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Using The Silktide Extension Tool

Modified on: Thu, Apr 3 2025 3:00 PM

How to open the Silktide extension tool for testing


Overview

  • Silktide is a powerful tool used at VCSU to improve website and content accessibility by providing efficient testing, website analytics, and reporting. Silktide's extension tool enables quick webpage assessments and offers simple solutions to improve accessibility scores.


Testing a page with Silktide extension


  1. Start by clicking on the Silktide icon in your extension menu. 
    Browser interface with icons including search, bookmark, highlighted Silktide logo in red circle, and extensions icon.
  2. Clicking the icon in the toolbar will open or close a separate icon on the right side of your screen, click on this icon to test the current page.
    The Silktide side icon, A dark navy icon with a stylized white "S" on a light gray background
  3. The Silktide accessibility tools menu will appear and show the extension accessibility tools available to use:

    Sidebar with a list of accessibility tools and a video link titled "What is WCAG? 3.3 Input assistance.

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