[MDL-68188] ALT text missing for Course Image in all course listings - Moodle Tracker

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Affected Branches:
MOODLE_310_STABLE, MOODLE_37_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE, MOODLE_39_STABLE
Epic Link:
Moodle Accessibility
Pull from Repository:
git://github.com/bmbrands/moodle.git
Pull Master Branch:
MDL-68188-master
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://github.com/bmbrands/moodle/compare/73f8c56dfc...MDL-68188-master
Workaround:

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There is no possible workaround as the course image settings does not yet include a field for alternative text.

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There is no possible workaround as the course image settings does not yet include a field for alternative text.
Testing Instructions:
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Navigate to Site Administration > Front Page > Front Page Settings

Under "Front Page Items When Logged In" set a field to: "List of Courses"

Create a new course.

Add a course image in the course settings and save.

Navigate back to the homepage

View the HTML for the image. Verify the alt text is "Course image"
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Navigate to Site Administration > Front Page > Front Page Settings Under "Front Page Items When Logged In" set a field to: "List of Courses" Create a new course. Add a course image in the course settings and save. Navigate back to the homepage View the HTML for the image. Verify the alt text is "Course image"

The course image does not have an ALT text tag. This affects:

This fails WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility testing, specifically Guideline 1.1 Text Alternative. For more information, see https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#text-alternatives

Note: Course images may or may not contain text and therefore an option to specify alternative text is required.

Participants:: Andrew Lyons, Asha Kinney, Bas Brands, CiBoT, jazfry, Jun Pataleta, Mark Sharp, Michael Milette

Component watchers:: Andrew Lyons, Huong Nguyen, Jun Pataleta, Michael Hawkins, Shamim Rezaie, Simey Lameze, Stevani Andolo

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