Overview
Accommodations are a means of allowing individual students extra time to complete a quiz or assignment. For purposes of this document, quiz also means test or exam. This page details how to set up accommodations in Brightspace.
Instructions
To set accommodations on a Brightspace Quiz, you can set it up through the Classlist or within a Quiz. If you set accommodations through the Brightspace Classlist, then the accommodations for that student will carry forward on all Quizzes in your course. If you set the accommodations within the Quiz tool, the specific accommodations will apply only for the student(s) on that specific quiz. Note: Special Access settings on an individual quiz will override accommodations set up through the Classlist.
To set accommodations on a Brightspace Assignment, you will need to set this up through the Assignments tool
Accommodations for a Quiz (via Classlist) - Providing specific accommodations for all quizzes for a particular student in your course
Accommodations for a Quiz (via Quizzes Tool) - Providing specific accommodations for a student just on a specific quiz
- Click on "Quizzes" on the blue navigation bar in your Brightspace Course
- Click on the down arrow next to the quiz, and select "Edit".
- Under on "Availability Dates & Conditions" menu, find "Special Access", and click "Manage Special Access".
- On the "Special Access" screen, confirm that "Allow selected users special access to this quiz" is selected, and click "Add Users to Special Access".
- On the next screen, scroll to the bottom, and click on the student(s) that you want to provide special accommodations for.
- Then, scroll to top of the screen and set the specific accommodation for the student(s) on that specific quiz. (e.g. extra time, different due date, different availability start/end date). Then, click "Save".
- On the next screen, you will see a summary of the quiz accommodation for the student(s). Click "Save and Close".
- Then, click "Save" to save the changes you made to the Quiz settings.
- If you need to modify or delete the accommodation, please follow the steps listed above again - however, instead of clicking "Add Users to Special Access" button, click on the "X" button next to the accommodation for that student.
Accommodations for Assignments
- To set up accommodations for a student, begin by creating a new assignment. Go to the module or location in your course where you would like the assignment, click Upload/Create, and select New Assignment.
- Complete the assignment details, including the name, point value if graded, and grade book settings. On the right side of the screen, expand Availability Dates and Conditions, then locate Special Access.
- On the Manage Special Access screen, choose whether users with special access can submit the assignment outside the normal availability dates or whether only users with special access can see the assignment. Add the student who needs special access.
- After completing the Special Access settings, click Save and Close. Under Availability Dates and Conditions, the Special Access area will now show that a user has special access.
