LibGuides: Digital Accessibility for Academics: Basic Skills Workshop: Images

Images

Alt Text is short for "alternative text" and refers to the text description that web content creators add to an image to describe the image in words.

Describe images in PDFs and webpages by using the Alt Text field
Use your judgment when describing an image; explain how the image fits the document's context. For decorative elements, you can simply state that it is decorative (alt text: "decorative element") or Use an empty alt attribute. See (redundant) Functional Images.
For more information, see guidance from WebAIM for Alt Text (or Axess Lab Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide)

Complex Images for All Learners: A Guide to Make Visual Content Accessible
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"This project is part of my research during my last year of a master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology at Western Illinois University. It is inspired by several great and informative re- sources from Diagram Center, NCAM-National Center for Accessible Media, W3C, WebAIM, DO-IT University of Washington, PENN State University, and APH - American Printing House. I authorize publication of this handbook on PCC’s Accessibility website as an Open Educational Resources through Creative Commons."
-Supada Amornchat

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