#  NextGen: Siteimprove's New Accessibility Module 

 



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On January 12, 2022, there was a change to [Siteimprove](https://siteimprove.com/en-us/accessibility/), the Harvard-licensed tool to check accessibility. The previous Accessibility module was replaced with a new, improved version called [NextGen](https://help.siteimprove.com/support/solutions/articles/80000863880). NextGen has a similar user experience and still allows you to monitor your site’s accessibility, but there are some new features that will make understanding and implementing accessibility fixes much more streamlined.

## New features in NextGen

- **Potential Issues:** a new assisted workflow that guides you through a step-by-step review process to evaluate content that could potentially be an issue
- **Code examples:** guidance on how to implement code that will pass the relevant WCAG success criteria
- **Difficulty rating:** gives you an idea of the technical complexity and required accessibility knowledge needed to fix issues
- **Score calculation:** accessibility progress will be monitored occurrence-by-occurrence, so the more occurrences you fix, the higher your score will be



 

  

 



 

 

 

##  Documentation from Siteimprove 

- [Accessibility NextGen: What has changed?](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011221397-Accessibility-NextGen-What-has-changed)
- [Full overview of the key features in NextGen](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001785937-FAQ-and-project-timeline-Next-Generation-Accessibility-)
- [Accessibility NextGen: A Guide to Understanding the New Siteimprove Accessibility Checks](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011175077)
- [Accessibility NextGen: Understanding the revised DCI accessibility score](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011305458)
- [Accessibility NextGen: Reviewing Potential Issues](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011297678)
- [Accessibility NextGen: Working with Page Sections](https://support.siteimprove.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360011306458/)

##  Support

 If you have any questions about Siteimprove or NextGen, please email [digitalaccessibility@harvard.edu](mailto:///digitalaccessibility@harvard.edu) and the DAS team will be happy to help. You can also stop by [DAS Office Hours](/das-office-hours) on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month from 10am-12pm.