Students' Responsibilities in Arranging for Test/Exam Accommodations

1. Early each term, students must meet with their SDS Advisor to discuss accommodation needs, get their "Letters of Accommodation", and submit their Test/Examination schedule for the semester.

2. At the beginning of each term, students are responsible for initiating contact with you to discuss their accommodation needs as specified in their "Letter of Accommodation", and to obtain your signature. It is a common practice for instructors to include a statement in their course outlines inviting students with disabilities to identify their needs for accommodation. We recommend that students meet their instructors during scheduled office hours so they can discuss their needs in a safe and confidential space.

3. Student must return their signed "Letters of Accommodation to Student Disability Services by published deadlines (available on the SDS website), in order to receive accommodation for formally scheduled exams. Students who are authorized to write tests/exams with Student Disability Services are also required to submit a completed exam schedule to the SDS Exam Coordinator by published deadlines. It is the responsibility of the student to formally schedule all tests/exams which are being written with SDS (including re-scheduled exams).

4. Students are responsible for confirming that accommodation arrangements have been made with the Exam Coordinator in Student Disability Services. Instructors will receive an e-mail reminder from the Exam Coordinator several days in advance of the exam, confirming that a student in your class is in fact writing the exam with SDS.

Additional Information for instructors can be viewed on the Test and Exam Information page of the SDS website.

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