EDS 240 - [No Lecture]

A formula for writing alternative text, which says you should always include (a) the chart type, (b) the type of data being presented, and (c) the reason for including the chart. You should also link to the data source somewhere in the text.

Image from Amy Cesal’s article, Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization, published in Nightingale

Pre-class Prep

Lecture Materials

There is no lecture this week!

Discussion Materials

Alternative text, aka alt text, makes our data visualizations accessible to a broader community. Today’s section will focus crafting effective alt text, as well as how to include it when rendering visualizations in reproducible reports, websites, etc. using publishing tools like Quarto.

Week 2 discussion slides

Assignment Reminders

Assignment Type	Assignment Title	Date Assigned	Date Due
HW	Homework Assignment #1	Mon 01/08/2024	Sat 01/20/2024, 11:59pm PT