<div dir="ltr">Deb,<div><br></div><div>WAI has a nice tutorial with example code snippets on creating alt text for images and they review the different types of images - decorative, functional, complex, etc., and the recommended approach for each. <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/">https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Howard</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 7:24 AM, Castiglione, Deb A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deb.castiglione@cengage.com" target="_blank">deb.castiglione@cengage.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I’ve been off the list for a bit, moving and changing jobs. My employer has changed, but not my basic role – striving for universally designed and accessible learning experiences in higher ed.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I’d love to work with individuals on this list, so that we can fulfill learners’ needs and eliminate potential barriers. I hope to develop some long-term partnerships.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Speaking of… does anyone have a good guide/guidelines to writing alt text for higher education that they would be willing to share?</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thanks much.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deb Castiglione, EdD, ATP<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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