Skip to main content
Set website colours to normal. Set website colours to blue. Set website colours to high contrast. Discover our website and accessibility.

AppsAnywhere Accreditation

Digital Accessibility Centre Certificate of Accreditation

Accreditation Certificate Number:

AppsAnywhere/23

Client:

AppsAnywhere

Project:

Certificate issue date:

Certificate expiry date:

Certificate status:

Platform:

Desktop and Mobile

Certification

To achieve certification each website undergoes a manual technical compliance review against WCAG 2.1 to level AA.

The site underwent a technical compliance audit and robust end to end testing for a wide range of disabilities including blind, low vision, dyslexia, colour blindness, mobility difficulties, Deaf, Asperger and anxiety and panic disorder.

All testing is carried out in line with relevant platform specific guidelines, and where applicable, conforms with The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Testing also conforms to Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

List of issues

  • There are no known issues for WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance.

Journey

Authentication

  1. Logging in with a username and password
    1. Visit https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com/login 
    2. Log in using the provided username and password
    3. Do not accept the End User License Agreements (EULAs) yet
  2. Accepting the End User License Agreements
    1. Visit https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com having not already accepted EULAs
    2. Three separate EULAs should be identifiable.
      Note that the actual content of each EULA is provided by each customer, so does not need testing in itself
    3. Accept the EULAs
    4. You should be taken to the Home screen ( https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com )
  3. Logging out
    1. Activate the log out link within the user profile menu in the top right of the screen.
  4. Logging in with the Azure single sign-on (SSO) method
    1. Log out if already logged in, or navigate to https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com 
    2. On the login screen, use the SSO method labelled Azure

Launching applications

  1. Launching an application via search on the home page
    1. Visit https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com
    2. Enter the search term Sketch in the search field
    3. Test that the search results are accessible and that the first search result matches the search term
    4. Launch Sketch from these results
    5. Ensure that when re-visiting the portal, a launch success dialog is accessible which explains that the application has launched.
  2. Launching an application via a collection on the home screen
    1. Visit https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com
    2. Find the Design collection on the Home screen beneath the search and ensure it is active
    3. Find the application called Sketch within this collection and launch it
  3. Launching an application viasearch on the ‘all applications’ page
    1. Visit https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com 
    2. Find a link labelled Show all applications and click on it to navigate to the app grid.
    3. Enter the search term Sketch in the search field
    4. Test that the search results are accessible and that the first search result matches the search term
    5. Launch Sketch from these results
  4. Launching an application from the complete list of applications
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find an application named Firefox in the list of applications
    3. Launch Firefox from this list
  5. Launching an application via a category
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find an expandable section in the sidebar labelled Categories and expand the section
    3. Select the category labelled Engineering from the list within the expandable section
    4. Find an application named MATLAB in the list of applications
    5. Launch MATLAB from this list
  6. Launching an application via Favourites
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find a link in the sidebar labelled Favourites and click the button
    3. Find an application named Blender in the list of applications
    4. Launch Blender from this list
  7. Launching an application via an App List
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find an expandable section in the sidebar labelled App Lists and expand the section
    3. Select the app list named Engineering 101 from the list within the expandable section
    4. Find an application named MATLAB in the list of applications
    5. Launch MATLAB from this list
  8. Launching an application via More Information
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find an application named MATLAB in the list of applications and click on the name or icon of the application
    3. Launch the application from the more information view that opens

Launching applications that have different requirements

  1. Validation
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Parallels in the search field
    3. Find a search result which matches the search term and launch this
    4. If prompted to perform validation and/or install the client, then follow the on-screenSteps
  2. Azure Virtual Desktop
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Audacity in the search field
    3. Launch Audacity from these results
    4. If prompted to perform validation and/or install the client, then follow the on-screen steps
    5. Test that an accessible set of instructions has opened explaining how to launch the app via Azure Virtual Desktop
    6. Follow this set of instructions and launch the app via Azure Virtual Desktop
  3. A Failed Launch
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Maya in the search field
    3. Launch Maya from these results
    4. Due to a misconfiguration this application will fail to launch
    5. Ensure that the failure message is appropriately discoverable

Launching applications that depend upon each other

  1. Launching an application that is dependent on other applications which launch manually
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Bluestacks in the search field
    3. Launch Bluestacks from these results
    4. Ensure that there is an explanation that the application MATLAB must also be launched prior to launching Bluestacks
    5. Launch MATLAB from this view
    6. Proceed to launch Bluestacks
  2. Launching an application that is dependent on other applications which launch automatically
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Aptana Studio in the search field
    3. Launch Aptana Studio from these results
    4. If prompted to perform validation and/or install the client then follow the on-screen steps
    5. Ensure that there is an accessible explanation that the application ArcGIS Pro will also be launched automatically
    6. Proceed to launch Aptana Studio

Applications

  1. Viewing applications as a list
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Locate the Grid View / List View toggle buttons and activate the desired view.
    3. Ensure that the list of apps updates appropriately
  2. Understanding why an application is not available
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term 7-Zip in the search field
    3. Open more information for 7-Zip from these results
    4. Ensure that an explanation is present that explains this application is only available when using ChromeOS
  3. Favouriting an application
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Enter the search term Firefox in the search field
    3. Open more information for Firefox from these search results
    4. Find the add to favourites button in the more info panel and click it to add the app to Favourites

App Lists

  1. Creating an app list
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Find an expandable section in the sidebar labelled App Lists and expand the section
    3. Find a button labelled Create list and click it
    4. Find the field labelled List name and enter a name into the field
    5. Click the Create list button
    6. Focus on the search field labelled Find applications to add, and enter the search term MATLAB
    7. Ensure that the search results are accessible and that the first search result matches the search term
    8. Add MATLAB to the app list from these results
    9. Return focus on the search field labelled Find applications to add and enter the search term Blender
    10. Add Blender to the app list from these results
    11. Find the button labelled Remove within the Blender application card and click the button
    12. Find the button labelled Done in the app list toolbar and click it
  2. Sharing an app list
    1. Go to the app list created in the previous journey
    2. Find the button labelled Share list in the app list toolbar and click it
    3. Find the Copy link button in the dropdown and click it
    4. Ensure that a share URL has been copied to clipboard
  3. Editing an app list
    1. Go to the app list created previously
    2. Find the button labelled Edit list in the app list screen and click it
    3. Find the button labelled Delete list and click it
    4. Find the button labelled Delete app list in the confirmation dialog and click it
    5. Verify that a redirection to the home screen (https://aa-dacv3.appsanywhere.com) has occurred and a notification is present stating that the deletion was successful
  4. Importing an app list
    1. Visit this URL to import an App List
    2. Ensure that there is an explanation that you are importing an app list and which applications are contained within it.
    3. Find the button labelled Confirm and click it
    4. Ensure that the new app list (Design 102) is available under the expandable App Lists section in the sidebar

User

  1. Making a support request
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Open the user profile menu
    3. Find the button labelled Help within the user profile menu and click it
    4. Complete the form with appropriate values for each field
    5. Find the button labelled Submit request and click the button
    6. Verify that a notification is present which tells the user the help form submission was successful
  2. View information about the current device and providing that information to others
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Open the user profile menu
    3. Find the button labelled Device information within the user profile menu and click it
    4. Ensure that information about your device is accessible
    5. Find the Copy information button and click it
    6. Ensure that the device information has been copied to clipboard
  3. Dark mode
    1. Visit the app grid
    2. Open the theme switcher
    3. Switch to dark mode
    4. Ensure that the screen visually updates as necessary
    • Not presently avalible

Disclaimer:

This certificate was issued on the and represents the state of the pages audited on this date. Any further changes after the accreditation date are not covered by this certificate.

Additionally, any pages/areas of the website not listed the above scope of testing are also not covered by this certificate as we cannot guarantee their accessibility state.

We audit against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA to test how accessible the website is, using theWebsite Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) to evaluate conformance.