Instructor FAQs

Educational Access Center FAQ for Skyline College Instructors

If you have a question you think would be useful to include in this FAQ, please send it to matthewsm@smccd.edu.

General Questions: 

• What is the best way to make a referral to the EAC? 
• Do you have a sample EAC statement I can include in my syllabus? 
• Can I about ask a student's disability because I believe this will help me assist them?
  
• What laws are relevant to student accommodations in higher education?
• What is the process for approving a student's accommodations? 
• A student with a disability is acting inappropriately in class. Am I allowed to initiate disciplinary proceedings?
• What kinds of technology is available for students? Can I access any of your technology?

Accommodation Questions: 

• What accommodations am I responsible for facilitating?
• How do I extend a student's time on a quiz?
• What am I not responsible for facilitating? 
• What if a student asks me for "an accommodation" that is not listed on the accommodation letter? 
• I am uncomfortable with a requested accommodation, or I believe an accommodation is not appropriate, do I still have to provide it? 
• What is the EAC's policy as it pertains to "audio recording of lectures"?
• A student in my class has provided me an accommodation letter from CSM and/or Cañada College. Can I accept that?
• I have some short videos in my Canvas course. Am I required to caption them even if there is not a Deaf student in my class? 

Instructor Resources:

CAST Links to an external site. - The hub for information on Universal Design for Learning 

CAST’s mission is to transform education design and practice until learning has no limits. 

Words with Dignity: Links to an external site. Using people-first language and etiquette when working with individuals who have disabilities. 

UDOIT: Examples of accommodations can be found on the UDOIT website, Links to an external site. first organized by activity and second organized by disability type. 

Links to an external site.

Funded by the Department of Education, the University of Washington's DO-IT AccessCollege webpage Links to an external site. has a lot of information about creating accessible courses, Universal Design for Learning, accommodations, rights/responsibilities, case studies, and a lot more. 

Note: the UDOIT tool is available in Canvas.