The purpose of access to lecture material accommodations is to reduce barriers for students with disabilities and medical conditions, whose functional limitations impact their ability to capture lecture material. Students have provided specific documentation that indicates that their disability and or medical condition impacts writing/typing, auditory, vision, cognitive functions.
The accommodation that SAS supports for access to lecture material is;
The purpose of access to lecture material accommodations is to reduce barriers for students with disabilities and medical conditions, whose functional limitations impact their ability to capture lecture material. Students have provided specific documentation that indicates that their disability and or medical condition impacts writing/typing, auditory, vision, cognitive functions.
This page contains information about the role of instructors and SAS in providing accommodations in assessments (in person, online, bell ringers, take-home, formal exams).
Revised July 2026
If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you from using standard instructional materials (text books), you may be provided the accommodation of:
Alternate textbook format - to be requested by student & provided by SAS
If this accommodation is listed on your accommodation form there are two ways to submit your request for an alternate format of your textbook:
To reduce barriers for students with vision, cognitive disabilities and or medical conditions the student may provide medical documentation supporting the need for larger font size or a test/exam/quiz printed on a specific colour of paper. For example the Accommodation Letter could state;
Test/Exam/Quiz printed on: Light blue paper
Test/Exam/Quiz enlarged to font size: 18 pt
Students with a scribe or reader accommodation face barriers to reading and writing (by hand or typing) due to a variety of functional limitations including physical, cognitive, vision, or medical/pain related to their disability and or medical condition. A scribe or reader accommodation is approved when technological alternatives, such as screen readers, text-to-speech programs, are not feasible either due to the time required for the student to become proficient to utilize the technology effectively or the nature of the disability.
Students may have accommodations for the use of assistive technology to remove barriers in “writing” or “reading” a test/exam/quiz; the use of this technology could be for physical, cognitive, vision, or medical/pain related functional limitations of a disability and/or medical condition.
Lakehead Student Accessibility Services will be using Genio for Education for some students to capture of lecture materials in the classroom. It is 'the study tool that boosts class engagement' and has an excellent record for both student and faculty satisfaction. As Faculty you may like to check out the Genio Faculty FAQ's.
Updated March 2026
Students with a test/exam/quiz rescheduling accommodation may on rare occasions experience barriers to writing a scheduled test/exam/quiz due to serious fluctuating functional limitations related to disability and/or medical condition symptoms. Not all students registered with SAS have a test/exam/quiz rescheduling accommodation; Students can refer to their accommodation letter for confirmation of their accommodations.
This page refers to the process for setting up accommodations for Returning SAS Students (you have registered for accommodations in the past or are registering after having met with an SAS Advisor).
If you have never met with an SAS Advisor to set up accommodations at Lakehead University, follow the Get Started with SAS process.
