Brief, but Descriptive: Writing Effective Alt Text
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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.
Join us on Wednesday, February 19, 2025
at 2:00 pm US Eastern, 11:00 am US Pacific
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About Melissa
Melissa Wong is an adjunct instructor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is teaches courses on instruction and e-learning. An experienced instructional designer, she also consults for companies and educational institutions. Her work focuses on learner-centered design, online course development (synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid), and accessibility.
Melissa is the co-editor of Reference and Information Services, 7th edition (Libraries Unlimited, 2024) and co-author of the open access textbook Instruction in Libraries and Information Centers: An Introduction (Windsor & Downs Press, 2020). Her book Instructional Design for LIS Professionals (Libraries Unlimited, 2019) is a guide for faculty teaching graduate courses in library and information science.
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Increase accessibility by writing effective alt text for different contexts and types of content.