Take-Home Exams

For students who are eligible for exam accommodations,听

• If your class has been given鈥� less than 48 hours 鈥痶o complete the exam, time-based exam accommodations apply.
• If your class has been given鈥� equal to or more than 48 hours鈥� to complete the exam, no additional time-based accommodation is applied.

Before your exam, our Exam Center will notify your instructor, indicating your time-based accommodations. You must follow up with your instructor if additional information is required.

Sign up for take-home exams using the 鈥�鈥� module in ClockWork, and select the 鈥淟ess than 48 hours鈥� option under exam length.

Online Exams

Accommodations apply as usual during online exams.听 Always sign-up for exams using the module.听 Accommodations may be applied in the following ways:

• Your instructors may opt to hold a time-bound, online exam, using one of the authorized platforms (most often myCourses). Your time-based accommodations will听be communicated to the instructor, who will need to make the adjustments themselves.
• Your instructors may opt to assign an exam of 48 hours or more, in which case time-based accommodations do not apply.

Before your exam date, our Exam Center will send an email to your instructor indicating your accommodations. Your instructor will then communicate directly with you to inform you of any modifications to your exam (format, start time, or duration).

Assistive technology

If you use assistive technology on your personal devices, they should be compatible with most platforms used for online assessments. It鈥檚 still important to for each assessment so that we can address any accessibility-related barriers ahead of time and coordinate with your instructor. This is especially important if your instructor intends to use a LockDown browser.听

Pop Quizzes & Exams Assigned with Less than 14 Days' Notice

If your instructor plans on assigning pop quizzes:

• access.exams [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Pop%20Quiz%20Notification) (Notify the Exam Centre) before the end of the add/drop period. The Exam Center will coordinate directly with your instructor.

If your instructor has assigned a quiz/exam with less than 14 days' notice (including weekends):

• Use this access.exams [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Late%20exam%20request%E2%80%93%20COURSE%20CODE, body: Reason%20for%20late%20request%3A%20%0A%0ADate%20of%20exam%3A%0A%0AExam%20start%20time%3A%20%0A%0AExam%20length%3A%20%0A%0AStudent%20name%3A%20%0A%0AStudent%20ID%3A%20%0A%0ACourse%20Code%3A%0A%0ASection%3A%20%0A%0AInstructor%20name%3A%20%0A%0AInstructor%20e-mail%3A%20%0A%0AAuthorized%20accommodations%20required%20for%20this%20assessment%3A%20%0A%0AAny%20additional%20information%3A%20%0A%0AI%20understand%20that%20I%20am%20required%20to%20register%20for%20my%20exam%20accommodations%20using%20the%20Student%20Accessibility%20and%20Achievement%20exam%20sign-up%20form%20for%20each%20assessment%20in%20this%20course%2C%20at%20least%2014%20days%20prior%20to%20the%20start%20date%20of%20the%20exam.%20I%20acknowledge%20that%20any%20request%20made%20after%20the%2014-day%20deadline%20is%20considered%20a%20late%20submission%20and%20will%20be%20processed%20on%20a%20case-by-case%20basis.%20I%20acknowledge%20that%20Student%20Accessibility%20and%20Achievement%20cannot%20guarantee%20that%20late%20submissions%20will%20be%20granted.%20I%20consent%20to%20sharing%20my%20approved%20accommodations%20with%20my%20instructor%20and%2For%20with%20the%20exam%20administrator%20of%20my%20Faculty%20for%20all%20assessments%20in%20this%20course.%0A) (email template) to contact our Exam Centre as soon as possible, or complete an 听form as soon as possible.听 We will require confirmation of the exam announcement date.

By signing up for an exam using the email template or Late Request form, you are consenting to disclose your registration with Student Accessibility and Achievement to your instructor and/or exam administrators in your Faculty.

Final Exams

Final exams are any exam occurring during Final Exam Period, even if it's not an official final exam! Sign up for final exams using the module on Clockwork.听

Final Exam Conflicts

鈻� Student Accessibility and Achievement Exam Conflicts

Due to the nature of exam accommodations, you may meet the criteria for a鈥� Student Accessibility and Achievement (SAA) Exam Conflict.鈥� A SAA Exam Conflict occurs when a student, by virtue of their disability-related exam accommodations, is scheduled for more than 鈥�8 hours of exam writing time in one day.鈥�

If you have already signed up for your exams and meet the criteria for a SAA exam conflict:

• You will be contacted via your 成人VR视频 email by a member of the Exam Center Staff.

If you are unable to sign up for one of your exams due to an overlap with an existing exam:

• Complete the鈥�听Exams conflict form available in the Forms module in the .

鈻� Academic or Religious Exam Conflicts

If you meet the definition for an鈥� academic conflict,鈥� or a鈥� religious conflict鈥� for your final exams, consult the鈥�听鈥� and follow the instructions to obtain a resolution. You do not need to notify Student Accessibility and Achievement of these conflicts, as they are coordinated directly with the Central Exams office.

鈻� Don't feel well enough to write your final exam?

If you are unable to write your final exam due to illness or other extenuating circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for an exam deferral, depending on your Faculty rules and regulations. Please consult the Exams website for more information.

We cannot change the date of final exams. If you can't write your final exam due to illness or extenuation circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for an exam deferral:

1. Check with your and communicate directly with your instructor and/or Student Affairs Office.
2. If you receive approval to write on an alternate date (outside of the regular deferred exam period), your faculty must email access.exams [at] mcgill.ca to notify us at least 14 days before the new exam date.
3. as soon as your faculty's permission is granted.
   • For exams taking place after your course has finished, you will need to sign up using the Exams - Supplemental and Deferred exam sign-up form, available in the module on Clockwork.