From 8b9506211a5a8dca63532a1c8b7bdd39e3d025c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Sadecki <mark@sadecki.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:12:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] removes redundant alt attribute value

---
 lms/templates/user_dropdown.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lms/templates/user_dropdown.html b/lms/templates/user_dropdown.html
index eb66f4fc91..73f58eccf4 100644
--- a/lms/templates/user_dropdown.html
+++ b/lms/templates/user_dropdown.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.user_api.accounts.image_helpers import get_profile_
                 username = self.real_user.username
                 profile_image_url = get_profile_image_urls_for_user(self.real_user)['medium']
                 %>
-                <img class="user-image-frame" src="${profile_image_url}" alt="${_('Profile image for {username}').format(username=username)}">
+                <img class="user-image-frame" src="${profile_image_url}" alt="">
                 <div class="label-username">${username}</div>
             </a>
         </li>

From 33949571b7bcf173c5ac6035502661aa1811bfbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Sadecki <mark@sadecki.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:32:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] adds a test so this doesn't regress again

---
 common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py          | 4 ++++
 common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms_dashboard.py | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
index d859fdfb81..a4ce88f898 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class DashboardPage(PageObject):
         """ Retrieves the specified social sharing widget by its classification """
         return self.q(css='a.action-{}'.format(widget_name))
 
+    def get_profile_img(self):
+        """ Retrieves the user's profile image """
+        return self.q(css='img.user-image-frame')
+
     def get_courses(self):
         """
         Get all courses shown in the dashboard
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms_dashboard.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms_dashboard.py
index 7dc32b0ad4..2aa5086e25 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms_dashboard.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms_dashboard.py
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ class LmsDashboardPageTest(BaseLmsDashboardTest):
         # and course starts within 5 days
         self.assertEqual(course_date, expected_course_date)
 
+    def test_profile_img_alt_empty(self):
+        """
+        Validate value of profile image alt attribue is null
+        """
+        profile_img = self.dashboard_page.get_profile_img()
+        self.assertEqual(profile_img.attrs('alt')[0], '')
+
 
 @attr('a11y')
 class LmsDashboardA11yTest(BaseLmsDashboardTestMultiple):