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    <div class="html-content">The <a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">December issue of the USM Digital Accessibility Newsletter</a> is now available. Here's what's inside:<div><ul><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Why-Alt-Text-Matters" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Why Alt Text Matters</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Quick-Fix-Guide" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Quick Fix Guide: Images &amp; Alt Text</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Writing-Good-Alt-Text" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tools &amp; Tactics: Alt Text Decision Tree</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Before-and-After" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Before &amp; After: Alternative Text</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Campuses-in-Focus" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Campuses in Focus: Digital Accessibility Transformational Seminar</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Monthly-Move" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Your Monthly Move: Remediate Your Images with Alt Text</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Learn-More" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn More</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=0fedd08989#Register" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Register for our Zoom Monthly Remediation Sprints</a></p></li></ul><div><span>Review </span><a href="https://us8.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=838aece2eb" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">past issues</a><span> of the newsletter.</span></div><div>To receive the newsletter each month, please <a href="http://eepurl.com/jkCDHk" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">subscribe with USM</a>.</div></div></div>
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<Summary>The December issue of the USM Digital Accessibility Newsletter is now available. Here's what's inside:    Why Alt Text Matters    Quick Fix Guide: Images &amp; Alt Text    Tools &amp; Tactics: Alt...</Summary>
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