/VII. Visual Elements

  1. If imagery/photography is used, dynamic, action-oriented images that are of a professional quality and follow university photography guidelines are selected, where possible.
  2. HTML allows two types of image maps: client-side (the user's browser processes a URI) and server-side (the server processes click coordinates). If possible, client-side image maps are provided instead of server-side image maps. If img is used to insert the image, an alternative list of links is provided after it, indicating the existence and location of the alternative list (via the alt tag attribute).
  3. Provide text links for each active region of an image map.
  4. A text equivalent is provided for every non-text element (i.e., alt tag, or description of image/multimedia).
  5. Auditory descriptions of the important information in the visual tracks of multimedia presentations are provided.
  6. Read more on synchronizing multimedia elements Multimedia elements contain equivalent alternatives (e.g. captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track) that are synchronized with the presentation.
  7. Equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes.

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