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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

The Multimedia and Redundancy Principles Mayer’s research has found that people learn better through words and pictures than through words alone or pictures alone. Also remove items from the focus order that aren’t necessary for screen reader users, such as decorative images or any onscreen text that’s duplicated in the audio.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Effective Alt Text for Images

Hurix Digital

Images are an essential part of digital products, in books, in documents, in content & Web pages, to communicate visually with the user. Alternate text, also called alt text, refers to a text description that is added to an image, video, or other non-textual elements on a web page.

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Enhancing Image Accessibility with an AI Alt Text Generator

Hurix Digital

billion people experiencing visual impairments, every business and individual will agree that it is paramount to improve image accessibility beyond what the WGAC mandates for business continuity. Alt text is a description that comes with images and plays a crucial role in boosting web accessibility for the visually impaired.

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How to compress PowerPoint presentations and reduce picture file size

BrightCarbon

Media-rich presentations are great. Including high-quality images and videos often adds hugely to audience engagement, but it also adds file size. Did you know PowerPoint has a built-in picture and video compression tool? Images: Select a picture on any slide and go to the Picture Tools Format tab on the ribbon.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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How to Use social media for Online Learning?

Skillquore

Social Media is an integral part of our lives. From the moment we wake up till we hit the sack at night, most of our waking hours are spent on social media. So, pretty much the first and the last thing we do in our lives is being on social media. However, not every online course can be carried out using social media.

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The Hunt for the Perfect Image for Your Training

Reflection Software

We’ve all heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Sometimes finding the right media to match your content can seem daunting – but you don’t need a PhD in Art History to find the perfect image to represent “workplace synergy.” When it comes to training, this still holds true (if not even more true!).

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