New digital accessibility guidelines will go into effect on April 24, 2026. While many units have been preparing their digital assets and webpages to comply with these guidelines, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA standards will also impact social media publication and usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any WSU employee who manages a social media account in any manner or fashion must be current<\/strong> on WSU Digital Accessibility Training, provided in Percipio. Social media managers must take the Digital Accessibility Assessment<\/a> and requisite training through Percipio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This assessment and training will provide an overview of common accessibility issues and publication guidelines for social media content. Additional resources include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are several accessibility concepts that should be considered when posting or publishing WSU-affiliated social content:<\/p>\n\n\n Foreground text color and background color must have sufficient color contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information on colors and color contrast is available on the WSU Digital Accessibility Core Concepts<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n <\/section>\n\n\n Every image included in a social media post needs alternative text. A more in-depth image description adds context to the limited amount of text in the post. It is recommended to use the social media channel\u2019s tools to add the image description (alternative text) for the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information can be found at Core Concepts: Images<\/a> or at Social Media Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Color Contrast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Alternative Text on Images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How to Add Alt Text by Platform<\/h4>\n\n\n
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