Requesting Academic Accommodations

Before you can request academic accommodations through the Ventus Student Portal you must have already completed the intake and registration process with the Paul Menton Centre.

Registration information is available on our Registering with PMC webpage.

Requesting Academic Accommodations

Once you are ready to use Ventus to request your accommodations, follow the steps below.

1. Login to the Ventus Student Portal.
2. Before you select accommodations in Ventus, review the evaluation requirements (e.g. test, exams, assignments, presentations, group work, class attendance etc.) for each course. Only request accommodations which are needed for each particular course.
3. Select exam and/or teaching accommodations from your list of template accommodations for each course at the beginning of every term.

We recommend that you request all your accommodations at the beginning of every term as a best practice.

• For in-term tests or midterms, please request accommodations at least 14 calendar days before an upcoming test or midterm.
• For final exams, the deadlines to request accommodations are published in the University academic calendars for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Some accommodations are pre-approved or self-serve while other are pending and require approval from your PMC Coordinator.

• Your approved accommodations for a course will show up in your professor’s Ventus Faculty Portal.
• You also have the option to opt-out of accommodations for a course.

4. Meet with each professor or lab instructor in an in-person or virtual meeting to discuss which of your template accommodations are applicable to the course and how they will be implemented. For example, if you do not have any fixed duration tests or exams in the course, the exam accommodations will not be applicable.

• If you have exam accommodations, discuss with your professor about submitting a Notice of Examination (NoE) to the McIntyre Exam Centre (MEC).
• If you need a peer note-taker, kindly ask your professor to make an announcement in class and/or Brightspace for a volunteer.

5. Contact your PMC Coordinator if there are any issues with your accommodations at any time during the term.

More Information…

More information about using Ventus to request your accommodations is available in our Requesting Academic Accommodations FAQ.