Ultra - Granting Students Accommodations

This article will show you how to set accommodations for individual students. You can exempt students from assessment due dates or time limits. Use accommodations to help students progress in the course even though they may have difficulty with some requirements.

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Refer to Roster for more information

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:

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

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:

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:

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

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

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: