For content creators looking to maximize accessibility, Poll Everywhere recommends replacing clickable images with multiple-choice polls with textual descriptions, and if you must use images, add alternative text to any photos/pictures/images. Poll Everywhere presenters can enable alternative text for images by adding customized text descriptions to multiple-choice questions, rankings, and clickable image activities for participants using screen readers. This document will show you how to turn this feature on and use it when adding an image to an activity.
Log into your Southern New Hampshire Poll Everywhere account (polleverywhere.com)
Access your profile settings by selecting the profile tab in the screen's bottom left corner.
How to Add Alternative Text
1. Select the Features lab link on the left side of the screen.
2. Toggle the Image alt-text option to ON.
3. Select the Apply lab settings button.
Add an Image to an Activity and Add Alt-Text
You can use images as response options when creating certain activities by pasting a direct link or uploading one from your computer using the picture icon or the upload icon (depending on the choice of activity).
1. From the Activities page, select create a new activity.
2. Select an activity type. Only some allow images, for example, multiple-choice or clickable image activities. In this example, we will select Clickable Image.
3. Enter something in the Title field.
4. Select one of the provided images or upload one.
5. Select the Alternative text box and enter a text description of the image.
6. Select Create.
