C — https://educause.edu | BeaverCheck Audit

Site Health

Score: 72 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Decent speed, but optimizing further could improve engagement.

Good foundation, but a few gaps could be exploited.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Missing signals may be hurting your search visibility.

Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Missing metadata means poor previews on social media and search.

Reasonable footprint with room for optimization.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

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Top Priorities (5)

73 third-party resources (100% of weight)

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Performance › Page Weight Inventory

Cookie '__cf_bm' has no SameSite attribute

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Cookie Security

Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

DMARC policy is none — monitoring only

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Email Security

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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Impact

Quick Wins

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

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What fixing these means

Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Your LCP of 18.3s exceeds Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold and the 1 performance issue below directly contributes to it. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your conversion rate.

Your LCP is 18.3s — fixing the 1 performance critical could bring it under Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

4 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.

Conversion Barriers

2 critical 6 warning

8 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~30%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 18.3s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 15.8s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

Page feels frozen for 1.4s

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

Trust (1)

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Content (4)

No Open Graph tags

+2% bounce

Links shared on LinkedIn / Slack / Facebook show bare URLs — referral clicks drop

Fix: Add og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url to the page head

No structured data

+2% bounce

No rich-result eligibility in Google — lower SERP CTR vs competitors with stars and prices

Fix: Add JSON-LD for your page type (Product, Article, FAQPage, LocalBusiness, …)

Thin content

+3% bounce

Under 300 words — visitors bounce looking for substance, search engines rank competitors first

Fix: Add a substantive FAQ, product detail, or case-study section

Content is hard to read

+2% bounce

Graduate-level reading difficulty — limits the addressable audience for product or blog pages

Fix: Shorten sentences; replace jargon with plain language; target Flesch ease ≥60

Navigation (1)

No skip-to-content link

+1% bounce

Keyboard and screen-reader users must tab through the entire header on every page

Fix: Add a visible-on-focus <a href="#main">Skip to content</a> as the first focusable element

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

$400 investment → $0.58/month returns + USD 150,000 risk avoided

Payback period: > 2 years First-year ROI: -98%

Investment

$400

4h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

$0.58 /mo

~$7.00 / year

Bandwidth savings $0.58

Regulatory risk avoided

USD 150,000

if kept compliant

ADA Title III USD 150,000

$200 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

$400

4.0 developer hours at $100/hr

Based on United States rates ($100/hr)

Quick wins

$200 4 fixes in ~120 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Custom rate

$ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

$12,501 / month at risk

~$150,007 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

$150,000

ADA Title III

No <nav> landmark found
ADA Title III: USD 25,000 – USD 150,000
Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1)
ADA Title III: USD 25,000 – USD 150,000

Bandwidth Waste

$0.58 /mo

7295.2 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~730 KB per page load
Saves $0.58/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Monthly visitors

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Conversion rate (%)

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Avg. order value

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue

Current bounce (est.)

After fixes (est.)

Estimated bounce reduction

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

100

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

7.24 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

18.26 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

1.36 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

7.99 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

18.38 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	120.0 s	127.4 KiB
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	1800.0 s	73.3 KiB
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	1800.0 s	64.3 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	1800.0 s	58.7 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js	1800.0 s	34.3 KiB
cdn.feathr.co/js/boomerang.min.js	14400.0 s	41.9 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	86400.0 s	45.1 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	1800.0 s	13.4 KiB
siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6136424.js	86400.0 s	26.8 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/footer.js?v=ELU5gtDsA4m7ItPzF9UPBeNq...	1800.0 s	6.7 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	0.0 ms	2.8 KiB
www.educause.edu/layouts/system/VisitorIdentification.js	1800.0 s	1.0 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Instagram.svg	1800.0 s	896 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Youtube.svg	1800.0 s	828 B
marco.feathr.co/v1/refresh	0.0 ms	625 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Linkedin.svg	1800.0 s	627 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Facebook.svg	1800.0 s	542 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/link-arrow.svg	1800.0 s	520 B
/track/cmb/generic?gdpr=0&ttd_passthrough=a_id%3D5ef3cd04...	0.0 ms	254 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.woff	120 ms
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.ttf	95 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/khula/v17/OpNCnoEOns3V7GcOrg7-hCJ1.woff2	20 ms
/s/robotocondensed/v31/ieVl2ZhZI2eCN5jzbjEETS9weq8-19K7DQ...	15 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/khula/v17/OpNPnoEOns3V7G-1ixvTpi9fXBXC.woff2	10 ms

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:91.746 source:map[column:30286 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:76.692 source:map[column:31379 line:1 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.893 source:map[column:27436 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:6.304 source:map[column:26389 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.291 source:map[column:26518 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.186 source:map[column:26828 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.187 source:map[column:26890 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.409 source:map[column:27099 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.322 source:map[column:27175 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.137 source:map[column:29511 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.585 source:map[column:27458 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.74 source:map[column:29525 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.69 source:map[column:30882 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.211 source:map[column:30979 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.321 source:map[column:31260 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.103 source:map[column:31351 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.132 source:map[column:31632 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.261 source:map[column:31782 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.186 source:map[column:31900 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.educause.edu/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--ZrHkUTrCA_pbInRV2Jdg1 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.539 source:map[column:12656 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.232 source:map[column:12753 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.225 source:map[column:12983 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.135 source:map[column:13404 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.259 source:map[column:13554 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.195 source:map[column:13672 line:2 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
Cultivating an IT Talent Pipeline Podcast `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	297.3 KiB	248.0 KiB
AI Ethical Guidelines `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	176.2 KiB	135.5 KiB
2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report \| Data and Analytics Edition Report `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	98.8 KiB	83.2 KiB
EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Workforce June 2–3 \| Chicago, IL `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > div.homepage-hero-rotator__slide`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/slider-heroes/20...	81.9 KiB	20.5 KiB

Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:label label:Subpart valueType:text] map[key:duration label:Duration valueType:ms]]

items: [map[duration:357.631 label:Time to first byte subpart:timeToFirstByte] map[duration:425.604 label:Resource load delay subpart:resourceLoadDelay] map[duration:36.587 label:Resource load duration subpart:resourceLoadDuration] map[duration:1713.843 label:Element render delay subpart:elementRenderDelay]]

lhId: page-4-DIV

nodeLabel: EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Workforce June 2–3 | Chicago, IL

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,11,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV

selector: div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > div.homepage-hero-rotator__slide

snippet: <div class="homepage-hero-rotator__slide homepage-hero-rotator__slide--align-left slic…" style="background-image: url("https://www.educause.edu/-/media/images/educause/ho…");" data-slick-index="0" aria-hidden="false" tabindex="-1" role="option" aria-describedby="slick-slide00">

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-4-DIV

nodeLabel: EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Workforce June 2–3 | Chicago, IL

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,11,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV

selector: div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > div.homepage-hero-rotator__slide

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

value: no origins were preconnected

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	127.4 KiB	3.5 s
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Heebo:400,500,700&display=swap	1.5 KiB	151 ms
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.3 KiB	1.8 s
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	58.7 KiB	301 ms
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js	32.9 KiB	1.4 s
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	64.3 KiB	753 ms
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Condensed:100,400,700\|Khula:400,700	1.3 KiB	792 ms
www.educause.edu/layouts/system/VisitorIdentification.js	1.0 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js	34.3 KiB	753 ms
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	13.4 KiB	301 ms

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 882 ms

URL	Time Spent
educause.edu/	882 ms
www.educause.edu/	0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 86.0 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.2 KiB	54.3 KiB
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/1QYEzhfU/widget.js	65.3 KiB	24.4 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	13.2 KiB	4.3 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/footer.js?v=ELU5gtDsA4m7ItPzF9UPBeNq...	6.6 KiB	3.1 KiB

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 150 ms 58.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	64.2 KiB	58.9 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 2.9 s 518.3 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	172.8 KiB	111.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	172.8 KiB	66.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-PZ8FR606J3&cx=c&_slc=1	147.4 KiB	64.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5HN7VT	154.9 KiB	64.0 KiB
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	126.8 KiB	54.5 KiB
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/1QYEzhfU/widget.js	65.3 KiB	49.9 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	58.5 KiB	32.7 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	44.6 KiB	31.8 KiB
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.2 KiB	21.7 KiB
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js	32.3 KiB	20.9 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	600 ms	474 ms	61 ms
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js	544 ms	154 ms	13 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5HN7VT	514 ms	434 ms	64 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	512 ms	411 ms	66 ms
Unattributable	442 ms	22 ms	0.0 ms
www.educause.edu/	400 ms	168 ms	27 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-PZ8FR606J3&cx=c&_slc=1	277 ms	225 ms	51 ms
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	192 ms	105 ms	6.9 ms
js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-spa-1.313.1.min.js	177 ms	141 ms	12 ms
cdn.feathr.co/js/boomerang.min.js	132 ms	106 ms	16 ms
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	122 ms	94 ms	18 ms
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/1QYEzhfU/widget.js	107 ms	43 ms	51 ms
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	105 ms	75 ms	20 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	98 ms	33 ms	64 ms
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	74 ms	19 ms	55 ms
siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6136424.js	63 ms	47 ms	15 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	2.6 s
Other	589 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	570 ms
Style & Layout	531 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	108 ms
Garbage Collection	33 ms
Rendering	32 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reason	Failure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.	Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.	Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.	Not actionable

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
EDUCAUSE Instagram `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Instagram.svg
EDUCAUSE LinkedIn `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Linkedin.svg
EDUCAUSE YouTube `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Youtube.svg
EDUCAUSE Facebook `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Facebook.svg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 2,375 KiB

●User Timing marks and measures 17 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 15 long tasks found

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 10 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 130 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 210 ms

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

○Avoid large layout shifts

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

ARIA

Each ARIA `role` supports a specific subset of `aria-*` attributes. Mismatching these invalidates the `aria-*` attributes. Learn how to match ARIA attributes to their roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`
2 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01`
3 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02`

Some ARIA parent roles must contain specific child roles to perform their intended accessibility functions. Learn more about roles and required children elements.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 2 3 `div.homepage-buffer > div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots`

Assistive technologies, like screen readers, can't interpret ARIA attributes with invalid values. Learn more about valid values for ARIA attributes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`

When an input field doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it with a generic name, making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn more about input field labels.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
2026 Students and Technology Report EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Wor… `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track`

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Tables and lists

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`
2 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01`
3 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02`

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00 > button`
2 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01 > button`
3 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02 > button`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source	Description
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/OuXYqgUp/widget.js	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/ajax-loader.gif	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.woff	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.ttf	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

100

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

100

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

1.95 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

2.47 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

79 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.005

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

2.08 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

3.83 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	120.0 s	127.4 KiB
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	1800.0 s	73.3 KiB
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	1800.0 s	64.3 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	1800.0 s	58.6 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js	1800.0 s	34.3 KiB
cdn.feathr.co/js/boomerang.min.js	14400.0 s	42.0 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	86400.0 s	45.1 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	1800.0 s	13.3 KiB
siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6136424.js	86400.0 s	26.8 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/footer.js?v=ELU5gtDsA4m7ItPzF9UPBeNq...	1800.0 s	6.7 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	0.0 ms	2.8 KiB
www.educause.edu/layouts/system/VisitorIdentification.js	1800.0 s	1.0 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Instagram.svg	1800.0 s	885 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Youtube.svg	1800.0 s	828 B
marco.feathr.co/v1/refresh	0.0 ms	626 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Linkedin.svg	1800.0 s	627 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Facebook.svg	1800.0 s	553 B
www.educause.edu/assets/images/link-arrow.svg	1800.0 s	525 B
/track/cmb/generic?gdpr=0&ttd_passthrough=a_id%3D5ef3cd04...	0.0 ms	254 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.woff	605 ms
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.ttf	95 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/khula/v17/OpNPnoEOns3V7G-1ixvTpi9fXBXC.woff2	15 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/khula/v17/OpNCnoEOns3V7GcOrg7-hCJ1.woff2	10 ms
/s/robotocondensed/v31/ieVl2ZhZI2eCN5jzbjEETS9weq8-19K7DQ...	10 ms

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:61.338 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]]]

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-DIV

nodeLabel: EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Workforce June 2–3 | Chicago, IL

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,11,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV

selector: div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > div.homepage-hero-rotator__slide

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

title: Preconnected origins

value: no origins were preconnected

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	127.4 KiB	669 ms
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.3 KiB	325 ms
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	58.6 KiB	162 ms
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.12.3.min.js	34.3 KiB	122 ms
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	64.3 KiB	81 ms
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Condensed:100,400,700\|Khula:400,700	962 B	231 ms
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js	32.9 KiB	287 ms
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Heebo:400,500,700&display=swap	1.9 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	13.3 KiB
www.educause.edu/layouts/system/VisitorIdentification.js	1.0 KiB

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
Cultivating an IT Talent Pipeline Podcast `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	297.3 KiB	248.0 KiB
AI Ethical Guidelines `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	176.2 KiB	135.5 KiB
2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report \| Data and Analytics Edition Report `div.homepage-product > div.homepage-product__container > div.homepage-product__container__50 > div.homepage-product__container__product`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/background-tile-...	98.8 KiB	83.2 KiB
EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Workforce June 2–3 \| Chicago, IL `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > div.homepage-hero-rotator__slide`	/-/media/images/educause/homepage-assets/slider-heroes/20...	81.9 KiB	20.5 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 805 ms

URL	Time Spent
educause.edu/	805 ms
www.educause.edu/	0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 40 ms 86.0 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.2 KiB	54.3 KiB
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/1QYEzhfU/widget.js	65.3 KiB	24.4 KiB
www.educause.edu/assets/js/vendor/slick.min.js	13.2 KiB	4.2 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/footer.js?v=ELU5gtDsA4m7ItPzF9UPBeNq...	6.6 KiB	3.1 KiB

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 100 ms 60.6 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/bundles/styles/educause/site.css?v=AYLaAsM1MGk3KLtypl2z5...	64.2 KiB	60.6 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 350 ms 518.2 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	172.8 KiB	111.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=G-X894PXEFW9&cx=c&gtm=4e64k0	172.8 KiB	66.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-PZ8FR606J3&cx=c&_slc=1	147.4 KiB	65.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5HN7VT	154.9 KiB	64.0 KiB
cdn.optimizely.com/js/5030433176420352.js	126.8 KiB	54.5 KiB
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/1QYEzhfU/widget.js	65.3 KiB	49.9 KiB
/bundles/js/educause/header.js?v=r8wduzL5WDHr30MkimWMl--Z...	58.5 KiB	31.8 KiB
/0e547c83-53da-44fa-b330-4e5173a609b8/0e547c8353da44fab33...	44.6 KiB	31.7 KiB
www.educause.edu/velir/vendor/bower_components/lodash/lodash.js	73.2 KiB	21.7 KiB
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js	32.3 KiB	20.9 KiB

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reason	Failure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.	Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.	Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.	Not actionable

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
EDUCAUSE Instagram `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Instagram.svg
EDUCAUSE LinkedIn `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Linkedin.svg
EDUCAUSE YouTube `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Youtube.svg
EDUCAUSE Facebook `ul > li > a > img`	www.educause.edu/assets/images/Social%20Icons/Facebook.svg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Max Potential First Input Delay 120 ms

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 2,430 KiB

●User Timing marks and measures 17 user timings

●JavaScript execution time 0.6 s

●Minimizes main-thread work 1.2 s

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 5 long tasks found

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 20 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 600 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 370 ms

●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

ARIA

Each ARIA `role` supports a specific subset of `aria-*` attributes. Mismatching these invalidates the `aria-*` attributes. Learn how to match ARIA attributes to their roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`
2 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01`
3 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02`

Some ARIA parent roles must contain specific child roles to perform their intended accessibility functions. Learn more about roles and required children elements.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 2 3 `div.homepage-buffer > div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots`

Assistive technologies, like screen readers, can't interpret ARIA attributes with invalid values. Learn more about valid values for ARIA attributes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`

When an input field doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it with a generic name, making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn more about input field labels.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
2026 Students and Technology Report EDUCAUSE AI Summit: Develop an AI-Ready Wor… `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > div.slick-list > div.slick-track`

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Tables and lists

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00`
2 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01`
3 `div.g-row > div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02`

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide00 > button`
2 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide01 > button`
3 `div.js-homepage-hero-rotator > ul.slick-dots > li#slick-slide02 > button`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Identical links have the same purpose.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source	Description
i.snoball.it/share/file/p/OuXYqgUp/widget.js	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/ajax-loader.gif	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/%22	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.woff	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`
www.educause.edu/bundles/styles/educause/fonts/slick.ttf	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()`

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

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○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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