Hi..I understand how to add alt text tags to images in the modules/lessons. But it is unclear how to add alt text tag to the theme image, I don't see an edit function for this functionality. Is this possible? TIA Julie
Currently the theme photo (cover photo) doesn't have an option to add alt text. I'll pass it along to our team as a feature idea though - as I know we're still adding items that support accessibility in Rise!
Hi there, Jennifer. We currently don't have plans to add alt text to the cover photo. The majority of courses use the cover photo decoratively, similar to a background image on a slide, and so we ignore it for screen readers.
If we're adding alt text tag function to all images, seems the cover or theme photo should be included. Please add me to list for requesting this. Thanks!
My Rise product just failed a 508 review because I can't add alt text to the course logo on the Theme. Articulate, please prioritize this, because we can't have our lessons failing 508 or it won't get out the door.
The course logo failed. The 508 team was looking for alt text just for the logo. Say the course was called GRA 101, they were looking for alt text that said "GRA 101 logo".
Eager to see ALT text in theme and background images. We want to pump out a lot of microlearning JIT courses, and hope to avoid backtracking to install ALT text after publishing. Thanks!
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Hi Julie,
Thanks for reaching out!
Currently the theme photo (cover photo) doesn't have an option to add alt text. I'll pass it along to our team as a feature idea though - as I know we're still adding items that support accessibility in Rise!
Is there any progress on this with your current accessibility updates?
Hi there, Jennifer. We currently don't have plans to add alt text to the cover photo. The majority of courses use the cover photo decoratively, similar to a background image on a slide, and so we ignore it for screen readers.
You can check out our accessibility progress in our journal here that we'll continually update as we get closer to full WCAG 2.1 compliance!
If we're adding alt text tag function to all images, seems the cover or theme photo should be included. Please add me to list for requesting this. Thanks!
Hi there, I was just trying to do this, I see it was mentioned three years ago, any update, this really should exist for accessibility. Thanks
Hi Teresa! There aren't any plans to have Alt text for the cover photo at this time.
If we do make any changes that help, this can be found in our accessibility progress in our journal here. You can follow along with our current progress and plans for accessibility.
Hi everyone!
I would also like to add my name to the list of those who would like to see this accessibility feature added.
Thanks!
Hello,
Our team would like to have alt text feature on the Theme image.
Thank you.
I would also like the alt tag feature added for the theme photo
Agreed, please add alt text to all images!
My Rise product just failed a 508 review because I can't add alt text to the course logo on the Theme. Articulate, please prioritize this, because we can't have our lessons failing 508 or it won't get out the door.
I think Rise auto-tags the course image as decorative--how did it fail a review?
The course logo failed. The 508 team was looking for alt text just for the logo. Say the course was called GRA 101, they were looking for alt text that said "GRA 101 logo".
Eager to see ALT text in theme and background images. We want to pump out a lot of microlearning JIT courses, and hope to avoid backtracking to install ALT text after publishing. Thanks!