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QUARTER 1 FINALS – Requests for Accommodations Are Due!

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If you require accommodations for any Quarter 1 final exams, please submit your requests NOW.

The University has not published the final exam schedule on PAWS yet. For that reason, it is not linked to our system. If you click on the final exam link, it will tell you that you don’t have any final exams this term.

Use the non-final exam form to request accommodations for  your finals

First, visit this URL to find out the date and time of your Q1 final exam: https://sesd.usask.ca/exams/schedule/

Then, go to the AES PAWS tab and follow these steps:

Open the Exam Service Channel –> Click on the non-final exam link –> manually input the date and time of your final exam

For final exams on May 28, the deadline to submit your request is 11:59pm on May 14.

For final exams on May 29, the deadline to submit your request is 11:59pm on May 15.

Accessing your accommodations in the Spring and Summer terms

From May through August, 2020, the AES Exam Team will be acting as liaison between instructors and students, to help ensure that exam accommodations can be accessed at home.

Once we receive your request, we will email your instructor to ask for details about the exam format. Once we have the information we need, we will email you, to make sure you understand how your accommodations can be accessed at home.

Please continue to submit requests through the AES Exam Service channel for all exams you need accommodations for.

For a detailed overview of AES Exam processes during the summer, visit our blog at this link: https://words.usask.ca/dss/2020/05/14/important-information-about-exam-accommodations-in-spring-summer-terms/

Got Questions?

We can help you at this email address: aesexams@usask.ca. The AES phone lines are not regularly monitored.

IMPORTANT Information about Exam Accommodations in Spring & Summer Terms

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Submit an Exam Request Whenever You Need Accommodations

If you need exam accommodations, submit a request through the AES Exam Service channel in PAWS.

There are several reasons we are asking you to do this. The main reason is that it provides needed information and clarity to instructors.

Regular Spring/Summer Deadlines In Effect

Non-final exams = 1 full week (7 days) prior to the exam date

Final exams = 2 full weeks (14 days) prior to the exam date

NEW PROCESS for Confirming Exam Accommodations

This Spring and Summer, we will be working directly with instructors and students to ensure that appropriate exam accommodations are in place.

When you submit an exam request, we will set your exam status to IN PROGRESS.

Then, we will email your instructor to find out more about the exam. Once we have the information we need, we will email you to discuss how your exam accommodations will work. After confirming things with you, we will change your exam status to:

  • COMPLETED if you are writing your exam at home without any further AES assistance.
  • SCHEDULED if you are writing your exam at home with the assistance of a live reader and/or scribe via video conferencing.

Reader/Scribe – NEW SOFTWARE CHOICE!

If you have the accommodation of Reader and/or Scribe, we asked you to try using Read&Write software for your April finals. However, we do realize that sometimes a live reader and/or scribe is preferred.

To streamline the provision of this accommodation, we have added software choice(s) to the record of every student who has the accommodation of reader and/or scribe. You now have the option of checking off whether you want to use a live person or software when you complete your online exam request.

If you are entitled to a reader, you now have the option of choosing either a live reader OR text-to-voice software.

If you are entitled to a scribe, you now have the option of choosing either a live scribe OR voice-to-text software.

Please choose carefully and appropriately for each exam. Choose only ONE of either a live person OR software. If you choose a live person, we will discuss how that will work when we email you.

Need More Information about Read&Write?

Read&Write is a free software program available to all U of S students. To find out more about it or to locate the download link, visit this URL: https://students.usask.ca/health/aes/assistive-technology.php#About

If you haven’t used Read&Write before, please download it and give it a trial run well before your first exam date. AES staff does not have the technical expertise to troubleshoot issues with Read&Write while an exam is in progress.

Got Questions?

We can help you at this email address: aesexams@usask.ca. The AES phone lines are not regularly monitored.