Accommodations and Exceptions

Making AccessAbility adjustments in LearnJCU

There are three types of changes you can make to a student’s assessment conditions:

Exemptions are not currently used by AccessAbility, so won’t be covered here.

Change applies to a student throughout the subject
Timer and Due date changes can be applied to assessments, tests, discussion boards, and journals
Commonly used to adjust the time a student has to complete a timed test or exam.

Example percentage adjustments for timed assessments

Additional time required	Additional time as a percentage of an hour (rounded up to a whole number as recommended by AccessAbility)
5 minutes per hour	9%
10 minutes per hour	17%
15 minutes per hour	25%
20 minutes per hour	34%
25 minutes per hour	42%
30 minutes per hour	50%

Exceptions

Changes to due date settings can have additional considerations to assessments using specific settings:

Tests using Prohibit late submissions or Prohibit new attempts after due date will have those settings overridden by a due date exception or accommodation for that student.
Anonymous grading – submission may not be anonymous if submitted after marks posted for other students
Peer review assessment – this process requires students to respond to each other’s submission. One student submitting later can affect other student’s ability to complete the task or receive feedback.