Announcement

ADS Exam Submission Deadline: All exam materials and Testing Authorization Form (TAF) information must be submitted to ADS by 12 pm.

• 1 business day before the exam date for regular tests and midterms.

• 2 business days prior to the exam date for final exams.


ADS Student Reservation Deadline: Students must reserve with the ADS Testing Office no later than one full week prior to the date they will test.

 

Welcome to the Instructor online portal. This site allows you to:

  • View and acknowledge accommodation letters for students in your course
  • Confirm student test/exam requests (i.e., date and time)
  • Complete the required Test Authorization Form (TAF) to provide instructions for administering the test/exam
  • Upload a copy of your upcoming test, exam, or quiz

Please click the courses link in the top menu to get started. You will be asked to login using your UMD Directory ID and Password.

 

Procedural Information

Accommodation Letter Process

Students with established ADS accommodations should send electronic copies of their accommodation letter directly to course instructors.  Faculty will be able to view students’ accommodation letters within the ADS online portal and retain digital copies (during the current semester), eliminating the need for use and maintenance of paper accommodation letters.  

Please note: students are still expected to have a private meeting with instructors to discuss their accommodations, get their Acknowledgement Form signed, and if necessary, complete a Detailed Implementation Plan.

Currently registered students are encouraged (although not required) to meet with instructors within the first several weeks of class and newly registered students are encouraged to meet with instructors as soon as is feasible.  Students have been instructed to meet with course instructors after having shared an electronic copy of their accommodation letter.

For more guidance on this process, please review our tutorial, located on the Resources for Instructors section of the ADS website.  

 

Process for Submitting Exams (effective 8/02/2021)

All exam materials and Testing Authorization Form (TAF) information must be submitted to ADS by 12 pm.

• 1 business day before the exam date for regular tests and midterms.

• 2 business days prior to the exam date for final exams.

 

Cancellation of Exams by ADS

• A student’s exam reservation will be cancelled if the exam materials and TAF information is not submitted on time.

• If the exam is cancelled, instructors may either administer the accommodated exam themselves OR assist the student in rescheduling the exam with ADS.

• 3 business days notice is required for rescheduling

 

The ADS Testing Office will not receive incoming calls or office walk-ups daily from 12 pm to 1 pm EXCEPT during the final exam period.
Office walk-ups, professor pick-ups/exam drop-offs, and phone calls cannot occur during this time. Processing and proctoring of accommodated exams will continue during this period.

 

Contact Information

 

Request Support with Implementation of Accommodations

Accessibility and Disability Service

301-314-7682

adsfrontdesk@umd.edu 

 

ADS Testing Office

adstest@umd.edu

 

Support with ADS Portal

Should you experience any problems with the portal, either logging on, seeing your classes, or viewing student accommodation letters after receiving a notification email, please complete an ADS Help Ticket using the link below. This will allow ADS to document your concern and collect information needed to expedite a resolution for you. Please note, we are currently unable to add co-instructors to our system to receive accommodation letter notifications, however this is an improvement we are working on with our data feed.

http://go.umd.edu/ADSPortalHelpTicket