Log in as admin Go to Site administration > Badges > Manage Badges Create 2 badges. Other than the mandatory fields, fill the 'Image caption' field with a random text for the first badge, and leave that field empty for the second badge Go to Site administration > Badges > Manage Badges For each badge you created: Click on the badge title Go to the Criteria tab Add 'Manual issue by role' criteria and select 'Manager' on the next screen and save changes Click on the 'Enable access' button and confirm the action on the next screen Go to the Recipients tab and award the badge to yourself (to admin) Go to your profile page For each of the two badges you see there: Click on the badge Inspect the badge image element For the first badge:  Verify that the alt attribute is set to what you provided as the image caption For the second badge: Verify that the alt attribute is present, but set to an empty string