Accessibility Test Scheduling: Automate Checks and Focus on What Matters

Navigating the complexities of web accessibility can be daunting for developers and testers. Often, ensuring that websites meet accessibility standards requires frequent, manual testing, a time consuming and error prone process. As digital landscapes grow and change, so does the burden on teams to keep up with necessary compliance checks, leading to inefficiencies and increased risk of non-compliance.

When it comes to ensuring web accessibility, LambdaTest offers a suite of tools and features, including Accessibility DevTools, Accessibility Automation, and Accessibility Scheduling. While each tool and feature serves a distinct purpose, Accessibility Scheduling introduces capabilities for proactive and recurring compliance monitoring.

Let’s explore how the LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling feature can streamline your workflows and boost operational efficiency.

What Is LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling?

LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling is a feature that automates and schedules recurring or one-time scans, ensuring dynamic content and updates are consistently tested for compliance. It ensures continuous monitoring and comprehensive coverage without requiring additional setup or intervention.

While LambdaTest Accessibility DevTools excels at manual and on-demand checks during development and Accessibility Automation automates accessibility checks, Accessibility Test Scheduling complements these tools and features by adding the ability to run compliance checks automatically at regular intervals.

It schedules scans to run daily, weekly, or monthly to ensure that newly released content complies with accessibility guidelines. By automating the process, teams can focus on fixing issues and avoid the repetitive task of manually starting tests. With Accessibility Test Scheduling, compliance checks become part of an automated routine, aligning perfectly with modern Agile workflows.

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Learn more about Accessibility Test Scheduling in our support documentation.

Why Use LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling?

With Accessibility Test Scheduling, you can select your desired WCAG version and customize scans to focus on specific sections of your website. This flexibility ensures that testing seamlessly aligns with organizational and legal requirements.

It also generates detailed accessibility reports with trends and actionable insights, making it easier to track compliance progress and address issues proactively. While LambdaTest Accessibility DevTools focuses on providing immediate, session-specific insights and Accessibility Automation delivers reports triggered per test, Accessibility Test Scheduling adds value by offering consistently generated reports over time.

LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling comes with several other key features to enhance the user experience and streamline compliance processes:

• Automated Test Schedules: Automatically runs tests at set intervals, ensuring your website remains within compliance standards continuously.
• Continuous Monitoring for All Pages: Automate scans across all pages, including those behind login authentication, to ensure consistent accessibility compliance.
• Avoid Manual URL Management: With the Sitemap Extractor, eliminate the hassle of manually adding URLs. Choose to scan your entire sitemap or specific sections with ease.
• Actionable Insights: Access detailed reports with actionable recommendations, which will help you continually refine and enhance accessibility across your platforms.

How to Schedule and Edit an Accessibility Scan?

To effectively manage and ensure accessibility compliance, scheduling and editing scans is crucial. Follow these detailed steps to configure your accessibility scans according to your specific needs:

1. Navigate to the Accessibility Testing Dashboard and select Schedule Scan. Enter a scan name and select the desired WCAG version.



2. You can add URLs by entering manually, extracting from a sitemap or uploading via CSV.
3. Configure tunnels for local URLs, set login for restricted pages, and enable review settings.



4. Choose the scan type, set the frequency, and click Schedule Scan. You can also run an initial scan immediately.



5. Select and review reports from the Scan Summary list to analyze the detected issues where it shows the trends of detected issues, categorized by severity, and review the list of scanned pages with corresponding issue counts.



6. To modify any details after setup, navigate to the Scheduled tests list, select your report, and hit Edit. Change scan names, recurrence details, and times as necessary, and save changes.

Sitemap Integration: Ensuring Comprehensive Coverage

A standout feature of Accessibility Test Scheduling is its integration with the website’s sitemap. It ensures that all pages, including those behind login authentication or newly added ones, are automatically included in the testing cycle. Manual identification of updated or new pages becomes unnecessary, saving time and reducing the risk of oversight.

This functionality is particularly beneficial for teams managing large or dynamic websites, where the automated inclusion of new pages in compliance scans ensures consistent testing and reduces the risk of leaving any part of the website unchecked.

With this feature, teams can confidently focus on resolving accessibility issues, knowing that their website is being comprehensively tested without gaps or delays.

All In All!

LambdaTest Accessibility Test Scheduling significantly simplifies and enhances web accessibility compliance, making it more reliable and effortless. By leveraging automation, this feature ensures that your website remains accessible to all users and adheres to the necessary standards without constant manual intervention.

For a detailed guide on setting up and managing your schedules or for any inquiries, contact us at support@lambdatest.com or our in-app chat support.

Happy testing!

Mythili Raju

Mythili R works as a content writer and digital marketing executive at LambdaTest. Having been previously trained in Content and Social Media Marketing, she loves delving into the latest tech trends and sharing her insights.

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