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The Accessible Learning Centre (ALC) is here to help you understand some of the accommodations that we often receive questions about. Each section provides the definition of the accommodation, details when it is used and how it works. We invite you to reach out to the office with any further accommodations questions.
Make sure you register with the ALC and activate your accommodations.
Alternate format is an alternate means of presenting print information so you can access resources.
If you use text-to-speech software, Braille and other tools to access information because you have a print disability and cannot read, see, or manipulate hard copy printed materials.
Alternate formats can be electronic and/or braille options.
The ALC has a transcription technologist who handles all of the requests for converting print course material into alternate formats. You must initiate the request.
Strict copyright laws are followed during this procedure. You must show proof of purchase for the course material and agree to use it solely for your own learning. The ALC’s transcription technologist may contact your instructor for course material information in order to provide alternate format to you in a timely manner.
Your instructor can contact the ALC regarding your needs to ensure the course material is accessible.
An option to audio record lectures with a personal recording device for later review.
Audio recording of in-person lectures may be warranted to address functional limitations such as:
You must complete an agreement to ensure you are using your recordings responsibly in a way that respects the intellectual property of the instructor. This includes agreeing to only using the recordings for your own use and deleting the recordings after you complete the course.
To help facilitate a quality recording, you may request to put a recorder or phone close to your instructor or sit close to the front of the classroom.
This accommodation provides consideration for students who may require additional time to complete assignments that extend beyond the assigned deadline date by the instructor.
You may receive this accommodation because of:
This accommodation provides students with additional time beyond the length set by the instructor. It applies to exams of any length. Students may have an additional 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, or 60 minutes per hour to complete a given timed assessment.
You may receive this accommodation because of:
A memory aid is a testing accommodation used to provide triggers to enable better recall of studied content.
When It Is Used
If your memory retrieval is impaired due to a disability, you are permitted to bring and use a memory aid during a timed assessment.
To use this accommodation, you must provide the following documentation:
How the Accommodation Works
You must show proof of approval from the faculty to the proctor before writing your test/exam and ensure that memory aid meets the following guidelines:
A memory aid accommodation is not:
This accommodation provides students with access to lecture notes shared from volunteer note takers enrolled in their classes.
You may receive this accommodation due to:
This accommodation provides you with consideration for an alternative means to demonstrate your participation in a course, which differs from the stated means of participation set by the instructor.
Consideration for a participation alternative may be warranted if you experience an invisible disability that requires an alternative to verbal participation in the classroom.
This consideration may assist with such functional limitations as:
In-person learning components:
This accommodation provides you with an alternative to presentations or an alternative option to how a presentation is executed, without altering the learning outcomes of the course.
You have documentation that demonstrates consideration around an alternative to presentations due to such functional limitations caused by:
If you have been assessed for this accommodation, reach out to your instructor to request consideration for upcoming presentations in the class.
Your instructor will work with you to meet your accommodation needs while not altering the learning outcomes of the course.
There may be courses wherein presentations are included as a learning outcome and no consideration can be made.
Contact Us:
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Office Location:
Waterloo: Peters, P220
Brantford: One Market, 207-20
Exam Inquiries:
Waterloo: alexams@wlu.ca
Brantford: lbalexams@wlu.ca