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Accessible Learning Services Faculty Web Portal

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Welcome to the Accessible Learning Services (ALS) faculty web portal. Please review the information that follows carefully. Additional step-by-step instructions (in PDF format) can be downloaded from the ALS website.

Distribution of Accommodation Letters

At Humber, students have two options to distribute their accommodation letters:

1. Students can choose to have ALS send their accommodation letters directly to faculty.
   This web portal was introduced to provide an efficient method of communicating that information to you. Periodically, you may receive emails from our office that will direct you to this portal in order to access accommodations for a student in one of your classes.
2. Students can choose to distribute their accommodation letters directly to faculty.
   PLEASE NOTE: Accommodation letters for students who choose this method will NOT appear on this web portal. These students may choose to share their accommodation letters with you as a printed copy, or as an electronic copy via email.

Regardless of how accommodation letters are received – via web portal, hard copy in person, or email from the student – ALL accommodation letters are valid for the semester indicated. If you have a concern about an accommodation letter you have received, please contact the Accessibility Consultant listed at the bottom of the letter.

More information regarding academic accommodation guidelines for faculty can be found on our website.

A word about confidentiality

All communication regarding students MUST be kept confidential. As an employee of Humber College, you have a responsibility to keep accommodation letters private. We recommend you create a secure environment to store accommodation letters provided to you by students or downloaded from the portal.

IMPORTANT: Be mindful if viewing/downloading accommodation letters on computers that are accessible to others. For security reasons, please log out and exit your web browser when you are done accessing this portal. Review the computer’s downloads folder (C drive) and remove any accommodation letters that have been downloaded.

How the portal works

There are two ways to view accommodation letters on the portal: by course or by student.

1. View by course (Courses tab)

·  Clicking the ‘Courses’ tab in the top menu will display courses you are teaching. The course name, section and campus are provided. Each course listed has a corresponding link to the accommodation letters.

·  Clicking the “Accommodation Letters” link to the right of the listed courses will provide you with the list of students for that particular course.
Please note that students who have opted to distribute their own accommodation letters will NOT be displayed on this page.

·  If you have viewed the student’s accommodation letter previously, the date you confirmed the letter will also be displayed.

·  To view the accommodation letter for a particular student, click the button next to the student’s name and then the ‘View letter’ button.

·  You can also go back to the list of courses by clicking the ‘Back to courses’ button.

·  For step-by-step instructions on reviewing and confirming accommodations, please download the guide (in PDF format) from our website.

2. View by student (Accommodation letters tab)

·  Clicking the ‘Accommodation letters’ tab in the top menu will provide you with a list of students in all your courses.

·  To view the accommodation letter for a particular student, click the “View letter” link to the right of the student’s name.

· Two dates will also be displayed in the table.

1. The first date – Date letter available – indicates the date that the letter was prepared in the ALS office.

2. The second date – Your confirmation – indicates the date that you reviewed the letter.

· Please note that students may require changes to their accommodation letters throughout the academic year. In these situations you may be informed (by an email from our office) that an accommodation letter is waiting for your review. If you notice that the date in the “Date letter available” column is more recent than the date in the “Your confirmation” column, please click the “View letter” link to review the most recent accommodation letter.

Additional resources and information can be found here:

Academic Accommodation Guidelines for Faculty: (http://www.humber.ca/student-life/swac/accessible-learning/faculty-portal/guides)

Ø  Accommodation Guide – Memory aid.