Published lesson · 25 minutes

Add links and images people can use

Objective: Add links and images with text that explains their purpose to different visitors.

Understand the idea

This lesson focuses on add links and images people can use. Add links and images with text that explains their purpose to different visitors. We will use a familiar community situation to make the idea concrete, then break it into decisions you can explain. You do not need special equipment or previous experience beyond the course prerequisites.

A community event page might link to a registration form and show a venue map with a short text alternative describing the location. Start by naming the information or action involved, then consider what a visitor or learner needs to understand. This small planning step makes the example easier to follow and helps you notice assumptions before they become confusing.

A link needs a destination and descriptive text; an image needs alternative text when it conveys information. The example is synthetic and contains no real organisation, personal details or promises about services. Treat it as a learning model: adapt the structure to your own situation, and check details with the people responsible before publishing anything publicly.

Write link text that makes sense out of context. If an image is decorative, use empty alternative text; if it carries information, describe that information briefly. Try changing one detail at a time and describe what changed. When something behaves differently from what you expected, return to the goal and inspect the relevant part instead of changing several things at once.

Check a page by navigating links with a keyboard and reading its content without relying on the image. A useful review asks whether the result is clear, usable and appropriate for the intended audience. Invite another person to try it when possible, and make improvements based on what they can actually understand or do.

Worked examples

Add links and images people can use: a small example

See how add links and images people can use can help communicate or solve a practical community task.

index.html

<main>
  <h1>Community event</h1>
  <p>Join us at the local hall.</p>
</main>

Practice tasks

  1. Explore add links and images people can use

    Use the worked example for “Add links and images people can use”. Change one small detail to suit a different synthetic community situation, then explain what you expected and how you checked whether the change still met the lesson objective.

  2. Build a HTML practice example

    Create a small practice result that demonstrates this objective: Add links and images with text that explains their purpose to different visitors. Use only synthetic information, keep the first version focused, and write down one limitation that a later version should address.

  3. Review and explain the result

    Review your “Add links and images people can use” result as if another learner will use it without your explanation. Identify one strength, one exact point that may be unclear, and a revision that would make the result easier to understand or use.

Add links and images people can use becomes easier when you start with a clear purpose, try one small step and check the result from the learner or community member's point of view.

Course overview