Student Accommodations

Information for Vendors providing ASL/CART Services remotely

All guests are assigned a Rutgers unique identifier known as a NetID, comprised of initials and a unique number (e.g. jqs23). In order to access many of the electronic services available to you at Rutgers, all ASL Interpreters and CART captioners need to activate a Rutgers NetID…

Kurzweil 3000 is an accessibility software designed to help students learn course materials in school. With functions such as text-to-speech, highlighting, and integrated note-taking and brainstorming, this assistive technology enables students with learning difficulties to fully engage in what they are learning and to focus on the tasks at hand.

<h2>Summary</h2> <ul> <li>Both offer text-to-speech, speech-to-text, OCR, and access to the cloud.</li> <li>Texthelp includes built-in math support, Kurzweil does not.</li> <li>Both offer Windows and Mac support; however, Texthelp offers better web and mobile applications.</li> <li>Kurzweil works better for reading Textbooks and PDFs while Texthelp is better at reading websites and EPUBs.</li> </ul>

Letter of Accommodations Only students approved for accommodations may submit a request. For questions regarding the registration process visit our Registration Page. 

Submit your Letters of Accommodations: Once approved for accommodations, the  next step is to request your Letter of Accommodations for every semester and each…

Making Arrangements for Students Approved for ASL/CART/FM or Captioning Services Services

Students approved through the Office of Disabilities Services (ODS) will provide professors with a Letter of Accommodation (LOA) indicating they require American Sign Language (ASL), CART captioning, an FM System or closed captioning for their…

Merging video and caption files

To begin you will need to have a video file (i.e .mp4) and a caption file (i.e .vtt, .srt). There are several programs you can do this with, below are the 2 that we would recommend

Kaltura - Preferred

1. Log in to https://rutgers.mediaspace.kaltura.com/
2. Click on your name and…

Messenger Pigeon is a full-featured note-taking suite that utilizes human note-takers.

Most Commonly Used Course Accommodations Exam Accommodations

An overview of exam accommodation process and…

Note Taking Accommodations Only students approved for accommodations may submit a request. For questions regarding the registration process visit our Registration Page. 

Notetaking Request Form: If approved, please submit your note taking request as soon as possible.

Note-taking AccommodationsPolicies

1. Students must first be…

ODS Administering Exams with Accommodations

The following is a timeline of how exam requests are received and handled by the Office of Disability Services (ODS). It includes the student and professor responsibilities.

1. The student submits the Exam Request Form no less than 5 business days (excluding holidays…

Overview of Recommended Tools Interacting with your Course Materials:

Our office provides both Kurzweil 3000 and Read&Write Gold as the recommended tool for interacting with the course content we offer you.

Comparison of Kurzweil and Read&Write

Based on Preferred PlatformPlatformRecommended OptionDesktopEqualMobileRead and…

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Box Access & Download Information

 

• Access Box through the web
• Box Download for Windows & Mac
• Contact your local Information Technology help desk for information about accessing Box on a phone or tablet

Bookshare Access Information

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Read&Write

Read&Write is a literacy software with text-to-speech and other note-taking functions to ease students' reading of text files and articles online. There are many features within this software that can help students write  their papers and read texts such as reading out loud, text prediction,  dictionaries…

Receiving Accommodations Online HOW WILL ACCOMMODATIONS WORK ONLINE?

We appreciate your flexibility during this novel and challenging time, and recognize that this may be the first time some of you are participating in online courses. We have developed information below about how some of the most commonly used accommodations may work in an…

Registering for Services and General Inquiries Register with ODSStudents with a documented disability looking to register for reasonable accommodations and services at Rutgers University:

1. Complete and submit the Registration Form
   Upon completion of this form, you will receive a…