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You can set accommodations for individual students, adjust assessment due dates or time limits for individual students or groups, or excuse a student from a specific assessment altogether. Review the information below to determine which pathway is best for the situation at hand.
What are Accommodations, Exceptions, and Exemptions?
Sometimes individual students face situations or events that make it difficult or impossible for them to undertake an assessment, such as submitting coursework or taking a test. Depending on the circumstances, you may need to extend their due date for the assessment, grant them an additional attempt, or excuse them from the assessment altogether.
Note: In the student list, if a student has an accommodation and an exception for an assessment only the accommodation icon appears. In the submission page both icons will be visible.
About Accommodations
Use accommodations to help students progress in the course even though they may have difficulty with some requirements. An accommodation applies to all due dates or time limits in your course for an individual student. If it is possible, adding accommodations should be done prior to the student starting the attempt. Changing this setting during an active attempt for an activity may not apply the expected accommodation in a timely manner or in whole.
After you provide an accommodation for a student, you'll see a purple flag icon next to the student's name in the roster or gradebook.
If a student has a time limit accommodation and you allow more time to complete an assessment in the settings, the times are combined.
More details on Accommodations for individual students.
About Exceptions
You can give an individual student an exception on a specific test or assignment to provide additional attempts or extended access, even if the assessment is hidden from other students. If it's possible, adding exceptions should be done prior to the student starting an attempt. Changing this setting during an active attempt for an activity may not apply the expected exception in a timely manner or in whole.
Exceptions are different from accommodations you set in the course roster or student drill-down. An accommodation applies to all due dates or time limits in your course for an individual student. Exceptions are only allowed for the Show on and Hide after dates and additional attempts.
You can add an exception to an individual student or to a group from the assessment's Submissions page. You can also add exceptions from the grading page when grading a student's submission.
You can offer a student an exception for an assessment you've already graded and posted. For example, if you want a student to redo an automatically graded test that has no more attempts, you can add an additional attempt.
After you allow an exception for a student's assessment, you'll see a gray clock icon next to the student's name for that assessment only.
More details on Exceptions and Exemptions for individual gradable items.
About Exemptions
There are times where you may need to exempt a student from an assessment or course activity due to alternate assignments, travel, illness, or life circumstances beyond the student’s control.
You can excuse a student from an assessed activity by giving them an exemption. When exempted, the student’s overall calculation will adjust to ensure they are not put at a disadvantage versus their peers.
More details on Exceptions and Exemptions for individual gradable items.
If you have any further questions, please submit a Blackboard Ultra Request and select "Consultation."