now uses an abbreviated format for large numbers. For example, 14000 is now 14k.
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Discover PDF option is no longer visible when you scan a list of pages.
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A bug fix has impacted the Evaluations results page, where the Findings by severity over time chart won’t show any data from before July 2023.
July
Refreshed visualizations on Dashboard and Evaluations results page
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The name of the “Overdue findings by severity” visualization has changed to “Unresolved”. This change aligns with the new finding status classification.
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Note: The data remains the same, only the name changed.
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The default testing tool on the Dashboard changed from equal-access to Access Engine.
Updated finding status classification
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Manual and automated finding statuses now fall into two groups: resolved and unresolved. Find these changes on the Dashboard, Policy settings, and the Evaluation results page.
Other updates
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The Findings trend bar chart moved from the Monitoring page to the Website/app overview.
- The Portfolio report now exports asynchronously, joining several other reports. As a reminder, this means that when you export a report, it will begin generating in the background while you continue to work in the platform. When the report is ready, you'll get a notification, and you can download the report from the link in the notification.
- Removed columns that were always empty when downloading monitoring scan results.
June
Show monitoring results based on trends
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The Analytics tab is now the Report tab. This tab contains new features like the previous scan comparison table, the rule status trend chart, and a list of favorited pages.
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There’s a new Rules tab, which displays monitoring results by rule.
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An arrow visual compares the data of the previous monitoring scan to the most recent one.
Updates to Accessibility Checker browser extension
- The Accessibility Checker browser extension has enhanced Level Access branding.
- Chrome: the extension will update automatically.
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Firefox: download and reinstall the extension for the most up-to-date version.
Enhancements to design evaluations
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Findings now have a status dropdown to assist in tracking remediation.
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Create a task from a design evaluation finding in the same way as automated and manual findings.
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The Activity and comments feed is now available for design evaluation findings.
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An associated tasks column has been added to the screen report page.
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Filters are now available on the screen, category, and type report pages.
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Updates to Jira and Azure DevOps integrations
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You can customize which workspaces have access to the issue-tracking connections like Jira and Azure DevOps.
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Authorize Jira connections through OAuth 1.0 or the new OAuth 2.0.
Reporting enhancements
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Several reports within the platform are now exported asynchronously. This means that when you export a report, it will begin generating in the background while you continue to work in the platform. When the report is ready, you'll get a notification, and you can download the report from the link in the notification. The following areas of the platform have made this change:
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Dashboard
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Scans
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Monitoring
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The findings trend chart on the Evaluation results page shows data weekly instead of monthly.
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Excel reports from the Dashboard now include all websites/apps in the workspace.
Other updates
- Level Access API shows a validation endpoint in Swagger. The endpoint doesn't change or process data. It was added for a future product enhancement and can be ignored.
- A new sub-tab on the Evaluation results page shows findings grouped by screen.
- Download remediated PDFs from the platform before testing has finished.
February
Evaluation results page data
You can now track the results of each of your manual evaluations with our comprehensive dashboard. View findings by status, overdue findings by severity, track your findings over time, and more!
Component testing
Identify and track design components with potential accessibility issues using automated scanning. Scanning design components gives you a different way to visualize issues, helps you prioritize remediation tasks, and allows you to save time by remediating global components that exist across your webpages.
Create tasks from design evaluation findings
Manage the remediation of your design evaluations by creating tasks from design evaluation findings.
Access Engine is now available in the platform
Get the most comprehensive accessibility testing with Access Engine, Level Access’s industry-leading technology. Access Engine is the default testing tool for all new websites/apps and all existing websites/apps previously using ASLint.
The Dashboard
Find aggregated accessibility data from all websites/apps across your workspace. Use the Dashboard and its data to set organization-wide accessibility policies, identify the most common issues, and accelerate your accessibility journey at the organization level.
Monitoring enhancements
- The Monitoring page has two new tabs:
- The Components tab lists any components with findings from a monitoring scan.
- The PDF tab on the Monitoring page lists any PDFs discovered in the most recent monitoring scan. You can easily upload the PDFs to the platform for PDF testing from this page.
- You can now remove a monitoring scan.
Updates to PDF testing
- The PDF test report now has two tabs, Original and Remediated. Easily navigate between each tab to see the difference in the data points between the original PDF and the remediated PDF.
- Findings now display directly on the image of the PDF on the PDF test report.
- From the PDF View report page, you can now access all download options from a single download button.
- You can now update PDF titles from the PDF test report page.
- The PDF page now includes:
- Document from shows the website or app that found that PDF during a scan.
- Uploaded by shows the email or name of the person who uploaded the PDF manually.
Access Academy is new and improved
- You can now log in to Access Academy with SSO through the platform. Learn more about accessing Academy through the platform.
- Don’t have access to the Level Access Platform? You can still use Academy from the Academy login page.
- All eA Academy users have been migrated over to our new Access Academy! Same great courses, new interface. Learn more about Access Academy.