Digital Accessibility Liaisons
Interested in becoming a liaison? We welcome anyone at Carolina to join our Microsoft Team. Digital Accessibility Liaisons (DAL) advocate for accessibility in all aspects of campus life. We promote digital accessibility by learning about, sharing, and supporting the work of the Digital Accessibility Office (DAO). Our goals include: Now that digital accessibility is on my radar, I can’t stop thinking about it. It has become part of me. I feel that I have become an even stronger advocate and now I can back up my beliefs with skills to help my colleagues. Our monthly meetings are opportunities to learn about accessibility-related topics. We meet online via Zoom, so it’s easy to join in the conversation during a busy workday. Liaison leaders plan the meetings based on feedback from liaisons. They invite guest speakers from on and off campus to share their ideas and experiences. Some past meetings included: I was largely clueless about the hurdles blocking equitable access to internet and other digital resources… Once I knew the challenges, and our obligations to alleviate them, I worked to learn as much as I could. That led to me becoming a Digital Accessibility Liaison. Each liaison is a volunteer who wants to learn about and promote digital accessibility at Carolina. We have representatives from all over campus and from all types of roles. Liaisons can be anyone who works at UNC including students, instructors, and staff. THIS TRAINING IS ON HOLD FOR NOW. We hope to start this back up in the Fall of 2023. Check here for updates or email digital_accessibility@unc.edu with questions. The Digital Accessibility Office offers badge training for all current liaisons. We recommend this training to liaisons who want to take on more responsibility in their role. Liaisons who complete this training, its pre-requisites, and the final project receive a digital badge. We have a growing number of badged liaisons who use their badge to promote their knowledge of accessibility. To learn more about the badge training and register: By becoming a DAL, you become your department or unit’s local influencer for digital accessibility. You can help to scale up the DAO’s outreach efforts across campus. You can also grow your own knowledge and develop new professional skills.
Join the Digital Accessibility Liaisons Microsoft Team
What we do
-Christine Harradine, Frank Porter Graham Child Development InstituteMonthly Meetings
-Donna Nixon, Katherine R. Everett Law LibraryWho we are
2023-2024 Leaders
Badge Training
Why you should join
[Being a liaison] has given me the accreditation I need to when attempting to educate co-workers and supervisors on why we can’t do certain things. They still create or post inaccessible things, but when I come back to say I have changed it to be accessible they understand the “why”.
-Haley Houser, Carolina Housing
How to join
We will share meeting information with members of the Microsoft Team each month. You can connect with fellow liaisons, share resources, and discuss topics of interest between meetings.