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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text"">My organization, the National Center for Accessible Media at GBH, researched this issue and created guidelines to ensure equity in assessments. The research and the resulting simple guidelines are
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text""><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/services/ncam/describing-images-for-enhanced-assessments">https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/services/ncam/describing-images-for-enhanced-assessments</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text"">Detailed guidelines that we worked with NWEA to develop are here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text""><a href="https://www.nwea.org/uploads/2022/11/Image-Description-Guidelines-for-Assessments_NWEA_2021.pdf">https://www.nwea.org/uploads/2022/11/Image-Description-Guidelines-for-Assessments_NWEA_2021.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text"">As you note, it is important that the alt text not give undue advantage but it is also important that students be able to answer the questions using the alt text. It takes some balance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Red Hat Text"">-Madeleine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of L Snider via athen-list <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 9:52</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Athen] Alt text for exam images<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have done alt text for exam questions in different ways. I was curious to know, how do you form all text for exam question images, when the old text can completely give away the answer?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lisa</p>
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