Registering for exams to be taken at Disability Services (DS)

To ensure I will receive the needed accommodations:

• I understand that I need to arrive on time for my exam. I may begin an exam up to 30 minutes prior to the exam’s scheduled start time.
  
• I understand I am responsible for monitoring my testing time and completing the exam in the allotted time.
  
• I understand all tests must be started early enough so they can be completed by 4:30.
  
• I understand that I must abide by the academic policies outlined in the Student Handbook in regard to Academic Honesty in all my dealings with testing accommodations.

The following procedural guidelines apply to exams administered at Disability Services:

• Students authorized for exam accommodations have three options:

1. Take exam with the class.
2. Take exams with appropriate accommodations arranged by the instructor.
3. Take exams at DS.


• Faculty instructions for the exam will be reviewed with you before the exam begins. You will be held responsible for following these instructions at all times.



• You are not permitted to leave the DS testing area once you have begun your exam (exception is bathroom break).



• You will not be allowed to use books, notes, or any other form of recorded information during the exam unless the proctor has received special instructions from your instructor indicating that some form of notes are allowable. Attempts to do so will be reported to your instructor.



• The following items are not allowed in the exam room:



1. Any communication devices including cell phones and PDA’s
2. Notebooks not permitted by professor/instructor
3. Coats
4. Book Bags
5. Purses
6. Hats/Ball caps



• You are responsible for your personal exam materials. If you forget personal exam materials (calculator) and you leave to retrieve them, when you return you will only be given the remainder of your allotted time.



• If you are unclear about the exam instructions or conditions, stop the exam and seek assistance from a DS staff member. The DS staff member will attempt to contact your instructor or give you a form to explain the problem or question which will then be returned with the exam.



• You are not permitted to choose your exam room. DS cannot guarantee a specific test environment.




 

Lateness, No Show, Cancellation, and Rescheduling Test Policies:

• LATENESS: If you arrive more than 20 minutes late for the scheduled exam, you will be given the choice of making other arrangements with the instructor or having the number of minutes late deducted from the time allotted for the exam. You are responsible to notify DS of other arrangements made with the professor.



• NO SHOW: If you are a "no-show" for an exam, the exam will be returned to the instructor and you will need to make arrangements with the instructor to make up the exam. There is no guarantee that the instructor will permit a make up exam. DS will contact you as well as the instructor by email within 24 hours of the scheduled time of the missed exam.



• CANCELLATION: You are expected to contact DS as well as your instructor to cancel exams if you are ill, have an emergency, or do not intend to use testing accommodations for a scheduled exam so we can have the space for other students. This includes withdrawing from a course.



• RESCHEDULING: DS does not have the authority to reschedule a test date or start time; your instructor must approve that.




 

Pop Quizzes

• The instructor must call DS in the event of a pop quiz as soon as it is planned. The instructor should deliver the quiz immediately to DS for administration and enclose instructions for administering the quiz (e.g. time allotment and authorized materials).

 

Policies Regarding Academic Misconduct:

• Any student observed utilizing any unauthorized resource during an exam will be reported to the Student Conduct Committee through the Student Support Services Office and their instructor.



• Any unauthorized notes and any scrap paper used during the exam will be copied and returned with the exam to the instructor.



• A staff member may come into the testing room at any time to perform a random integrity check.



• Any suspected evidence of cheating will be documented by the exam scheduling coordinator or DS staff and reported to the appropriate faculty member and the Student Conduct Committee through the Student Support Services Office.