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From: Poore-Pariseau, Cindy
Date: Jun 27, 2013 11:36AM

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following is a link to the image I am trying to get ITS to add alt text to, but am told this cannot be done because it is being loaded onto a CMS

http://www.bristol.mass.edu/administration/communications/images/DisabilityIcons/ODS_Sticker.png

Given the purpose of the image, it is essential that a screen reader be able to read the image.


Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D.
Bristol Community College
Coordinator of Disability Services
Office of Disability Services, L115

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Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] alt text

How is the image placed on the CMS, by a developer on the back-end, or uploaded by a user on the front-end?


We're using blackboard CMS to host online courses and found a non-technical challenge with alt-text for images. Many course activities ask students to upload an image to a discussion board or wikki, but the image will not have alt-text unless the students add it when uploading the image. The students don't know to do this unless we ask them.