Registered Students

Once a student has submitted their documentation and completed an intake meeting with an SAS staff member, they are registered with SAS. Students with temporary accommodations will only be registered with SAS as long as the temporary accommodations are in effect.

Students can manage their accommodations in the Accommodate Student Portal, including requesting accommodation letters, submitting exam requests, requesting additional accommodations, accessing peer notes, and scheduling a meeting with SAS.

ACCOMMODATE STUDENT PORTAL

Students with academic accommodations should request a new accommodation letter at the beginning of every semester.

• The accommodation letter is a formal document that lists the student’s relevant approved accommodations. It is the student’s responsibility to share this document with their professors. SAS does not reach out to a student’s professor directly, except in the case of special circumstances and with the student’s permission.
• Students should share the Accommodation Letter with their professors at the beginning of the semester if possible and discuss the implementation of the accommodations.
• Professors are not obligated to provide accommodations until the student shares their accommodation letter. Accommodations are not retroactive.

To request your accommodation letter, please do the following:

• Log into the Accommodate Student Portal
• In the left menu, select Accommodations and then Accommodation Letter Request (desktop) or Request Letter (mobile).
• Click the “Add new” button and then select the semester.
• If you want to send your accommodation letter to all your faculty, click the “Submit for All” button.
• If you want to select specific accommodations to send to specific professors, click the “Review” button.

Exam accommodations may include, but are not limited to, extended time and/or reduced distraction/alternate location. When discussing accommodations, students should make sure that the professor is clear on the details of the exam accommodations.

Please keep in mind the following about scheduling exams:

• If a student only requires extended time, they should ask their professor at least one week in advance if they are able to provide extended time before or after the class.
• If the student will be taking the exam with the class or online without a proctor, there is no need to complete an exam request through SAS.
• If the student plans to take their exams with SAS, they should inform their professor and make arrangements with SAS at least one week in advance. Students should submit requests for final exams two weeks in advance.
• Only students with approved exam accommodations who have sent their accommodation letters will be able to submit an exam request in Accommodate. If you are not seeing the option to submit an exam request, please verify that you have submitted your accommodation letter request for that semester (instructions in the section above).

To submit an exam request, please do the following:

• Log into the Accommodate Student Portal
• In the left menu, select Exam Request.
• Click the “New Exam Request” button.
• Select the course from the drop-down menu
• Choose a date from the calendar.
• Select a time for the exam.

When selecting a date and time for the exam, students should select the same date and time as the class. Alternate exam times will only be approved if a student has back-to-back classes, lecture after the exam, or a class exam time that falls outside of SAS hours. Students should confirm the alternate exam time with their faculty before submitting the exam request.

Your access needs may change while you are at Worcester State. You may experience new symptoms or impacts of a current disability. Or, you may be diagnosed with a new disability or temporary condition. If this happens, you can submit a request for additional accommodations.

To request additional accommodations, please do the following:

• Log into the Accommodate Student Portal
• In the left menu, select Accommodations and then Request Additional Accommodation
• Click the “New Request” button.
• Select “Modify my current accommodations” from the drop-down menu and complete the form.

Worcester State pays for university wide access to Kurzweil, a text to speech program that can be accessed through a web browser. Any Worcester State student can use this program by logging in with their Worcester State login.

Log into Kurzweil3000

Students with an accommodation for texts in alternate format can request their textbooks or other class materials in a word, PDF or EPUB format that can be read by Kurzweil or other text-to-speech program. Students requesting a text in alternate format should make their request as soon as possible as the text may take some time to find.

To request a text in alternate format, please do the following:

• Log into the Accommodate Student Portal
• In the left menu, select Accommodations and then Alternative Format
• Select the “New Request” tab and click the “Add New Alternative Format Request” button
• Complete the form by providing the ISBN and Title and click “Submit”

Housing accommodations must be requested every year. For more information about housing accommodations see Request Housing Accommodations. If you have received housing accommodations in the past, look for emails from SAS reminding you to complete the housing accommodation forms.