Tutorials and Other Resources

On this page you will find a list of useful Tutorials and Other Resources to help you with writing Image Descriptions.

If you have any questions, post your question on the Alt-Text Q&A

Go to Writing Tip: Using Point Form Technique for a breakdown on how you can start the writing process

Webinars

Describing Images in Publications DAISY webinar that introduces Image Descriptions.
The Art and Science of Describing Images DAISY webinar that goes into Editing Alt-text.
The Art and Science of Describing Images Part Two DAISY webinar that goes into describing Maps, Graphs, and Charts
The Art and Science of Describing Images Part Three DAISY webinar that goes into describing Artwork and Anatomy
Implementing Extended Descriptions in Digital Publications, Best Practices and Practical Advice DAISY webinar on how to create Long Description in an ebook. This is a bit more technical and talks more about how to code the pieces of the book and where to put the information.
How to describe complex images Benetech webinar on long descriptions.
Accessible Social Media/Marketing Panel with Alt-Text Writing Practice Session Accessible Libraries presentation on SM, but there is a great panel discussion at the 35 minute mark about how to describe images and what is important.

Poet Training Tool provides an interactive tutorial on how to describe all types of images, and is great to practice your writing skills!
W3C's Tutorial on Imagesfocused more on websites, but has useful tips for describing symbols and images in sequence.
Text alternatives - a decision tree provides you with a series of questions to ask yourself on when and how to write image descriptions.

AccessiblePublishing.ca Guide to Image Description provides general guidelines for publishers. This page was created by our accessibility testing team and is the current gold standard for Alt-text description in Canada.
Accessible Publishing Learning Network: Lots or resources on Image Descriptions and more! Leah Brochu, a former NNELS Coordinator, helped edit and write a lot of this content.
Accessible Image - Sample Book provides samples of alt-text
Image Description Guidelines guidelines similar to our documentation.
Multi-Spread Images How to describe images over 2 pages.
DAISY Knowledge Base Alt-text golden standard in writing image descriptions in ebooks. It is more technical, and shows how the code works for image descriptions.
Image description examples from textBOX has samples of image descriptions.