“Digital accessibility” addresses how our users access digital goods and services, and how students, faculty, and staff can ensure that web pages and web-delivered content can function with assistive technology used by persons with disabilities.
MSU IT provides resources and support for web accessibility, course and instructional content accessibility, and accessible IT evaluations and purchasing in partnership with the Office of the General Counsel and Office of Institutional Equity. MSU IT also provides several resources to support MSU’s digital accessibility program on web access including:
- Step-by-step digital accessibility tutorials, to help you create more accessible content.
- Information about getting connected to your local Web Accessibility Policy Liaison within your college or department.
- Web Accessibility Policy Liaison meetings are intended to provide updates to campus related to digital accessibility resources, guidance, and the web accessibility policy.
Web & Course Accessibility
MSU IT provides accessibility consultation, review, and strategic planning for websites, web applications, and other information technology. Check out the accessibility tutorials, classes and workshops, and policy information on Webaccess or email us webaccess@msu.edu.
Accessibility support includes:
- Consultation and support for Spartan Ally, a D2L/Brightspace plugin that helps make your course experiences more accessible by providing educator-centric support.
- A review of course materials for accessibility with an instructional designer using Quality Matters and Inclusive Design principles.
- Course accessibility support from trained student interns through MSU IT service level agreements to aid course improvement efforts.
- Assistance in making course accommodations in partnership with the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities.
- Information on closed captioning media at MSU can be found in our Accessibility Captioning Resource Guide.
- Course Accessibility Review
- Web Accessibility Policy
- Guide for Spartan Ally
For additional guidance, download our new Digital Accessibility Support Cookbook.
Creative Design/Production
Evaluation and Purchasing
The MSU Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Purchasing Process helps MSU to build relationships with suppliers and publishers and to ensure the purchase and creation of more accessible products and services. MSU IT has partnered with MSU Purchasing to provide accessibility reviews as a part of the purchasing process.
For more information, contact your college/departmental web accessibility liaison, or email us at webaccess@msu.edu.
