FAQ for Faculty

You can ask questions about how to implement the accommodation requested in your class. You should not ask a student why they have an accommodation or put a student in a position to disclose personal medical information to you.

No. The accommodations process at the DAC is about informed choice. Students are not required to use an accommodation in every class or every pertinent situation. E.g. a student with a testing accommodation may choose to take their exam at the DAC or in the classroom.

Yes! Access managers regularly provide guidance about implementing accommodations. You may email the student's Access Manager or attend drop-in hours (the days/times are posted on the DAC homepage).

Reach out to the DAC to connect with the student’s Access Manager. Access Managers regularly support faculty in implementing accommodations and can help address concerns when a student’s accommodation appears disruptive. You’re welcome to email the Access Manager directly or visit our drop-in hours—details are listed on the DAC homepage.

Please let the student know about the DAC and encourage them to make an appointment with an access manager. You might point them to our webpage about applying for DAC services. If a student would like to talk with a peer about seeking accommodations, the student staff in the Disability Outreach Center are a great resource. Please do not advise students about what accommodations you think they need.

To address these questions, the DAC and Western colleagues in ATUS and CII created the Equity, Accessibility, & Privacy Considerations resource. If you have additional questions after reviewing this resource, please contact an Access Manager.

Notices of approved accommodation are written to be generally applicable. Access Managers are glad to work with faculty to provide clarity about an accommodation and discuss ways to apply the accommodation in a particular class. Please call the DAC or contact an access manager during their office hours to discuss. Access Manager drop-in hours are posted on the DAC homepage.

After students register for the upcoming quarter, they can log into myDAC to activate their accommodations.

Faculty notifications are typically emailed about two weeks before the start of the term. However, you don’t have to wait for the email—accommodations that students have already activated are visible in your Faculty Portal.

How to View Next Term’s Accommodations

1. Log into your Faculty Portal.
2. Acknowledge the FERPA statement.
3. Select “Next Term” to see accommodations that have been activated so far. 

Tips for Tracking Student Accommodations 

Your DAC Faculty dashboard has a list of the different accommodations students have selected to use for your course(s). The information can be filtered by course and can also be exported into a spreadsheet via the EXPORT DATA: STUDENTS button below.

As students have the right to request accommodations at any point during the quarter, consider downloading an updated spreadsheet as you receive notification letters during the course of the quarter.

Under the HOME menu, there are more resources that support different DAC accommodations that may be relevant to the accommodations your students have activated. Further information about those accommodations can be found by following those links.

Your DAC Faculty dashboard has a list of the different accommodations students have selected to use for your course(s). The information can be filtered by course and can also be exported into a spreadsheet via the EXPORT DATA: STUDENTS button below.

As students have the right to request accommodations at any point during the quarter, consider downloading an updated spreadsheet as you receive notification letters during the course of the quarter.

Under the HOME menu, there are more resources that support different DAC accommodations that may be relevant to the accommodations your students have activated. Further information about those accommodations can be found by following those links.