Student Accessibility Services has made some changes to the notification process regarding use of test accommodations for self-scheduled final exams. The intention is that these changes should make the process of arranging for test accommodations for finals more efficient. An email was sent out to faculty yesterday that explains the changes described below.
By this time in the semester, students should have already given their professors their Faculty Accommodation Memo, which lists the student’s approved accommodations. Testing accommodations can include extended time, reduced-distraction or private environment, use of College computer, and ability to use calculator. It is a good idea to make an announcement in class this week that any students who have approved accommodations and wish to use those for their final exam, but who have not yet given you their Accommodation Memo, must do so within the next week. This will allow sufficient time for students who still have not requested Memos from SAS to do so and get them submitted to you.
Last week, SAS emailed all students with approved test accommodations asking for which self-scheduled exams they intended to use their accommodations. Students must inform SAS of this by April 26th. One of the changes this semester is that students will do this via a Google Form, and they will no longer be bringing a piece of paper for their professor to attach to their exam. Another change is that after the April 26th deadline, Lillian Liebenthal, Student Accessibility Coordinator, will email each professor with a list of students for each class who intend to use test accommodations. Professors will place those exams on the top of the exam pile (for each class) they submit to the Registrar’s office (no need to attach a sheet of paper).
SAS will inform the Registrar’s office which students will be using test accommodations on their self-scheduled final exams. Once the Registrar has all exams submitted to their office (deadline is Wednesday May 10 at 5pm), they can then send exams for which accommodations will be used to the Test Center at the Academic Resource Center. This is the location where all self-scheduled final exams must be taken. As has been done in the past, professors handle accommodations directly for scheduled final exams.
We hope that eliminating the extra step of students bringing a form for professors to attach to exams, which help to make the process simpler and more efficient. Next week, I’ll be sharing some other news about improved efficiency in the office of Student Accessibility Services!
Student Accessibility Services is now on Twitter! Follow us for articles of interest related to disabilities, teaching, and learning.
