Students can access their exam accommodations once their instructor(s) has/have signed off on the Request for Academic Accommodation letter. This can be done through Accommodate. See the Accommodation Letters page of this course for a sample accommodation letter requesting specific exam accommodations.

As a caregiver, you can support students to book all of their exams early (as soon as they get their course outlines) to ensure accommodations are in place. Accommodated exams take time to prepare and cannot be done last minute. Final exams take the most time and should be booked at least a month in advance.

Time requirements

Exams that need to be in alternate formats are forwarded to Testing Services as early as possible. Some alternate-format conversions take some time and expertise to perform. Examples of alternate formats include printing exams on coloured paper, large format exams, and using screen readers.

Exam accommodations that involve physical spaces (such as distraction-free spaces), staff to moderate an exam, exams recorded on voice, and so on, all require additional time to process correctly to ensure that students have the accommodations they're entitled to and that exam accuracy and integrity are maintained.

Students need to make exam requests early!