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title: "Using Quick Scan in Acquia Source"
date: "2025-07-31T14:31:50+00:00"
summary: "Learn to use Quick Scan in Acquia Source for accessibility checks, readability, SEO, and data privacy. Fix issues with step-by-step guidance."
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Running Quick Scan
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Use the following steps to run a scan to check accessibility issues on any page:

1.  [Access your site](#access-a-site).
    
2.  On the top right, click **Edit** to open Drupal Canvas.
3.  Navigate to the page that you want to scan.
4.  In the toolbar on the left, click the **Extensions** icon.
5.  Click **Acquia** **Optimize**.
6.  Select **Start Quick Scan**.
7.  Wait for a few seconds for the scan to complete.
8.  Review the results in the popup window.

Quick Scan results
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The results of Quick Scan include:

*   **Accessibility**: Issues are summarized by guideline level (WCAG 2.1 A, WCAG 2.1 AA).
    
    For more information, visit [Accessibility feature](/web-governance/accessibility-introduction "Accessibility introduction").
    
*   **Readability**: Issues are shown as a level, mapped from the resulting score.
    
    For more information about readability scores, visit [Quality Assurance Readability](/web-governance/quality-assurance-readability "Quality Assurance Readability").
    
*   **SEO**: For more information, visit [Search engine optimization](/web-governance/seo-introduction "SEO introduction").
*   **Data Privacy**: For more information, visit [Data privacy](/web-governance/data-privacy-introduction "Data privacy introduction").

The scan results are organized into categories:

*   **Perceivable**: Issues related to how users perceive content. For example, missing alt text for images.
*   **Operable**: Issues related to how users interact with content. For example, keyboard navigation.
*   **Understandable**: Issues related to how users understand content. For example, reading level.
*   **Robust**: Issues related to how well content works with assistive technologies

Each issue includes:

*   Description of the problem
*   Which WCAG guideline is affected
*   Where in the page the issue occurs
*   How to fix the issue

Fixing accessibility issues
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Use the following steps to fix the accessibility issues identified in the scan:

1.  Use Drupal Canvas to edit the page and fix the issues.
2.  Follow the specific recommendations provided in the scan results.
3.  Re-run the scan to verify that issues are resolved.
4.  Track your progress toward full compliance.

For more information, visit [How to review an accessibility issue](/web-governance/how-review-accessibility-issue "How to review an accessibility issue").