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title: "Setting Up Accommodations"
type: "article"
space: "Blackboard Ultra"
author: "Anh Lam"
created: 2022-10-25T14:32:09Z
updated: 2026-10-22T15:10:02Z
tags: ["accessibility-blackboard-ultra", "accommodations-blackboard-ultra", "accommododations", "blackboard-ultra", "how-to-setup-accommodations", "teaching-and-learning", "teaching-and-learning-centre", "ultra"]
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/accessibility/15574/setting-up-accommodations"
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# Setting Up Accommodations

### Accommodations vs Exceptions

Accommodations allow for students to submit work past deadlines or receive extra time for timed tests. These accommodations impact all due dates and/or timed activities.

Exceptions are specific to an assignment and allow the instructor to change the due date, visibility dates, or number of attempts for a specific student. Students can view changes such as extensions in their calendar.

**Note:**If you set a due date accommodation \(via the Class Roster\), you cannot set a due date exception for a specific assignment.

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### Setting an Accommodation 

1. Select **Roster** from the **Details & Action**pane.
![Screenshot of step 1 as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=xqJ5wrkDSdR9GjyPagJLFg%3D%3D)
2. Navigate to the student that needs accommodations. ![Screenshot of step 2 as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=6RIllOgcrvZx%2FaP7h3T7sQ%3D%3D)
3. Select the **ellipsis** on the right side of the name. A drop-down menu is displayed.![Screenshot of step 3 as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=jploeHx%2Fx5qWjWMkkdXE4g%3D%3D)
4. Select **Accommodations** from the drop-down menu.
![Screenshot of step 4 as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=OHdqDV1YLV0I%2FsnvaZo%2FiQ%3D%3D)
5. Select the **check box\(es\)**next to the accommodation the student needs. 
![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=g6G3uxBAcerOKrKZrm7vrQ%3D%3D)

    - **Due date accommodation:**Student will not have due dates and never have their work marked late. **Note:**When placed in a group, the accommodation applies to the whole group. The student will also not be able to see due dates in their calendar.
    - **Time limit accommodation:**Student will have extra time to finish timed assessments. **Note:**You can adjust how much extra time a student receives.
        - Select **Set extra time percentage**to add a percentage of time added to the assessment \(Ex: For double the time enter 100%\).
        - Select **Unlimited time**for no time limits.
6. Select **Save**. An icon is displayed beside their name in the grade book and visible when they submit work.
![Screenshot of step 6 as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=EC0joq0tlgaEtKL5LgsOxw%3D%3D)

Students with accommodations are indicated with a purple bookmark beside their name.

![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=RCF6s%2F5c6vcLJmB7kZyuIA%3D%3D)

You may edit a student’s individual accommodations anytime. If you delete a date, due date or time limit accommodation, any work submitted previously may be flagged as late.

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## Additional resources

The following resource from Seneca's Accessible Learning Services provides practical guidance for applying approved extended-time accommodations to tests and exams.

Faculty quick reference · PDF

### Extended time calculations for tests and exams

Use this quick reference to calculate the total writing time for students with approved extended-time accommodations. The required multiplier is identified in the student's Accommodation Letter.

Extended-time multipliers

1.25x

25% extra time

1.5x

50% extra time

1.75x

75% extra time

2x

100% extra time

Example calculation

A **60-minute test** with a **1.5x** accommodation provides **90 minutes of total writing time**.

What's included in the guide?

- A calculation chart for standard assessments from 30 to 180 minutes.
- Examples of extended-time calculations.
- Faculty responsibilities for providing approved extended time.
- Guidance on ensuring assessment bookings and online time windows allow the full accommodated time.

View the resource

[Extended Time — PDF](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/files/24861/extended-time)

- [Accommodations for timed assessments – Blackboard Help](https://help.blackboard.com/node/25256)
- [Due date accommodations – Blackboard Help](https://help.blackboard.com/node/19601 "Due date accommodations – Blackboard Help")

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