Granting Students Accommodations

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In Blackboard, “Accommodations” are different from “Exceptions”. Exceptions allow students additional attempts or extended access for specific assessments, whereas accommodations apply to all assessments in the course.

1. Select “Roster” on the Course Content page:

Left red arrow pointing to the blue text View everyone in your course below the Details and Actions.

2. Click the ellipsis next to the student’s name and select “Accommodations”:

Left red arrow with the number 1 pointing to the three dots in the upper right hand corner. The right arrow with the number 2 is pointing to the Accommodations option.

3. Select the checkbox next to “Due date accommodation” if you would like to prevent a student from having their work marked Late. When the student is in a group, all students in that group inherit the accommodation:

The Due date accommodation option has a red border around it indicating that this is the option that is being selected.

4. Select the checkbox next to “Time limit accommodation” if you would like to allow a student more time to finish their work during timed assessments. Note that you may enter a custom percentage of extra time or allow the student unlimited extra time:

time limit accommodation is turned on and the Time limit accommodation is selected and has a red border around it indicating that this is the option to turn on and their is a right arrow pointing the field displaying the number 50%.

5. Click “Save” at the bottom of the Accommodations panel:

Two buttons with the word cancel in the gray box and the word Save in the black box.

6. If you created a time limit accommodation, click “Add” in the window that pops up:

In the Add time limit accommodation window, the Add button with the black fill and white text  has a red border around it to indicate that this is the button you will be clicking.

Students with accommodations now appear with a purple ribbon next to their names. If you choose to grade assignments with student names hidden, no accommodation icon appears:

purple ribbon icon will is now displaying to the left of the user's name.