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contents: Note Taker Notebooks I
Adaptive Testing I Taped
Textbooks I
Interpreting I
Changing
Test Dates
Note Taker Notebooks
Note Taker Notebooks are available for students who are registered and approved
for services. The student may borrow a Note Taker Notebook each quarter. It
enables the student to focus on the information the instructor is giving
verbally that might otherwise be missed as the student writes notes or copies
from the chalkboard or overhead.
The
student or the instructor usually asks for a volunteer in the class to take
notes on NCR paper (currently provided with the notebook). With this method, the
note taker and the student (who is registered with DDS) each obtains a copy of
the notes from the class lecture.
Each
book is numbered and assigned to the person who borrows it. Each Note Taker
Notebook must be RETURNED to Disability Services during Final Exam Week.
For
more information, ask any staff member in the Resource Center. Resource Center
(614) 287-5089 (V/TTY).
Using
the Note Taker Notebook:
1.
Inform the instructor that you are registered with DDS. Also let him/her
know that you have a disability which does not allow you to focus on the
information presented verbally while taking notes at the same time.
2.
Ask for a volunteer in the class to take the notes using the Note Taker
Notebook. The instructor may assist you if you are uncomfortable asking
yourself.
3. Explain to the volunteer how to use the Note Taker Notebook. Place two pages of paper on the top of the blue plastic page and write. When class is over the volunteer note taker keeps one copy of the notes and returns the Note Taker Notebook with the other copy of notes to the student.
Interpreting
Services
1. Each Quarter, request Interpreting Services in
advance. We suggest thirty (30) days before the quarter begins. Please meet with
Tiffany Druckenmiller to schedule classes and/or to make schedule adjustments.
Interpreters will be scheduled for the classes requested.
2.
Be on time for your classes. The interpreter will wait fifteen (15)
minutes per class hour if you are late. If a student is not in the classroom,
the interpreter will return to the Department of Disability Services for other
assignments.
If
you know you will be late or if you will not be attending class, please contact
us.
Call:
(614) 287-5089 (V/TTY) Resource Center Desk
(614) 287-3973
(V/TTY) Tiffany Druckenmiller, Interpreter Coordinator
3.
If a student misses 3 (three) consecutive classes without informing
Disability Services, the interpreter may receive another assignment. We may
suspend services when a student does not communicate with Disability Services.
4.
Each student is responsible to report all changes and/or course
cancellations to Disability Services. Our office will need to make schedule
adjustments for the interpreting staff. The only way our office is informed is
directly from each student.
5. Occasionally, an interpreter may be absent. Our office will make every
attempt to schedule substitute interpreters for all absences. If we are unable
to cover a class, we will attempt to contact the student and/or the instructor
in the class. Our staff is willing to assist in any explanation needed with the
instructor(s).
6. Arrangements for field trips must be made a MINIMUM of one week in
advance. The interpreter will not make the arrangements for the field trip.
Student must contact Tiffany Druckenmiller to schedule interpreting services.
PLEASE
KEEP THESE TELEPHONE NUMBERS HANDY: (614) 287-5089 (V/TTY) Resource Center Desk
(614) 287-3973 (V/TTY) Tiffany Druckenmiller, Interpreter Coordinator
Use
the numbers above to cancel any interpreting services requested for classes,
tutoring, meeting with instructors, financial aid, etc .........
To
leave a voice mail message, please use Ohio Relay Service 1-800-750-0750.
Your
cooperation will assist us with the daily schedules of the interpreters.
1. During the first
week of the quarter, discuss testing arrangements with each of your instructors.
You need to know how the instructor wants the test to be delivered to the
Department of Disability Services, how it is to be returned to him/her and the
location of the instructor's mailbox or office.
2.
Adaptive Testing is scheduled IN ADVANCE by the student at the Resource Center
Desk or by calling (614) 287-5089 (V/TTY). A staff member will
take the date and time of the test, your name, the course name and number, the
instructor's name and office location, how the test is to be delivered to
Disability Services and exactly what services you are requesting during the
test. All exams should be scheduled for the same time/date that the class will
take the exam unless there is approval by the instructor due to time conflict or
some other circumstance.
EXAMS
MUST BE SCHEDULED AT LEAST TWO (2) DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE TEST! FOR MIDTERMS AND
FINALS, YOU SHOULD PLAN TO INFORM US AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TEST!
We
will do our best to accommodate pop quizzes as they occur. Regular exams,
midterms and finals are generally on each syllabus received within the first
week of the quarter.
3.
Please arrive at the Resource Center Desk ON THE DAY and THE TIME you
are scheduled to take the test.
A
test log will be completed by a staff member with the following information:
Name, course name and number, instructor's name and office location, date and
time of the test. We will also indicate how the test was delivered, check open
or closed book test and indicate specific services provided. We will follow the
directions sent to our department by the instructor.
Test
Time Dates May Be Changed Only with Written/Verbal Consent By the Instructor
We will monitor the test during the time you are taking it and will return the
test to the instructor with a copy of the test log. Students approved for taped
exams, Braille and/or large print materials need to allow NO LESS THAN TWO (2)
DAYS for DDS to change to alternate media.
By following the above procedures, our staff should be able to provide efficient services to all students who have been approved for ADAPTIVE TESTING.
Taped
Textbook Guidelines
In order to receive taped textbook services, the student must:
1.
Complete
the Initial Interview, provide documentation of disability and be approved for
this specific service.
2.
Register
for classes.
3.
Review
books for each class and decide which ones will be needed and requested.
4.
Contact
the Department of Disability Services (DDS) to request specific titles. We
suggest that students request taped textbooks at least thirty (30) days prior to
the start of each quarter. RESOURCE
CENTER DESK: (614) 287-5089 Nellie Nelson: (614) 287-2571
Textbooks
will be ordered from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic or will be read and/or
duplicated by our staff. It is important that each book borrowed is returned to
DDS at the end of the quarter. We may use it the next quarter for another
student.
For
RFB&D orders, our department will order the taped textbooks using one of two
methods:
1.
If the
student has an Individual ID#, we will order with that number .... which is why
it is important to inform our department if there is an Individual ID#. In this
instance, tapes are mailed to the student directly and may be returned to RFB&D
by the student at the end of the quarter.
2.
We
will order all other taped textbooks with the CSCC Institutional Membership RFB&D.
All
taped textbooks from RFB&D are on 4 track cassette tapes and must be
played on a 4 track tape player. The student may complete an application
for Talking Books through the state library or may purchase a 4 track
player. Our staff can provide information to obtain a 4‑track cassette
player.
Tapes
generated by CSCC are on 2 track tapes and may be played on any standard
tape player.
In
order to provide the appropriate taped materials for each student, it is vital
that the student communicate with the DDS office. The student must:
1.
Make the
specific textbook request (30 days in advance, if possible) EVERY
QUARTER.
2.
Provide
the booklist of necessary textbooks (Tide, Author, Edition, Copyright Date)
3.
Provide a
copy of each course syllabus to DDS within the first week of the quarter.
Without this information, our staff will not be assigned to work on the specific textbook This may result in a student not receiving the tapes at the time needed.
