{"id":455,"date":"2019-09-11T17:38:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T17:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-disability-services\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:07:37","slug":"aim-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/disability-resources\/faculty\/aim-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Accommodations: Using Moodle\/AIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty will receive notification from Disability Resources if a student requires alternative testing as an accommodation. &nbsp; Faculty can provide testing accommodations as long as accommodations required can be carried out successfully.&nbsp; We encourage faculty to communicate directly regarding testing early in the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macalester uses to the <strong>Accommodation Information Management (AIM) online system to manage testing requests<\/strong>. &nbsp; Access to this system is a link on Faculty Notification Letter provided by Disability Resources or the AIM link at 1600 Grand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does this work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please discuss with the student how testing will be provided for the course.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will faculty provide accommodations online or in person <strong>OR<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schedule with the Disability Resources (instructions below).&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timely completion of this process is important so students can request exams in a timely way.&nbsp; <strong>We appreciate one week&#8217;s notice.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-row\">\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner-inner\">\n                <ul class=\"link-group__featured-link\">\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    Center for Disability Resources\/AIM Alternative Testing Exams Instructions\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked Testing Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What if I don\u2019t receive an email notification from the Disability Resources?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please go back and check your email.&nbsp; There should be a link sent to you that allows you to access alternative testing agreements.&nbsp; If you can\u2019t find this information, contact Disability Resources.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What if I have questions about an exam or how to navigate the AIM system?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact <\/span>Disability Resources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0for testing questions.\u00a0 We can assist with testing concerns or system problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A student didn\u2019t show up or canceled\/changed an exam due to reported disability impacts. What do I do?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Re-takes of exams are at the discretion of the instructor; we <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strongly <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">encourage faculty to discuss any retakes and under what conditions re-takes are provided when discussing accommodations. In some cases, re-takes of exams may not be possible but options (dropping one exam, alternative assignments) may also be reasonable.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty will receive notification from Disability Resources if a student requires alternative testing as an accommodation. &nbsp; Faculty can provide testing accommodations as long as accommodations required can be carried out successfully.&nbsp; We encourage faculty to communicate directly regarding testing early in the course. 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