Academic accommodations
The Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) assigns academic accommodations to students with a disability or chronic health issue to ensure equal access to education at UVic.
A student's accommodations are listed on their accommodation letter, and details about the academic accommodations instructors ask about most frequently are below.
Contact your student's CAL advisor if an accommodation is not listed, or if you have other questions.
Assignment accommodations
Assignment extensions
An assignment extensions accommodation allows a student to occasionally negotiate an assignment due date for reasons related to disability or chronic health.
Exam accommodations
Distraction-reduced environment for exams
A distraction-reduced environment accommodation allows a student to write timed exams in a less distracting space.
Exam frequency restrictions
An exam frequency restriction accommodation limits how many exams a student can write in a time interval.
Extended time for quizzes, tests and exams
An extended time for quizzes, tests and exams accommodation allows a student more time for all exam-like assessments.
Extra paper for exams
An extra paper for exams accommodation allows a student to use more paper than the provided booklet or other materials.
Five-function calculator for exams
A five-function calculator accommodation allows a student to use a five-function calculator (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation) during exams.
Memory aid for exams
A memory aid for exams accommodation allows a student to create and use a collection of memory prompts during exams.
Supervised breaks during exams
A supervised breaks during exams accommodation allows a student to step away from their desk during their exam time.
Time-of-day restrictions for exams
A time-of-day restriction for exams accommodation allows a student to reschedule exams during certain parts of the day, if those exams are outside regular class time.
Word processor for exams
A word processor for exams accommodation allows a student to type some or all of their exam responses with a word processor.
Classroom accommodations
Alternatives to group work
An alternatives to group work accommodation allows a student flexibility in how they engage in group work.
Alternatives to oral class discussion
An alternatives to oral class discussion accommodation allows a student flexibility in how they engage in oral discussion.
Alternatives to oral presentations
An alternatives to oral presentations accommodation allows a student some flexibility in how they present to the class.
Attendance
An attendance accommodation allows a student to occasionally miss classes for reasons related to disability or chronic health.
Audio recordings of lectures
An audio recordings of lectures accommodation allows the student to record the audio of your lectures for their own review.
Peer notetaker
A peer notetaker accommodation helps a student access a classmate's notes to supplement their own.
Temporarily exit class
A temporarily exit class accommodation allows to a student to leave the classroom at their own discretion.