User roles in Siteimprove

There are four roles in Berkeley’s new Siteimprove Account:

• User
• Power User
• Admin
• Owner

Upon login with your CalNet ID / SSO, you will immediately have a User account, and you will have view-only access to data for all sites in the account.

Users

The User account will meet the needs of most users. With a user account, you can:

• View dashboards for your site(s) (and Groups, if applicable)
• View issues for your site(s)
• View page reports
• Request page-level recrawls to check your fixes
• View the scan history
• Export data and send reports
• Coming soon: Set up automated monthly email reporting

Power Users

The Power User role was created for a small number of users to have additional functionality. Generally, Power Users will be digital accessibility liaisons, communications leads, and developers engaged in remediation. Because this role has the ability to make some changes to settings and configurations, there are additional requirements:

1. Review training materials (listed in the Power User Agreement)
2. Approval from your department’s digital accessibility liaison
3. Must be an individual (not a SPA account)
4. Must sign and submit the Power User Agreement

Power users will be able to do all the things that Users can do, plus:

• Dismiss broken links
• Create and manage Groups
• Apply spelling decisions
• Request deeplinking
• Create and manage policies
• Set up automated monthly email reporting
• Coming soon: Review potential issues and dismiss false positives

Why SPAs can’t be Power Users

• Each Power User needs to submit the power user agreement form, as an individual. Because we don’t have insight into the members of a SPA account, we can’t know if all members have completed the power user agreement.
• The Power User role has the ability to make changes to settings and configurations in Siteimprove. Allowing shared SPA accounts would introduce security vulnerabilities, limits our ability to manage access, and hinders accountability.