Social Media Accessibility
When posting to social media, provide accessible communication by following these tips.
- Add alternative text to images.
- If posting an image of text, provide alternative text for the image that includes the image’s text.
- If posting a complex image – including images that contain lengthy text – provide a brief description of the image in the image’s alternative text. Provide a full, equivalent description of the image in the post’s actual text.
- Provide captions for multimedia. Review automatic captioning for accuracy.
- Use strong color contrast. Avoid relying on color alone to convey meaning.
- Do not post flashing content. Rapidly flashing content can cause seizures.
- Capitalize each word in a hashtag, e.g., #ClemsonUniversity.
- Use emojis sparingly. Avoid emoticons and ASCII art.
