Student Responsibilities

• Send your accommodation letters to your professors using MyDRS.
• Initiate discussions with your professor about your exam accommodations. For an example of how to manage this discussion, watch the Access TU videos.
• Log on to MyDRS to schedule your exam at least 4 days in advance.
• Arrive a few minutes before the scheduled start time for your exam. If you are late, the amount of time may be deducted from your overall extended time.
• Abide by policies related to academic integrity and academic misconduct as outlined in the university Code of Conduct.

Faculty Responsibilities

• Check your Temple email for notification of a scheduled exam.
• Login to MyDRS to confirm exam details and upload a copy of the exam at least 3 days before the exam date.
• If you need to make alternative arrangements, please contact DRS.
• Notify DRS in advance if you require an extension to the exam delivery deadline.
• Contact DRS by telephone (215-204-1280) or e-mail (drstest@temple.edu) to notify your student of changes to exam content prior to or during exams.
• Consider being available by telephone or e-mail during the exam should the student with a disability require clarification on any aspect of the exam. Please provide the best contact method to the student.

DRS Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty to ensure that all exams we proctor are administered in an environment respectful of the students’ needs and the academic integrity of the exam process.
• Meet with the student and make disability-related testing recommendations via accommodation letters available in a timely manner.
• Respond to all requests for clarification about our testing procedures within 24 business hours of receipt of inquiry.
• Ensure that all exam materials are provided to students in accessible format.
• Protect the academic integrity of exam by:
  • Only accepting changes to exam details in writing from faculty.
  • Ensuring that students do NOT deliver their own exam to or from DRS.
  • Providing secure proctoring services.
  • Reporting any suspicion of violations of the Code of Conduct to appropriate faculty.
  • Return completed exams to faculty within 48 hours of completion using one of the following options:
  • Email to faculty TUmail account. Please note: Blue book exams will not be emailed.
  • Faculty or a designated colleague may pick up tests from DRS. Under NO circumstance can students return their own exams to professors.