VoiceThread Docs / Web Application / Editing / 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”).
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  1. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.
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  1. 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”).
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  1. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.
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  1. Save.
  1. Click on the slide gallery button.
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  1. 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”).
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  1. Scroll down and enter your alt text into the “Slide description or text preview” field.
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  1. 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.
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  1. 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”
  1. Save.

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

Screenshot of the input field for entering alt text