If you’ve received an accommodation letter from the ODR, and sent it along to me, thank you very much. Let me be specific about how I will handle all of these:
- I fully intend to comply with all your accommodations, but I may need to be periodically reminded on a case by case basis. If I do end up needing reminding at any time, please don’t interpret that as “Stephen doesn’t care about me or my accommodation.” Instead, interpret it as “Stephen has a lot of things he’s trying to carry in his mind right now, and it’s hard for him to memorize everybody’s accommodation needs at all times.” Please do just gently remind me, and I’m happy to accommodate.
- For accommodation needs like “the ability to record the lecture,” that power is officially granted to everybody. Heck, you can even stick the recording on Youtube if you want.
- For accommodation needs like “a distraction-free environment for quizzes,” please tell me at the beginning of our reading checks that you need this, and I will relocate you to another room.
- For accommodation needs like “extra time on quizzes,” you need to be sure to tell me in advance for each and every quiz that you need me to put your additional time into Canvas. (Unfortunately Canvas doesn’t have a feature that lets the professor give a student extra time for “all quizzes.” So you must remind me each time.)
- For accommodation needs like “access to a laptop to take notes,” please let me know this in class Tuesday so I can relocate you to the back/side of the classroom (where others won’t be distracted by your screen).
- For anything else you think I need to know about, just come ask me: email, after class, and office hours are all good.
