Adding alt text to a slide

Alt text is a description of any visual media on a page that will appear if the image cannot be rendered or for people who use screen readers to navigate the web. It is an important element of creating a fully accessible activity.

New VT

From the edit page:

1. Go to the Edit page.
2. Click on the menu icon in the bottom-right corner of the slide you want to title, then click on the pencil icon (label: “Edit”).

3. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.

4. Save.

From an open VoiceThread

1. Click on the slide details icon near the top-right corner of the page, then click on the pencil icon (label: “Edit”).

2. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.

3. Save.

From the slide gallery

1. Click on the slide gallery button.

2. Click on the menu icon in the bottom-right corner of the slide you want to title, then click on the pencil icon (label: “Edit”).

3. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.

4. Save.

Legacy VT

To add alt text to a slide in your VoiceThread:

1. Go to the Edit page.
2. Find the slide you want to describe.
3. Click on the pencil icon in the bottom-left corner of that slide thumbnail.

4. Enter your text into the slide description field. It will be labeled differently for each type of slide:

• Image or document slide: “Slide description or text preview”
• Audio slide: “Audio Recap”
• Video slide: “Video Description”

5. Save.

Alt text will be read by a screen reader, but it will not be visible on the page.