Assessment Accommodations Procedure

Procedure for Final Exam Week

Pre-assessment Planning and Scheduling

  • All students are required to meet with their professors to review assessment schedule to ensure that the individual student does not have more than one assessment per day during final exam week
  • All students are required to book their own tests on Clockwork according to their professor’s guidelines at least 5 business days before finals to guarantee a space in the testing center. The professors will log on to Clockwork to approve or edit the test request.  All students are expected to arrive on time for each assessment to ensure that their respective extended time accommodations can be honored

During Assessment

  • Students leave all personal computers, phones, and other electronic equipment in the Accessibility Services Coordinator's office
  • Student will only have assessment and writing implement during the assessment, and other materials required by/or supplied by the respective professor
  • For students with limited motoric issues, all testing will be accomplished on a computer
  • Students will be assigned to testing space in relation to test accommodations cited in the student's Accommodation Plan
  • During student breaks, student will leave the assessment with the Accessibility Services Coordinator

Assessment Delivery/Return

  • All professors are expected to upload paper and pencil  assessments to Clockwork Platform so that the Accessibility Services Coordinator can view it at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the assessment date
  • All completed assessments will be scanned and uploaded to Clockwork again for the respective professor to view within 48 business hours  following the student's completion of the assessment. Alternatively the professor may pick up the assessment from Accessibility Services
  • The hard copy of each assessment will be maintained in the student's file in the Accessibility Services Office unless the respective professor requests that the hard copy be returned to the professor. Assessments that are computer based /(Moodle) will be taken by students on their personal laptop in the Accessibility Services Testing Center.
  • Computer based assessments that have specific time limits, i.e. per questions, per assessment, will have to be reset to accommodate the individual student's extended time accommodation as specified in the respective student's Accommodation Plan

General Procedure

Pre-assessment (Quizzes/Test/Exams) Planning and Scheduling

  • All students are required to log onto the Clockwork Portal and click on the ‘schedule an exam’ button to arrange their own test. Once they have booked, the professor will receive an email alert to confirm/edit their test and to input the details of the test into the Clockwork test form. Students will get an email reminder about their test. All students are expected to arrive on time for each assessment to ensure that their respective extended time accommodations can be honored.
  • Students are reserving a time to test in the testing center, it is not guaranteed that a student will be testing alone and may have to share the space with other students.
  • A specific seat in the testing center cannot be guaranteed to a student unless a specific seat is needed to accommodate the student’s disability.
  • Students who have the Testing Center and extra time as an accommodation may only test in the classroom or an alternative location if they sign a waiver, waiving their right to do so. This must only be used at the distinct request of the student alone.
  • Students who do not wish to use extra time on their test, must also sign a waiver, waiving their right to their extra time. This can only be done with the request of the student alone. 

During Assessment

  • Students leave all personal computers, phones, and other electronic equipment in the Accessibility Services Coordinator's office
  • Student will only have the assessment and a writing implement during the assessment, and other materials required by/or supplied by the respective professor/or Accessibility Services
  • For students with limited motoric issues, all testing will be accomplished on a computer or another modality that can accommodate them.
  • Students will be assigned to testing space in relation to test accommodations cited in the student's Accommodation Plan
  • During student breaks, student will leave the assessment with the Accessibility Services Coordinator

Assessment Delivery/Return

  • All professors are expected to upload paper and pencil  assessments to Clockwork Platform so that the Accessibility Services Coordinator can view it at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the assessment date
  • All completed assessments will be scanned and uploaded to Clockwork again for the respective professor to view within 48 business hours  following the student's completion of the assessment.
  • The hard copy of each assessment will be maintained in the student's file in the Accessibility Services Office, unless the respective professor requests that the hard copy be returned to the professor. In such instances, the assessment may  be   picked up by the professor. Alternatively, Accessibility Services may shred the hard copy of the assessment if requested by the professor.
  • Computer based assessment that have specific time limits, i.e. per questions, per exam, will have to be reset to accommodate the individual student's extended time accommodation as specified in the respective student's Accommodation Plan