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Disability Center. New Student Orientation for students in the Sinclair School of Nursing. Who should follow this NSO?. Any student admitted in a Sinclair School of Nursing program (e.g. traditional, accelerated, RN to BSN, MS(N), PhD, DNP)

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  1. Disability Center New Student Orientation for students in the Sinclair School of Nursing

  2. Who should follow this NSO? • Any student admitted in a Sinclair School of Nursing program (e.g. traditional, accelerated, RN to BSN, MS(N), PhD, DNP) • Any student taking courses within the Sinclair School of Nursing (e.g. NURSE 2000, NURSE 2100) • Pre-nursing students who are NOT taking courses within the SSON should utilize the general New Student Orientation

  3. Initiating your accommodations

  4. Generate your Accommodation Notification Letters • Log into myAccess and generate your Accommodation Notification Letters for the class(es) in which you are requiring accommodations • A separate tutorial is available for you to assist in this process • Save a copy of your Accommodation Notification Letter(s) to your desktop for your reference and print a copy for your instructor(s) • NOTE: Once you have requested your accommodations via myAccess, your instructor will be able to see your requests when they log in. However, you must proceed to step two to initiate your accommodations.

  5. Meet With Your Instructors • Schedule an appointment or go to their office hours so that you can talk privately • Give them your Accommodation Notification Letter • Do not give the letter to instructors before or after class • Discuss details and make plans for each accommodation you wish to use in their class • A thorough conversation is important • The following slides provide some suggested talking points for exam and notetaking accommodations…

  6. Requesting Exam Accommodations as a SSON Student

  7. Discussing Exam Accommodations with Instructors… • Meet with your instructors to discuss your exam accommodations. • Verify that you’d like to use your exam accommodation(s) in your instructor’s course • Confirm if you’ll be taking your exams within the SSON facilities or if the Disability Center will be securing your exam location • Also confirm if the Disability Center will be providing the proctor or if the SSON is proctoring your exam.

  8. Discussing Exam Accommodations with Instructors (cont’d)… • Discuss potential time conflicts due to extended time accommodations. • Back-to-back classes • Example: You have a class at 9am and a class at 10am. • You have a 9am exam and your instructor says you will have 50 minutes for your exam. • If you have “time and a half extended time” as an accommodation, this means you have 1 hour and 15 minutes for your exam. • If you start your exam at 9am, that means your exam will run potentially to 10:15am, causing you to miss part of your class. • This means you will need to discuss with your instructor a different start time for your exam.

  9. Discuss Scheduling Exams… • You will take your exam at the same date and time as your class, except for a time conflict as explained in the previous slide. • If you have scheduling conflicts, ask your instructor: • Can I start my exam earlier in the day? Later in the day? • Come up with an agreeable time. • Discuss all exams for the semester, including your final. • It is important that you resolve any exam schedule conflicts before you submit an exam request with the Disability Center.

  10. Exam Policies and Procedures • Seven (7) days’ notice is required (four (4) days during summer) for all non-finals week exams and quizzes • A little over three weeks’ notice is required for scheduling during final exams week • The office will send out reminders for the deadline for finals requests *Schedule them all at once, if you can!*

  11. When Can I Take My Exam? • SSON students may request to take exams at the following times: • Monday-Thursday • Exams can be scheduled to start between 7am-8pm. • Friday • Exams can be scheduled as early as 7am but all exams must end by 5pm. • Finals Week • Monday-Thursday: 7:30am, 10am, 12:30pm, 3pm, 5:30pm, 8pm • Friday: 7:30am, 10am

  12. What if an exam needs to be rescheduled? • If it is more than seven (7) days’ notice, log into myAccess and submit a modified request with the updated information. • If an instructor has rescheduled the date/time of an exam with less than seven (7) days’ notice to the Disability Center… • Email mudcexams@missouri.edu and copy your instructor to the email notifying us of the date change as soon as possible. We are not allowed to change your exam date without instructor approval! • Modification requests can be denied at the discretion of the Exams Coordinator due to lack of notice and insufficient availability of exam locations and proctors.

  13. Exam Policies Exam Cancellations: • Please email mudcexams@missouri.edu as soon as possible to cancel your exam. • If you do not cancel the exam before your scheduled exam time, it will be considered a no show. • No Shows = Do not arrive for exam + no communication • If you have two (2) no shows for a course, all other scheduled exams for that course for the remainder of the semester will be removed from our schedule. Day of scheduled exam: • Show up to your designated meeting spot on time if not early. • If your exam is to be administered in the SSON, please confirm with your instructor the location you should arrive at to take your exam. • If the Disability Center is administering your exam in a location other than the SSON, please arrive at the Disability Center first and your proctor will walk with you to your exam location. • If you arrive more than five (5) minutes late for an exam, your proctor has been instructed to notify your instructor to determine if the exam can be administered and/or to determine if you may still receive your exam accommodation(s). • Bring a non-smart watch! • Clocks are not provided • Time reminders are not provided.

  14. Exam Policies (cont.)… • Turn off cell phones • Put phones and all other materials not allowed on your exam away • You will leave your backpack with your proctor • You are not allowed to leave the room once the exam has started • If you look at your cell phone, look at a fellow classmate’s exam, or use any materials that are not allowed on your exam, you have violated academic integrity. • If academic integrity is violated… • Your proctor will stop your exam immediately. • We will confiscate any non-allowable materials used on the exam. • We will report this information to your instructor. • At this point, it will be up to your instructor on what action will be taken.

  15. Discussing Notetaking Assistance

  16. If you have Notetaking Assistance as an accommodation… Meet and discuss with your instructors the need for the Notetaking Assistance accommodation. • If you have more than one method option for Notetaking Assistance, let your instructor know your preferred method (i.e. peer notetaker or copies of slides/PowerPoints). • You and your instructor will decide together which notetaking method(s) will work best for the class • If you’ll be using a Peer Notetaker, here’s a few details on that accommodation…

  17. Using your Peer Notetaker Accommodation • Confirm the need for a Notetaker within the Notetaking Assistance portal in myAccess. • Please only confirm those classes where a Notetaker is necessary. Some course structures do not have notes to be taken in (i.e. lab sections, online self-paced, discussion sections) • The Accommodations Coordinator will work with you and your instructors to recruit a Notetaker. • You will receive email notifications once a Notetaker has been assigned as well as when notes have been uploaded. • You can then login and download the notes that are available. • Need some help with the Notetaking Assistance portal? Visit the myAccess Guides webpage for a tutorial.

  18. A few last notes on peer notetaking… • Notetaking is intended as assistance with notes on days you are present in class • It is NOT a substitute for attending class • You should still take your own notes (if you are able) use the Notetaker's notes as a supplement • Remember to communicate with the Accommodations Coordinator if there are issues with your notes and/or the Notetaker.

  19. Requests for Alternative Textbook Formats

  20. Go to the “Alternative Formats” section in your myAccess Account

  21. Select the books in which you need converted. Pay attention to the titles you are selecting as some of the items in the book list are not actual books. For example; “iClicker”, “Course Pac in Production – Check Back Later”.

  22. After you select the books, they will show up in a new list as “Processing” within the Alternative Formats section in your myAccess account. You will be able to track the status of your book conversions in this section as well. Students must provide proof of purchase before books can be converted. You can send copies of your receipt(s) to mudcbooks@missouri.edu or you can stop by the Disability Center and have a copy of the receipt(s) made. Book conversions can take up to 2-4 weeks so it’s better to provide receipts as soon as possible to avoid any delays in your textbook conversions.

  23. What if a book does not show up in your list to request? You can manually enter a book yourself; • Go to the Alternative Formats section in myAccessand scroll down the page to: ADDITIONAL BOOK OR READING MATERIALS. • Select the class from the drop down menu • Enter the book title, 13-digit ISBN, and author. • Click ‘Submit Request’

  24. How do I get accommodations for next semester? • If you are requesting thesame accommodations for next semester, you will simply renew using myAccess. • You will not need to meet with your Access Advisor to renew, unless you are requesting to change/add accommodations.

  25. Questions? Please feel free to contact the office Monday-Friday between 8am and 5pm. (573) 882-4696 / disabilitycenter@missouri.edu

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