Feel like I need to babysit my professors so I get my extra time accommodation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If my disability is that I have a low IQ, can I be given easier questions on exams and still get credit for passing the same classes as my normo-IQ classmates? I know this sounds snarky but I’m actually a little curious. If someone gets extra time because they can’t finish the test on time (and the results will be compared to the results of students who didn’t take extra time), can someone else also get different questions if their disability makes it hard for them to understand the original questions?

Obviously this is written from the standpoint of someone who has never personally dealt with individuals needing accommodations. You do realize that extra time is not the "gift" it appears to be. Extra time for someone with learning disabilities is extremely draining - that individual may take longer to just read a simple question that for others takes no time to read and process. Do that over a 2.5-hour window and see how you feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it’s online, then it’s even more challenging for the professors, they have to code an exception into the testing program to allow extra time. They have to clearly program the different start and end times, the total minutes( time and a half or double time or whatever). Test also has to be linked with the appropriate learning management system, the browser lockdown system, and the proctoring system. They all have to be programmed and coded to run together at the same time to permit video proctoring and applications locked down while simultaneously offering the test questions for Op. Moreover, the professor needs to be available before or after the exam to accommodate all of these elongated test takers. Mind you, some students are requesting to start 45 minutes before the exam while others are requesting 20 minutes before and 25 minutes after, etc. It’s a lot of exceptions to individually code. And based on student requests, the parameters change for each test. Coding in 15 different time windows for 15 different students takes time and a lot of attention to detail. The student needs to contact the professor a week before the exam and express their time preferences so all of the properties are coded before test day and make sure that they are even available to proctor it. The student should reach out before each test—1 week in advance. Op, you are not the only student with accommodations. There is a lot going on in the background, too. Try to see things from the other person’s side in life.

Op here. My professor doesn't proctor any of my exams. They have a third party who does that. The extra time is simply added. I can go to the lab for 1-3 days and take the exam there. They don't have to show up early or stay late. If she hasn't programmed it right there is nothing they can do at the lab to help me. I use my laptop to take the exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s online, then it’s even more challenging for the professors, they have to code an exception into the testing program to allow extra time. They have to clearly program the different start and end times, the total minutes( time and a half or double time or whatever). Test also has to be linked with the appropriate learning management system, the browser lockdown system, and the proctoring system. They all have to be programmed and coded to run together at the same time to permit video proctoring and applications locked down while simultaneously offering the test questions for Op. Moreover, the professor needs to be available before or after the exam to accommodate all of these elongated test takers. Mind you, some students are requesting to start 45 minutes before the exam while others are requesting 20 minutes before and 25 minutes after, etc. It’s a lot of exceptions to individually code. And based on student requests, the parameters change for each test. Coding in 15 different time windows for 15 different students takes time and a lot of attention to detail. The student needs to contact the professor a week before the exam and express their time preferences so all of the properties are coded before test day and make sure that they are even available to proctor it. The student should reach out before each test—1 week in advance. Op, you are not the only student with accommodations. There is a lot going on in the background, too. Try to see things from the other person’s side in life.

Op here. My professor doesn't proctor any of my exams. They have a third party who does that. The extra time is simply added. I can go to the lab for 1-3 days and take the exam there. They don't have to show up early or stay late. If she hasn't programmed it right there is nothing they can do at the lab to help me. I use my laptop to take the exam.

You sound very entitled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah". :lol:

Start it this way: please forgive me for not contacting you before you scheduled exams…

Op this is absurd and not the way the student services told me it should be handled. It's an online class. She's not god. I have contacted her and cc'd student services earlier in the semester because even after reminding her it was still not programmed in on the day of my exam. Since it's an online class and exams are done online she needs to take it seriously because otherwise, I won't get the accommodation. I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much.

Yikes, Op.

First, even if you're completely correct, as you pointed out, it's you that suffers if she "doesn't take it seriously." In that case, it behooves you to make sure you get the accommodation, even if you feel like you shouldn't have to.

Second it's really something to hear, "I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much." from someone who is seeking an accommodation. The last of self-awareness is stunning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s online, then it’s even more challenging for the professors, they have to code an exception into the testing program to allow extra time. They have to clearly program the different start and end times, the total minutes( time and a half or double time or whatever). Test also has to be linked with the appropriate learning management system, the browser lockdown system, and the proctoring system. They all have to be programmed and coded to run together at the same time to permit video proctoring and applications locked down while simultaneously offering the test questions for Op. Moreover, the professor needs to be available before or after the exam to accommodate all of these elongated test takers. Mind you, some students are requesting to start 45 minutes before the exam while others are requesting 20 minutes before and 25 minutes after, etc. It’s a lot of exceptions to individually code. And based on student requests, the parameters change for each test. Coding in 15 different time windows for 15 different students takes time and a lot of attention to detail. The student needs to contact the professor a week before the exam and express their time preferences so all of the properties are coded before test day and make sure that they are even available to proctor it. The student should reach out before each test—1 week in advance. Op, you are not the only student with accommodations. There is a lot going on in the background, too. Try to see things from the other person’s side in life.

Op here. My professor doesn't proctor any of my exams. They have a third party who does that. The extra time is simply added. I can go to the lab for 1-3 days and take the exam there. They don't have to show up early or stay late. If she hasn't programmed it right there is nothing they can do at the lab to help me. I use my laptop to take the exam.

You sound very entitled.

Op don't waste your time with people like this. You should be getting the extra time. That doesn't make you entitled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah". :lol:

Start it this way: please forgive me for not contacting you before you scheduled exams…

Op this is absurd and not the way the student services told me it should be handled. It's an online class. She's not god. I have contacted her and cc'd student services earlier in the semester because even after reminding her it was still not programmed in on the day of my exam. Since it's an online class and exams are done online she needs to take it seriously because otherwise, I won't get the accommodation. I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much.

Yikes, Op.

First, even if you're completely correct, as you pointed out, it's you that suffers if she "doesn't take it seriously." In that case, it behooves you to make sure you get the accommodation, even if you feel like you shouldn't have to.

Second it's really something to hear, "I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much." from someone who is seeking an accommodation. The last of self-awareness is stunning.

She has already had to get student services involved previously in the semester because she didn't get extra time. I too think it's ridiculous the professor can't figure this out. Students are expected to be organized. Professors should be too. People who work in academia can't hack it in the real world anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah".

If it happens every semester, you should be reaching out to your school's disability office, not DCUM.

Also, when you email your professors, consider cc'ing your contact at the disability office.

Finally, sometimes being a woman is a disadvantage in academia. I understand your professor has an off-putting style, but it may be that she has learned that she is disrespected/underestimated less when she reminds people of her position. I'm a Ph.D. who usually goes by my first name, but definitely break out the Dr. in certain circumstances.

OP here. I did reach out to the disability department and I have done this many times. They don't seem to care. The student surveys seem to be important because all of my professors send tons of emails reminding me to do them. I know there was a lot of laughing going on after class when she insisted over and over again we call her Dr instead of professor. She got so worked up over it. I don't think people were doing it to be disrespectful. She came across as stuffy and treated some of us like idiots. She would send lots of emails with CAPS and !!!!!!! I should probably fill out the survey for her now.

Maybe she, too, has a disability that you need to be sensitive about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah". :lol:

Start it this way: please forgive me for not contacting you before you scheduled exams…

Op this is absurd and not the way the student services told me it should be handled. It's an online class. She's not god. I have contacted her and cc'd student services earlier in the semester because even after reminding her it was still not programmed in on the day of my exam. Since it's an online class and exams are done online she needs to take it seriously because otherwise, I won't get the accommodation. I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much.

Yikes, Op.

First, even if you're completely correct, as you pointed out, it's you that suffers if she "doesn't take it seriously." In that case, it behooves you to make sure you get the accommodation, even if you feel like you shouldn't have to.

Second it's really something to hear, "I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much." from someone who is seeking an accommodation. The last of self-awareness is stunning.

She has already had to get student services involved previously in the semester because she didn't get extra time. I too think it's ridiculous the professor can't figure this out. Students are expected to be organized. Professors should be too. People who work in academia can't hack it in the real world anyway.

Easy to see where your kid gets their problems..be a better role model.

[Anonymous]

What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have any more exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

You go girl. We need more spunky women in the science field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have any more exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

You go girl. We need more spunky women in the science field.

DP: Eh, not like OP. She sounds awful. Endless complaining, ridiculing her professor, acting entitled. I'm a woman in STEM and I don't want to work with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah".

I mean, you sound like the common denominator in these conflicts. In more ways than one. Dafuq is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s online, then it’s even more challenging for the professors, they have to code an exception into the testing program to allow extra time. They have to clearly program the different start and end times, the total minutes( time and a half or double time or whatever). Test also has to be linked with the appropriate learning management system, the browser lockdown system, and the proctoring system. They all have to be programmed and coded to run together at the same time to permit video proctoring and applications locked down while simultaneously offering the test questions for Op. Moreover, the professor needs to be available before or after the exam to accommodate all of these elongated test takers. Mind you, some students are requesting to start 45 minutes before the exam while others are requesting 20 minutes before and 25 minutes after, etc. It’s a lot of exceptions to individually code. And based on student requests, the parameters change for each test. Coding in 15 different time windows for 15 different students takes time and a lot of attention to detail. The student needs to contact the professor a week before the exam and express their time preferences so all of the properties are coded before test day and make sure that they are even available to proctor it. The student should reach out before each test—1 week in advance. Op, you are not the only student with accommodations. There is a lot going on in the background, too. Try to see things from the other person’s side in life.

Op here. My professor doesn't proctor any of my exams. They have a third party who does that. The extra time is simply added. I can go to the lab for 1-3 days and take the exam there. They don't have to show up early or stay late. If she hasn't programmed it right there is nothing they can do at the lab to help me. I use my laptop to take the exam.

You sound very entitled.

Op don't waste your time with people like this. You should be getting the extra time. That doesn't make you entitled.

No one is saying she shouldn't be getting the extra time, just that the way she's expecting it to fall in her lap is how you do it.