Accessible Learning – Accommodations

Students registered with the Tramble Centre are eligible for extra time during testing and exam times. Depending on your disability and documentation you may be eligible for time and and half, or double time on your exams.  If an exam is 3 hours long you may receive 4.5 or 6 hours.

How to Request: During your Tramble Centre Intake appointment, your testing accommodations, like the extra time you may be eligible for, will be assigned.

Test Booking Rules

1. All tests must be booked at least 7 days before the date of the test - please book your tests as early as possible to avoid missing the deadline.
2. If you miss the 7-day deadline for booking tests or exams, you will be required to write with the rest of your class, without accommodations.

If there is an issue with testing, please email the Testing Coordinator, Susan Grant at @email. 

A notetaker is a student registered in your class hired by the Tramble Centre, but paid for by the student. The cost of a notetaker is currently $200 a course. The notetaker does not know who they are taking notes for as the Tramble Centre never discloses that information. The notetaker is asked to capture things said during the lecture that are not included in the Professor’s slides or notes. Their notes are not meant to replace yours, merely to supplement. 

How to Request: To request a note taker, please visit https://tramblecentre.stfx.ca/user/notetakingstudents/default.aspx, select "courses/notes" and indicate which courses you are requesting notes for. For further support, please email @email. 

Tutoring is a session between a student and an educational support person that can consist of working through course materials, course organization, paper writing, breakdown of course assignments and testing/quiz preparation.

How to Request: An email will be sent to registered students at the beginning of each semester with instructions on how to request tutoring support. In the email, students will be provided with an online form to complete. Once the tutor request has been received, our Team will do its best to locate an appropriate tutor, but we cannot guarantee that one can be found.

Read & Write is a literacy support tool that offers learners help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments, and proofing written work.  This tool can be used during tests and exams provided your documentation supports this accommodation.

How to Request: All StFX students have access to Read and Write. You can view a tutorial for how to download and install Read and Write here. This can be very helpful while studying and completing assignments.

Alternative formatted textbooks (e.g., electronic or Braille versions of print material) are available to students who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning or mobility disability. The Tramble Centre can help you obtain books in alternative formats, primarily PDF.

How to Request: Requests for alternative text can be made using your Clockwork account. Please see a detailed breakdown here.

A memory aid is a tool or strategy designed to support memory and recall, it can assist students by helping to access and retain information.  A memory aid is designed by a student to fit their own unique needs.  Examples of memory aid as well as the Tramble Centre’s memory aid guidelines can be found here.

How to Request: During your Tramble Centre Intake appointment your testing accommodations, like the memory aid, will be assigned based on the documentation provided.

An academic strategist is a professional who helps students—especially those with learning differences or disabilities—develop personalized strategies to improve their academic performance. Their main role is to teach students how to learn, not just what to learn.