Academic Accommodations

If you are approved for academic accommodations, you should plan for and complete certain responsibilities in a timely fashion each term to effectively access and utilize your academic accommodations. Following the week-by-week table below will help keep you on track.

Quarterly Tasks for Utilizing Approved Accommodations

Week	Task
Before Week 1	If you have questions or concerns about your adacemic accommodations for the upcoming term, contact your SAS advisor. (Your SAS advisor's email address, scheduling link, and important notes from them can be found on your student homepage in A11y.) Though accommodation modifications can be requested at any time, they are not retroactive, and getting these details sorted before the start of term can mitigate confusion or frustration during the term.
Week 1	Request Accommodation Emails to be sent to your professor(s) to notify them about approved accommodations that you plan to use in their class. Discuss with your professor(s) how your accommodations will be implemented in their class. Schedule a time to meet with your professor one-on-one, outside of class time, in order to ensure confidentiality and your professor's undivided attention (rather than approaching them before/after class. Your SAS advisor can support you in how to communicate with your professors and can work with you if you have any concerns about your conversation.)
Week 2	If you are approved for testing accommodations and your professor wants you to take their exams in the A11y Testing Center, Schedule any Exams that you and your professor have agreed you will take in the Testing Center. You can schedule all your exams for the entire term now, and please schedule at least 3 weekdays (Monday - Friday) in advance of your test! If you added/dropped courses or changed sections of the same course, Request accommodation email(s) for the class(es)/sections that you added (as this does not happen automatically).
Week 3	Schedule any Exams you need to take in the Testing Center. If you know details about a final, schedule it too!
Weeks 4 - 5	Check in with your undergraduate dean and/or academic advisor this week or next regarding course selection for the upcoming term.
Weeks 5 - 6	If attending an upcoming off-campus program, meet with your SAS advisor to discuss how your current accommodations may apply and/or need to be revised.
Week 7	If you haven't requested accommodations in a class for the current term but now think you may need them for finals, Request an Accommodation Email for the class and meet with your professor to discuss implementation.
Week 8	Discuss your final exams with your professors--it's often helpful to remind them that you receive accommodations. Schedule Final Exams with the Testing Center if applicable; and resolve any scheduling conflicts with your professor(s). Please do so at least 5 weekdays before your final! If you will be attending an off-campus program, if you have captioning or alternative-format text accommodations, and/or if you require accessible/acoustically sound classrooms, request accommodation emails for the upcoming quarter.
Week 9	Make sure you have scheduled all finals that you and your professor have agreed you will take in the A11y Testing Center at least 5 weekdays in advance.
At all times	Email or schedule with your SAS advisor anytime you have questions or concerns about your accommodations or their implementation. You do not need to schedule exams through SAS if your professor will be providing your testing accommodations. SAS strictly limits the number of bulk emails we send you, so please read them when we do.