The Image Accessibility course provides participants with essential knowledge and skills to create inclusive digital experiences by ensuring images are accessible to individuals with visual impairments, cognitive disabilities, or other accessibility needs. In this course, participants will learn the principles, techniques, and best practices for effectively describing and presenting images to enhance accessibility and user experience.
Objectives:
- Understanding Image Accessibility: Gain an understanding of the importance of image accessibility, the impact of inaccessible images on users with disabilities, and the benefits of incorporating image accessibility into digital content.
- Accessibility Laws and Guidelines: Familiarize yourself with accessibility laws and guidelines, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and learn how they apply to image accessibility.
- Alternative Text (Alt Text): Master the art of writing concise and descriptive alternative text for images, ensuring that users with visual impairments can understand the content and context conveyed by the images.
- Complex Images and Infographics: Discover techniques for providing detailed alternative descriptions for complex images, charts, graphs, and infographics, enabling users to access the information presented.
- Decorative Images: Learn to differentiate between decorative, informative, and functional images, and implement appropriate alternative text or decorative image markup to prevent confusion for users of assistive technologies.
- Accessibility Features in Image Editing Tools: Explore the accessibility features and functionalities available in popular image editing software and learn how to optimize images for accessibility during the creation or editing process.
Who Should Attend:
This course is suitable for web designers, developers, content creators, UX/UI professionals, accessibility advocates, and anyone involved in creating and managing digital content. Whether you are new to image accessibility or seeking to enhance your existing knowledge, this course provides essential skills to make images accessible and inclusive.
Join us in this course and empower yourself to create digital experiences that allow individuals of all abilities to fully engage with and benefit from image content. Enroll today and contribute to a more inclusive digital landscape.
Accessibility Statement:
The Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights would like to make this an inclusive and accessible experience for everyone. Should anyone require disability-related accommodations to participate in this training, please send any requests to [email protected] as early as possible, but no later than the Monday prior at noon (12pm), so that we have time to arrange for the necessary accommodations.
Note: To allow for time to put the disability-related accommodation in place, we recommend including a date that is at least 5 business days prior to the event.