FACULTY: How do I add accommodations for students?

Learn how to add accommodations for individual students on all assessments in your course.

Sometimes you may need to add accommodations for some of your students, like per request of the Student Accessibility Services office.

To add accommodations for individual students on all assessments in the course:

1. In your course, select "Roster" within the Details & Actions section.
2. Locate the student’s name, click the three dots on the right side of their name, and select "Accommodations."
3. Select the option you need based on the request:
   1. Due date accommodation means that the student will never have their work marked late.
   2. Time limit accommodation allows the student additional time to finish their work. You may specify the amount of extra time by entering a percentage.

Students with accommodations will have a purple flag icon appear next to their name in the gradebook and the roster. It is only visible to instructors and teaching assistants. When you grade assignments with student names hidden, no indication of accommodations will be shown.

Additional Resources:

• You can also check out this Blackboard Help article about how to "Make Accommodations." 

If you need to give a student an exception for a specific assignment -- not accommodations for the entire course -- follow the instructions in this article instead.