Liaison Responsibilities

Serve as your MAU's digital accessibility point of contact

Attend Digital Accessibility Liaison meetings
Participate in the university’s Annual Digital Accessibility Self-Review process
Send out the university's Accessibility Awareness Survey to your MSU unit
Communicate questions from your MSU unit to the Digital Accessibility Team
Distribute any digital accessibility communications from the Digital Accessibility Team or the Digital Accessibility Liaison Meetings to your MSU unit

Discuss the Digital Accessibility Policy and the Accessibility Dashboard with your unit leadership
Develop a regular communication strategy for your unit to help raise awareness about the Digital Accessibility Policy and provide access to training and tutorials
Make sure the employees in your unit know who their Digital Accessibility Liaison is, and be willing to answer any digital accessibility questions they may have
Assist employees in your unit with locating and using digital accessibility compliance resources, especially those on the Digital Accessibility website
Assist your unit in dealing with immediate digital accessibility questions and issues, including escalating to other university accessibility teams if needed
In particular, escalate any urgent accommodation needs to the Digital Accessibility Team or the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities

Consider creating a digital accessibility committee
Encourage faculty and staff to take any internal or external training classes necessary for them to understand how to comply with the Digital Accessibility Policy. This particularly applies to anyone creating digital course content, website content, websites and applications, and anyone doing work in design or multimedia production.
Consider including digital accessibility training in the faculty and staff onboarding process
Ensure digital accessibility is considered in the procurement of any purchased websites, applications, or other software platforms. This includes ensuring that any vendor contracts contain language on digital accessibility requirements.
Ensure your MSU Unit’s websites, web applications, social media, and other content platforms comply with the Digital Accessibility Policy. This can be done directly or by delegating to staff in these areas. Be sure to include both technical staff and digital content creators.
Ensure your MSU Unit’s digital courses comply with the Digital Accessibility Policy. This can be done directly or by delegating to faculty and staff in these areas. Encourage the use of D2L and the Spartan Ally tool.