Note taking assistants. It is NOT faculty responsibility to identify note taking assistants. The Student Accessibility Office will coordinate all aspects of the note taking assistant program.
Test-Related Accommodations. Students with test-related accommodations (for example: extended time on in-class assessments, reduced-distraction testing space, technology needs during testing, etc.) can take their assessments in the Test Center. Please visit the Test Center webpage for more information about using this resource.
Pop-Quizzes. Options vary depending on the course and the goals of the pop quiz. However, students do have a right to use their extended time accommodations on quizzes, including pop quizzes. Some suggestions include:
- Evaluate the purpose of pop quizzes and possibly eliminate them. Consider other ways you might obtain the same information.
- Offer a substitute, comparable assignment for students with extended time accommodations.
- Use Canvas for quizzes. Assign quizzes to be taken online during a specific window of time prior to class and for specific length of time (and allow extended time for students with that accommodations).
- Allow students with extended time to take quiz with the class; stop when classmates stop, and then grade only on portion completed.
Accommodation of 1.5x additional time = 66%
Accommodation of 2.0x additional time = 50%; - Base course grade on an average of other tests/assignments and don’t count pop quizzes.
- Allow students with extended time accommodations to take the quiz with class and then allow extra time to complete quiz after class meeting is over (you will need to verify with student ahead of time that the students are available after class session and wouldn’t miss another class / commitment by staying.)
- Give the quiz at the end of the class and allow students with extended time accommodations additional time after class to complete the quiz.
- Give the quiz at the beginning of class and permit students with extended time accommodations to begin the quiz earlier than the rest of the class. Student would have to arrive early on a regular basis (or be emailed at a designated time prior to class) to learn if there will be a pop quiz on that day. This is not possible when a student has class immediately prior.
- Give extended time to all students. Write a 5 minute quiz, but allow all students extended (7.5 minutes or 10 minutes if any students require double-time.) The quiz must actually take most students only 5 minutes to complete.
- The best way to avoid difficult situations with pop quizzes is to communicate early in the semester with the student who needs extended time. Together you can develop a workable solution for everyone involved.