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Test proctoring is one of the most popular services provided by the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). We provide this service to ensure that you receive the testing accommodations you are entitled to and to in as organized and stress-free a fashion as possible. Keep in mind that we are only a 3-person office with 9 proctoring seats available in the immediate office area. Therefore, in order to help us make test proctoring run smoothly, please follow our procedures.

1. Make sure you've turned in your accommodation letter to your professor. SSD cannot proctor exams for students who have not presented their accommodation letters to their professors, and professors aren't required to provide accommodations to any student who has not submitted an accommodation letter to them.
2. Some students have a lot of questions when taking exams. If you are such a student, you may be more satisfied arranging to take the exam with or near your professor or a TA instead of in the SSD office. If this is not an option, we encourage you to ask your professor or TA for contact information that can be used during the scheduled exam time.
3. To take your exam at SSD, please turn in your Test Request Form at least a week prior to the date of your exam. These are available online via a link from every page of our site or in the office. We require a week's notice because:
   • We need to arrange space for proctoring, which may mean reserving additional rooms.
   • Some exams require SSD to load special software, arrange for a computer, print out color slides, etc.
   • Students sometimes realize after their original request that they need to take the exam at a different time from the rest of the class, which necessitates additional communication with the professor and reevaluation to determine if we have sufficient proctoring space.
   • We need ample time to contact the professor and obtain the exam and any special instructions for it.
4. SSD will email your professor approximately 2 days prior to your exam date and send you a confirmation email.
5. If you do not turn in a Test Request Form at least a week prior to your exam date, you must come to the SSD office to pick up a Late Notification Test Request Form. (This form is not available online.) You and your professor will need to complete this form to ensure that your exam can be delivered to SSD in time.
   
   • Return the completed Late Notification Test Request Form to SSD at least 24 hours in advance (excluding Saturday and Sunday) of your exam.
6. Please treat your test appointment with SSD as you would an exam in the classroom. This means:
   • Respond immediately to any emails from SSD asking questions about your exam.
   • Please be on time for your exam. Other students may be scheduled for your seat right after you are scheduled to be done.  Your time for the exam starts at the time scheduled, not when you show up!
   • Notify SSD immediately if you intend not to show up for your exam. Similarly, notify SSD as soon as you drop a class for which you have turned in Test Request Forms.
7. Cell phones or related items such as PDAs should not be in the testing room. Make sure to turn ringers off; otherwise, they disturb the office while you are taking your test.
8. Please quietly close the door of the testing room when you enter and exit the room so your peers are less distracted by noise in the rest of the office.