<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Lisa (and all who helped) for putting together this great resource! <br></div><div><br></div><div>One thought for a possible addition might be resources on making social media content more accessible. (Apologies if you already have this and I just missed it on my first skim through of the site!) <br></div><div><br></div><div>Below are some tips that come from the UMass Amherst Assistive Technology Center (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrLn4bKBbHb/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/BrLn4bKBbHb/</a>).</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><b>LinkedIn</b><br></div><div>"Did you know you can add "alt text" (image descriptions) up to 120 characters on LinkedIn? This ensures people who are blind/low vision have access to photo content. Currently, it only works from the web on a computer or mobile device, but does not work from the app on mobile devices yet. Thanks to Jennison Asuncion for the work you're doing to make LinkedIn more accessible." <br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><blockquote>Video on how to add "alt text" - <a href="https://lnkd.in/edBPf2u" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/edBPf2u </a><br>(enable the captions if needed/wanted).<br><br><b>Instagram and Facebook</b><br>As promised, here are videos on adding alt text to Instagram and Facebook from your smart phone! Captions are added on these videos. You can also view them with or without captions on YouTube.<br>🙌🏻<br>Important Note: you can also add alt text to Facebook from a computer, but you cannot do this for Instagram. Also, when you add alt text to Instagram and have photos automatically sent to Facebook or elsewhere, that alt text does NOT retain!<br>🙌🏻<br>Adding alt text to Instagram: <a href="https://youtu.be/4C0JFtXUqZU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4C0JFtXUqZU</a><br>🙌🏻<br>Adding alt text to Facebook: <a href="https://youtu.be/tGr_a7bWshk" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tGr_a7bWshk</a><br>🙌🏻<br>Hope this is helpful! Now go out and engage in inclusive social media practices. Happy alt-texting!"<br></blockquote><br></div><div><div>Best,</div><div>Janine</div></div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 00:24:40 +0000<br>
From: "Meloncon, Lisa" <<a href="mailto:meloncon@usf.edu" target="_blank">meloncon@usf.edu</a>><br>
To: ATTW List serv <<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank">attw-l@attw.org</a>><br>
Subject: [ATTW-L] Resource for accessible course design<br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:0352097C-09AF-4471-BB67-A7B1CCE90AA4@usf.edu" target="_blank">0352097C-09AF-4471-BB67-A7B1CCE90AA4@usf.edu</a>><br>
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All ?<br>
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Ever get overwhelmed on the steps to make your courses more accessible?<br>
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Well, with loads of help from lots of people (see credits), particularly Sherena Huntsman, we are pleased to offer you a starting place: Accessible TPC <a href="http://writeprofessionally.org/accessibility/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://writeprofessionally.org/accessibility/</a><<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwriteprofessionally.org%2Faccessibility%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2yYlEwE0MmwyXiGFvWnMIkO9kenhSb8PFPYRB8Es8QA7TLHPxTWoiexng&h=AT3PJ34JkWNEH2OijxiMOLEtHNHEEtLUqWUH31Xh4W5F_zphgOQXEuM9d25442LvJW-4fpBioI8IkgVsekQea6rH8mrEj3t66ZBuprj5hzEGjk-wo_h3j4sXVfu-Ewnbew3GH5df-s4VP-NZT84BgE_q" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwriteprofessionally.org%2Faccessibility%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2yYlEwE0MmwyXiGFvWnMIkO9kenhSb8PFPYRB8Es8QA7TLHPxTWoiexng&h=AT3PJ34JkWNEH2OijxiMOLEtHNHEEtLUqWUH31Xh4W5F_zphgOQXEuM9d25442LvJW-4fpBioI8IkgVsekQea6rH8mrEj3t66ZBuprj5hzEGjk-wo_h3j4sXVfu-Ewnbew3GH5df-s4VP-NZT84BgE_q</a>><br>
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It's relevant to face-to-face and online writing cause pretty much we all have some online component, and this site is meant as a community of practice that we will continue to update and make more robust.<br>
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Let us know if you have a questions, comments, or a great resource to add.<br>
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Lisa<br>
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Lisa Melon?on, PhD<br>
Co-Editor, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (<a href="http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm</a><<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journals.upress.ufl.edu_rhm&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=pixVoNlEUATCd42x07Q5ArPXRPzmxr7XUhwZ3R0VPL8&m=Shj3vbvM5sT5RXbA2Q4DPfyv9-MYu0r9-86YpB-c3Jo&s=kHZQlabmFC-di_7ldUObKDW_e4L69mcKBtbd9nAiW_U&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journals.upress.ufl.edu_rhm&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=pixVoNlEUATCd42x07Q5ArPXRPzmxr7XUhwZ3R0VPL8&m=Shj3vbvM5sT5RXbA2Q4DPfyv9-MYu0r9-86YpB-c3Jo&s=kHZQlabmFC-di_7ldUObKDW_e4L69mcKBtbd9nAiW_U&e=</a>>)<br>
Series Editor: Foundations and Innovations in Technical and Professional Communication (<a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/</a>)<br>
Associate Professor, Technical Communication<br>
Department of English<br>
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Email: meloncon [at] tek-ritr dot com OR meloncon [at ]usf dot edu<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_3280863453666231095gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Janine Solberg, Ph.D.<br>Co-Director, Professional Writing<br>
   and Technical Communication Program<span style="font-size:12.8px"></span><br>Faculty, Composition and Rhetoric Program<br>Department of English<br>E461 South College<br>University of Massachusetts-Amherst</div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>