Brief, but Descriptive: Writing Effective Alt Text Online
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Practice Essential Accessibiliy
Melissa Wong helps participants increase accessibility by writing effective alt text for different contexts and types of content.
Adding alt text to images is an essential accessibility practice for librarians. A brief textual description used by screen readers, alt text should be present anytime a librarian uses an image, including in social media marketing, instructional materials and online guides, and websites.
Effective alt text can be tricky. How detailed does one need to be? Would context change the alt text? And if alt text is supposed to be brief, how does one describe complex images like artwork and research data?
In this webinar, Melissa Wong will help participants learn to write effective alt text for different contexts and types of content, from simple social media posts to complex scientific and artistic materials.
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://www.nicheacademy.com/brief-but-descriptive-writing-effective-alt-text
- Audience:
- Academic Library Public Library School Library Special Library Tribal Library
- Categories:
- Online Training - Partner Organization