Taking Exams in the SAA Testing Center

The Student Accessibility and Accommodations Office wishes to remind faculty that starting Fall 2023 all tests for students with testing accommodations will be sent to SAA and sent back to faculty via their electronic portal, Accommodate. The Accommodate portal can be accessed through the tiles at login.pugetsound.edu.

  • Students must have a disability and be registered with SAA (as indicated by the accommodation forms they bring to faculty for signature during the semester).
  • SAA only proctors exams that are being proctored for the rest of the class.
  • Students must reserve a spot in the SAA Testing Center at least 4 days prior to their exam.
  • Students must inform their professors well in advance of their intention to take an exam in the SAA Testing Center. These details should be discussed when the student meets with faculty and asks them to sign the accommodation form.
  • Exams must be uploaded to your Accommodate account 24 hours in advance of the exam time; Monday exams by 3 p.m. on the previous Friday. Click this link for more information.
  • You can access the Accommodate app by logging in to login.pugetsound.edu.
  • Send corrections to an exam in progress to saa@pugetsound.edu. This email is monitored the entire time students are in the SAA Testing Center. Phone lines are not monitored by the SAA Testing Center.

Accommodations Pertaining to Tests and Exams

  • Basic calculator for math exams
  • Clarify common words during exam
  • Computer reads exam to student (Instructor must submit a word document or selectable PDF of exam to SAA)
  • Computer writes exam for student (Instructor must submit a word document or selectable PDF of exam to SAA)
  • Distraction reduced environment for exam (SAA)
  • Student needs to type answers on computer
  • 100% extended time on tests to be taken in a distracted reduced area
  • 50% extended time on tests to be taken in a distracted reduced area
  • Private room for testing

 

Students must inform their professors well in advance of their intention to take each exam at SAA. These details should be discussed when the student meets with faculty and asks them to sign the accommodation form.