Note-Taking Accommodations

Note-Taking Accommodations:

Peer Note-Sharers

• When faculty receive notification of a student's note-taking accommodation, it is the faculty’s responsibility to review the accommodation letter with the student and implement the request by announcing in the class if any students would volunteer to serve as peer note-sharers. 

Suggested Class Announcement:

"A student with a disability needs a peer note-sharer volunteer in this course. The student who shares their notes is expected to note the main ideas and deadlines, and to provide the notes to the student within 24 hours of each class. This is a way for students to discreetly support a fellow student's academic success. If you are interested, please stay after class, and I will give you the Student Disability and Accessibility Center's contact information; they will support you in how to proceed."

All note-sharers will submit a written agreement to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the note-taking service provision.

Genio

Genio is a note-taking application that helps track and embed notes in a recorded lecture. Students authorized for Genio will use a phone, laptop, or tablet to record a lecture and take notes. Students may flag important sections of a lecture and review supplement notes after the lecture.

Record Lectures

Students may also be authorized to record lectures as an accommodation. Authorized students may use their personal devices, such as cell phones or laptops, or they may be loaned an authorized recording device through SDAC. All students with record lectures accommodation are required to sign an e-agreement that protects the faculty's course content by ensuring that they will use recordings only for personal use and will not share them with others.