Add accessibility test cases in TestRail

This is a guide on how to add accessibility test cases in TestRail. You may use these test cases in your test plan as part of your QA and accessibility testing. Note that you will still be required to submit the accessibility testing artifact.

There are 6 sections in TestRail that contain the current set of available test cases.

Mobile
CSS
HTML
Visual
Functionality
Keyboard

Each test case has several points of interest.

Type option is set to “Ally Template”
Preconditions contain a link to the WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria which has information and examples on how to meet the standard.
Preconditions will sometimes contain launch blocker/non-launch blocker examples

TestRail test cases inside the Platform Accessibility Template. — Test Cases inside the Platform Accessibility Template

Adding the accessibility test cases to your test run

First, you need to copy the test cases into your project by navigating to the test cases tab.
Test Cases tab

2. Click the Copy of Move Cases button

Shows the move cases button location in TestRail — Move cases button

3. Type “VSP Accessibility” into the Source input

Shows an example of locating the VSP accessibility test case templates by typing the description into source field — Copying a11y test cases

4. Select the test cases that you need and click Copy

Shows the copy button the user needs to click in order to retrieve a copy of a11y test cases into your project — Click the copy button

5. Now that you have the test cases in your project, navigate to your test run and click select cases. This will open a popup to select the test cases.

Use the select cases link to pick out the accessibility test cases copied into the project — Click the select cases link

Select the template accessibility test cases for use in your test run — Select the accessibility test case templates for use in your test run

6. From the popup, you can select the 6 accessibility folders on the left or narrow down the results using the Type dropdown on the right while selecting A11y Template.

7. Select OK to add the selected test cases.

8. Select Save Test Plan.

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