Mastering Pedagogical Alt Text with AI-Driven Mentorship

In this hands-on "workshop," participants will transform their approach to web accessibility from a checkbox exercise into an instructional asset. While basic alt text provides compliance, Pedagogical Alt Text ensures that students with visual impairments achieve the same "aha!" moments as their peers. Using the Alt Text Learning Assistant (optimized for Google Gemini), attendees will learn a structured, four-step protocol for describing complex educational visuals:

1. Contextual Discovery: Why "what" you see matters less than "why" it’s there.

2. Pedagogical Triage: Categorizing images as decorative, simple, or complex (requiring long descriptions).

3. The Three-Tiered Approach: Moving from "Good" (basic ID) to "Best" (Object-Action-Context).

4. Assessment Integrity: Learning to describe visuals in exams without giving away the answer.