Final exam requests are due by Sunday, Nov. 15 for students.

Faculty: Please plan on having your final exam dates in AIM available to students as soon as possible and inform your students when the finals date is available to request. Please note: space is extremely limited during finals and is likely to reach capacity before the deadline. Please make alternative plans for your students with 1.5x extended time and Distraction Reduced Environment accommodations.

Students: Confirm with your instructors if the Student Testing Center is needed. Submit your final exam date requests by Sunday, Nov. 15.

Temporary Office Closure: Nov. 20-25

The Disability Services office (N200) will be physically closed Nov. 20-25 due to facility improvements. Disability Services will remain operational remotely during this time, and staff will continue to be available by email, phone and virtual meetings for assistance.

Students, faculty and staff may continue to contact Disability Services through the office's regular email and phone channels. In-person services in N200 will resume after the closure.

AIM Overview: Faculty

AIM is a tool that enables the Disability Services office to manage accommodation requests and implementation. The tool features both student and faculty portals.

AIM Login 

How to access AIM

Step 1: Access AIM Portal

Step 2: Select “Faculty” under “What type of user are you?”

Step 3: Once you sign in, ensure that you are in a private location select “Continue to View Student Accommodations”

Screenshot of the Access Policy seen when first entering AIM. The Access Policy has the following sections: FERPA (Confidentiality statement), Faculty Reminders, Important Note, and a Continue to View Student Accommodations button at the bottom.

View accommodation letters

Step 1: Access the AIM Portal 

Step 2: Select “Faculty” under “What type of user are you?” 

Step 3: Once you sign in, ensure that you are in a private location select “Continue to View Student Accommodations” 

Screenshot of the Access Policy seen when first entering AIM. The Access Policy has the following sections: FERPA (Confidentiality statement), Faculty Reminders, Important Note, and a Continue to View Student Accommodations button at the bottom.

Step 4: Select “View” under “Students Who Requested Accommodations”. Additionally, you may select “PDF” to download a PDF copy of the letter.  

Screenshot of the Students Who Requested Accommodations section of the faculty portal. Sections include View, PDF, CRN, Subject, Course, Section, Student's Full Name, Status, Request Date, List Updated, Flex Plane, Note-taking Services, E-text, Extended Time 1.5x on Exams or.

You may use the “Refine Search or List Saved Queries” function to easily filter by course, student, and accommodation.

How to Download a List of Enrolled Students Who Have Accommodations in Your Courses 

Step 1: Access the AIM Portal 

Step 2: Select “Faculty” under “What type of user are you?” 

Step 3: Once you sign in, ensure that you are in a private location select “Continue to View Student Accommodations” 

Screenshot of the Access Policy seen when first entering AIM. The Access Policy has the following sections: FERPA (Confidentiality statement), Faculty Reminders, Important Note, and a Continue to View Student Accommodations button at the bottom.

Step 4: Select the “Export Data: Students” drop-down menu 

Screenshot of the Export Data: Students section of the faculty tab. An important note reads The system will use the results in the table below for the Export Data output. Please use the Refine Search section if you need to customize the result. There is an Export Accommodations Requests button at the bottom of the tile.

Step 5: Select “Export Accommodation Requests” to export a list of all requested accommodations by student and course 

View and Complete Flex Plan Requests

Step 1: Access AIM Portal 

Step 2: Select “Faculty” under “What type of user are you?” 

Step 3: Once you sign in, ensure that you are in a private location select “Continue to View Student Accommodations”

Screenshot of the Access Policy seen when first entering AIM. The Access Policy has the following sections: FERPA (Confidentiality statement), Faculty Reminders, Important Note, and a Continue to View Student Accommodations button at the bottom.

Step 4: Select “Flex Plan” 

Overview, Flex Plan, Notetaking Services

Step 5: Select “View” to initiate the Flex Plan review. Note: Flex Plans are organized by course, not by specific student request

View

Step 6: Complete the List of Questions tile 

Screenshot of List of Questions screen

Step 7: Once completed, select “Initiate and Request Review”. Note: If you instruct multiple sections of the same course, select “Apply to all classes with the same course subject and course number in the same term” to automatically complete the Flex Plan Request Form those courses. 

Screenshot of form submission, which check box asking "Apply to all classes with the same course subject and course number in the same term"

Step 8: The Disability Services team will review your response and notify you via email once your Flex Plan has been approved. You may view approved Flex Plans by selecting “View”  

View status completed

You may view students with approved Flex Plans under the “Student Request” tile  

Screenshot of completed student request

 

Step 1: Log in to the AIM Portal

Step 2: Select the “Alternative Testing” module on the left-hand menu 

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Step 3: In the Proctoring Agreement section, click on "Courses without Proctoring Agreement."

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Step 4: Click “Specify” next to the course in which you would like students to use the Student Testing Center for exams or quizzes. 

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Step 5: Complete all required questions, including the exam instructions and exam date(s) for your course. You can add additional exam dates now or return to the Proctoring Agreement later to add them. 

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Step 6: Students can now schedule their exams directly through their AIM portal. Please remind students to schedule each exam. You can update the list of students included in the Proctoring Agreement at any time. 

 

How to Add an Instructor

Step 1: Access the AIM Portal 

Step 2: Select “Faculty” under “What type of user are you?” 

Step 3: Once you sign in, ensure that you are in a private location select “Continue to View Student Accommodations”

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Step 4: Select "Add Instructor" under the Home menu on the left-hand side of the screen 

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Step 5: Review the Important Message at the top of the screen. 

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Step 6: Under the Personal Information tile, select which class you would like to add an instructor in. Under type, please select whether you are adding an additional instructor to the course, or replacing all current instructors. Add the instructor's name and email address. 

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Step 7: Select "Add Instructor" at the bottom of the page. 

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Once Disability Services has reviewed your request to add an instructor and approved it, you and the added instructor will receive an email confirmation from dsinfo@colorado.edu.