Request a user account

1. Create a user account by logging into siteimprove.umd.edu.
2. To gain access to your websites, please contact your unit administrator or the Division of Information Technology (DIT) at itaccessibility@umd.edu.
3. Once your websites have been assigned to your account, you will be granted user access to the Siteimprove website, modules, help center and training materials.

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Request an admin account

1. Create a user account by logging into siteimprove.umd.edu.
2. Contact itaccessibility@umd.edu to request the admin account. You will receive the Siteimprove service level agreement (SLA).
3. Submit the signed SLA to itaccessibility@umd.edu.
4. Once your account has been set up, you will be granted full admin access to the Siteimprove website, modules, help center, and training materials.

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The differences between user and admin roles

Siteimprove roles and their use:

Role	Access summary
Admin	All view permissions and action permissions, and access to settings with the ability to add and edit websites, manage users, create groups, etc. See complete list below.
User	All view permissions and some action permissions, but no access to settings.

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Siteimprove functionality available by user role

General

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
Export (CSV/PDF)	✔	✔
Export to report template	✔	✔
Recheck single pages/pdfs	✔	✔
Recheck own groups	✔	✔
Re-crawl entire website	✔	✔
Add and delete single page checks	✔	✔
View graph annotations	✔	✔
Manage annotations	✔	✔

 

Quality assurance

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View QA data	✔	✔
Ignore broken links	✔	✔
Manage misspellings	✔	✔
Upload words to dictionary	✔	✔
View readability data	✔	✔
Manage readability actions	✔	✔
Manage readability actions	✔	✔
View content policy data	✔	✔
Manage policies	✔	✘
View inventory	✔	✔
Manage inventory	✔	✔

 

SEO

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View SEO data	✔	✔
Ignore issues at page level & site level	✔	✔
Change responsibility for an issue	✔	✘
Manage keywords	✔	✔

 

Accessibility

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View accessibility data	✔	✔
Ignore at page level	✔	✔
Ignore issue at site level	✔	✘
Ignore item at site level	✔	✔
Re-calculate issues	✔	✔
Change responsibility	✔	✘

 

Policy

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View policies	✔	✔
Manage policies	✔	✘
Create policy for all sites	✘	✘
Add policy from library	✔	✔
View policy event log	✔	✔

 

Response

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View response data	✔	✔

 

Manage users

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
View user details	✔	✔
Manage users	✔	✘
View own profile	✔	✔
Edit own profile	✔	✔
View roles	✔	✔
Manage roles	✘	✘

 

Settings

View/Action Permission	Admin	User
Account information	✘	✘
View sites	✔	✔
Manage sites	✔	✘
Add/delete sites	✘	✘
View groups	✔	✘
Manage groups	✔	✔
View readability settings	✔	✔
Manage readability test for all sites	✘	✘
View PDF check	✔	✔
Manage PDF checking	✔	✔
Manage response	✔	✘
View tags	✔	✔
Manage tags	✔	✔

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