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Hi there, my name is Shawn Jordison, and today we're going
to talk about applying alternate text images within Canvas.
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When applying alternate text to a Canvas page, it's
important for us to be accurate and equivalent in presenting
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the same content and function of the image. We want to be
succinct. This means the correct content if there is content
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and function, if there's a function of the image should be
represented as succinctly Do not be redundant or provide the
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same information as text within the content of the image.
And finally, do not use phrases image of or graphic of to
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describe the image on our page, we can see an example of an
image that I would like for you to think of some alternate
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text. Now, I've provided a sample underneath the image which
includes Michael Jackson performance, and that could be used
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as the ultimate text. But I would like to challenge you to
see if you can think of more appropriate alternate text for
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this image. So go ahead and take a moment and see if you can
come up with better alternate text for this image.
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The alternate text for this image could be a 1980s
performance of Michael Jackson in Chicago, Illinois,
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performing the number one single rock with you at a sold out
venue. Michael is wearing his unique red and sparkly jacket
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with white shoulders as he clutches his fist into the air.
To add alternate text to this image within Canvas, the first
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need to select the Edit Page button. Next, I'm going to copy
the alternate text that I already wrote. I will then select
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the image. Then select the embed Image button. The alternate
text on this image is MJ dot png. This will cause the
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Accessibility Checker to not marked this area as a fail.
Because it does have alternate text in there. It just
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happens to be wrong. So we are going to replace this
alternate text with what we wrote and select Update. If we
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wanted to edit the alternate text, we will follow the same
process. Select the image, select embedded image and we can
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see the current alternate text. And finally, if we wanted to
mark this image as decorative, we would mark this checkbox.
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You just learned how to apply alternate text to images
within Canvas. Thank you for watching.
