{"id":508,"date":"2019-08-20T12:24:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:42:24","slug":"notetaking-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/faculty-and-instructors\/resource-guides\/notetaking-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"Notetaking Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Volunteer Notetakers for PMC Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A number of students registered with the Paul Menton Centre (PMC) are unable to take lecture notes or can take very limited notes due to disability-related reasons. For such students, one of the services approved based on their disability documentation is a request for a volunteer notetaker. In order to facilitate this service, the course instructors are asked to make in-class announcements as many times as necessary until a volunteer notetaker is found. The example below can be used for that purpose, and provides information about requirements and incentives. However, if the in-class announcements are not successful in securing a volunteer notetaker, please consider the following alternative strategies and suggestions to ensure Carleton continues to meet our provincially mandated responsibility to support students with disabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n