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.
