To improve the accessibility of your media files, you can add alternative text to your images directly in Canvas or bulk upload alternative text across multiple courses.
Adding an Alternative Description to an Image In Canvas
You can add an alternative description to an image and apply it to all instances within the course.
- Locate the desired document in your Canvas course.
- Click the Alternative Description icon next to your file.
- Within the Add Alternative Description window, enter the alternative description for your image.
Note: You can also bulk upload the alternative description at once. - In the Apply Alternative Description, select a way to apply your alternative description to:
- All instances of the image in this course: Add the description to every occurrence of this image throughout the course.
- All instances of the image without an alternative description in this course: Add the description only to occurrences of this image that currently do not have an alternative description.
- Click Save.
Learn more about bulk upload alternative text across multiple courses using Panorama.