Requesting a Proctor for an Assessment

NOTE: Only follow these steps if you are requesting an assessment to be proctored by Accessibility Resources (AR).  If you intend to complete your assessments with your class, you should not complete a request through Accessibility Resources. Additionally, if the assessments are not proctored in-person (i.e. if it is remote or a take home assessment), AR will not proctor this assessment.

1. Go to the Randolph-Macon College’s “Welcome to Online Services” landing page by using the following link:https://bachelor.accessiblelearning.com/RMC/Enter the same RMC credentials used to check your student email account or log in to a computer on campus. Include “@go.rmc.edu” when entering your username.

2. Go to “Alternative Testing” found under the “My Accommodations” tab on the left side. 

3. Select the class you wish to schedule an assessment for from the drop-down menu. Then, click “Schedule an Exam”.

*Note: The Alternative Testing Agreement allows the instructor to give the Office of Accessibility Resources important information needed to proctor your assessment. You can request your assessments with or without your instructor’s submission of the Alternative Testing Agreement. However, the instructor must complete the agreement by the assessment date in order for AR to administer the assessment. 

Above the assessment detail, a class schedule and location will be displayed. Students must test at the same date and time as the rest of their class unless there is a valid academic conflict.

Request Type: Specify if your request is for a Quiz, Exam, or Final. 

Date: Enter date of the assessment.               Time: Enter time of the assessment.

Services Requested: Select which accommodations you want to use for the assessment. All approved assessment accommodations will automatically show here.

Additional Note: Include any additional information for the assessment proctor (example: requesting proctoring to start later than the rest of the class due to back-to-back classes).

Once the form is completed, click “Add Exam Request”.

4. Exam and quiz requests must be received five (5) days prior to the exam/quiz date. For example, five (5) days prior to a Monday exam is the previous Wednesday. Final exam request must be received two weeks (14 days) prior to the final date. 

If you submit a request with less than five days notice (fourteen for final exams), you will be directed to a second page after clicking the “Add Exam Request” option in the previous image. You must submit a reason as to why your request is late. Your request will not go through if you do not complete this step.

Accessibility Resources makes a good faith effort to accommodate all assessment requests, but may not be able to proctor an assessment without sufficient notice. Should AR be unable to proctor your assessment due to your late request, a denial email will be sent to you and your instructor and alternate testing arrangements will need to be made with your faculty member. 

To confirm that your request went through, you can check the DSO account under “Alternative Testing” within the “My Accommodations” tab on the left side. You will also receive a confirmation email to your RMC account upon completion of the request.

5. If your assessment is cancelled or you are unable to keep your appointment, please remember to cancel your exam request through DSO. Log-onto your DSO account and select “Alternative Testing” under the “My Accommodations” tab on the left side. In the “Upcoming Exam Request(s) for the Current Term”, click “Cancel Request”. Cancelled requests may not always be rescheduled if the reason for the cancellation is not approved by your instructor and Accessibility Resources staff.

If your assessment is rescheduled or you need to modify information in your request, log-onto your DSO account and select “Alternative Testing” under the “My Accommodations” tab on the left side. In the “Upcoming Exam Request(s) for the Current Term”, click “Modify Request”.