Student Accommodations

• Submit the online Exam Accommodation Request Form no less than 5 business days (excluding holidays & weekends) before the scheduled date of the exam
• Submit requests for final exams approximately three weeks prior to the start date of finals.
• Monitor your email for your exam confirmation.
• Verify the accuracy of the exam confirmation and contact the exam administrator if there are any…

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All students approved for ASL, CART, FM Systems or Closed Captioning should follow the steps below to ensure they have their accommodations in place for all of their courses, meetings, and events:

Step 1: Looking to register for accommodation? Learn more:

Registration Page

Step 2: Approved for Accommodations/in need of support? Schedule a meeting with the…

Glean is an application that can be used from a computer or mobile device for recording lectures. Users can embed PDFs to accompany the audio recording. Students can add their own text notes alongside the recording and can highlight sections of the audio for future reference. 

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Those students requiring reasonable accommodations related to a disability for housing on any Rutgers Campus, should visit the following campus web sites and complete the Housing Accommodation Form:

Students requiring accommodations for on-campus housing for the Camden campus:

-        Complete Housing Disability Request Form: Housing…

There is no specific deadline for submitting a request. However students should submit the ACM/AFT Request form in the following timeframe depending on the type of format:

• All requests for Braille, Tactile Images, Daisy, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), should be submitted no later than 2 months prior to the beginning of the semester.
• All request for PDF, Kurzweil 300, MP3s, Large Print, or HTML should be submitted no later than 1 month…

Below are the instruction on how to join your WebEx meeting. Please note:  first time users may experience WebEx trying to download an app. You can choose to download the app (and run it afterward) or you can navigate to the 'open in browser' link. Once WebEx loads you'll follow the stesp blow.

1. You'll hear "Your full name edit, type in text." Type in your name and press tab
2. You'll hear "Email edit, type in text". Type in your email address and press tab
3. You'll hear "Next button,…

This page will help you find your required course readings. Once you receive your schedule, you must review your required course reading materials. You can find them through the following methods:

1. Go to the Rutgers Online Schedule of Classes. After finding your section, click on the ‘books’ link.
2. Go to the University Barnes and Noble site, enter…

In some cases, your books may already be available in an electronic format. Below are some resources to help you find them:

Students can order…

Kurzweil 3000 Read the Web Instructions for Google Chrome

1. You can…

What is Respondus?

How do I set up Respondus in my course?

How do I set up Extra Time Quiz/Exam Accommodations when using Respondus?

What if the accommodation the student is requesting is not listed on the Letter of Accommodation submitted by the student? 

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BigBlueButton will appear in Canvas a Collaboration, and in Sakai as meetings. After you've clicked on join meeting, follow the instructions below:

1. The first thing you'll hear is "Join audio alert dialogue" . Click your tab key to select the Microphone or Listen only option.  Listen only, will enter you into the room with your microphone muted.
2. Press Spacebar. You'll hear the words "connecting" afterward.

Alt + Shift + M    Mute / Unmute…

We have found BlackBoard Collaborate to be the most accessible to screen readers. You can navigate through all of its features using your tab key. Below are some of the common keyboard commands:

• To turn the microphone on and off, press Alt + M in Windows.
  On a Mac, press Option + M.
• To turn the camera on and off, press Alt + C in Windows.
  On a Mac, press Option + C.
• To raise and lower your hand, press Alt + H in Windows.
  On a Mac, press Option + C.

In order to ensure that you have a productive conversation with your professor, consider the following questions regarding the accommodation of extra time on assignments within the academic standards of the course.  Please review the course description and syllabus regarding late work before speaking with your professor. 

In order to ensure that you have a productive conversation with your professor, please consider the following questions regarding the accommodation of consideration for absences within the standards of the course.

1. How many absences could be considered reasonable over what is stated in the syllabus?…