A topic I am interested in is digital accessibility. I am curious how the use of social media in a course might impact accessibility of the materials. Here is what I found preparing alternative text - AltTxt for Facebook and Twitter. Note you can't see the description once it is posted without a screen reader.
Facebook @accessibility provides information about their commitment to accessibility. On their page you can access a link to their help center. You can also find them on twitter @fbaccess. When you add an image to facebook you can choose to use generate alt text or add your custom text shown here.
You can find Twitter accessibility @TwitterA11y And here is more information about how to make tweets more accessible. Instructions for both Mac and PC are available. To add alternative text to Twitter is it referred to as adding descriptions. You can see the Alt Text you added in preview below the image as shown in the second image below.
Practicing Twitter Accessibility by adding AltText #eme6414 Photo by Daniel Ali on Unsplash pic.twitter.com/OiPexFF4os
— CRS6414 (@crs6414) June 8, 2021
What other tools might you want to add alternative text in?
As a former special education teacher, I also have an interest in accessibility. Now, I have a service dog so public accessibility is also on my radar. A million or so years ago, I worked for Motorola and was asked to be a part of the their team as they explored options for their new products and how to include accessibility features on their phones (and beepers LOL).
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. I originally was going to return for a masters in special ed teaching. I met with someone to talk about it and they ended up being an expert in UDL. When I learned about that I decided to look into instructional design. Do you have any resources, conferences, or associations that you use as a reference?
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