Welcome to the Instructor ClockWork Portal

 You can use this website to:

*View accommodations that have been assigned to your students

*Tell us about your upcoming finals, mid-terms, tests or quizzes

Click the "Courses" tab above to get started.

 Please contact Accessibility Services if you require assistance or would like further information on ClockWork and how it is utilized at Northwestern Polytechnic.

Phone: 780-539-2017          Email: as@nwpolytech.ca  

Office Locations:

Grande Prairie Learning Commons: F215

Fairview Learning Commons: FAC127A

 

Helpful Documents

The following documents provide additional information regarding accommodations provided by Accessibility Services:       

ClockWork Faculty Guide

 

Audio Recording Accommodation FAQs for Faculty

Audio Recording Agreement

 

 

****NEW****ProctorU and Students with Testing Accommodations

To make the accommodation process a little smoother for everyone involved, Megan Bulford, Lead Accessibility Advisor, has been granted access to ProctorU to input approved accommodations for students registered with Accessibility Services. The accommodations will be based on their Letter of Accommodation and should stay with the student for as long as they are eligible for academic accommodations as a student at NWP.  This will no longer require students to contact you to request accommodations be added to each of their tests in ProctorU.

 While some finer details are still being sorted out, Accessibility Services (AS) would like to share the following process with you moving forward.

 As faculty, we ask that you:

  • Let AS know when you receive a Letter of Accommodation and your course includes ProctorU tests. They will also be asking this of students, but it will be helpful to have this information early on so they can add the accommodations for the student. You should also be able to see if accommodations were previously entered for your student in ProctorU when they are assigned to your courses.
  • Adjust the accommodated student's test length appropriately in the testing platform (D2L, Connect, etc). Although Accessibility Services can indicate an extended time accommodation in ProctorU, it appears that ProctorU will still refer to the length that you have set for the student in the LMS. AS cannot adjust this for you, so it crucial you add the time extension when it is requested to prevent the test from closing prematurely.

 

As with before, Accessibility Services will assume responsibility for coordinating tests students requiring a live reader/scribe or exceptional accommodations not compatible with ProctorU, and they will be booked in ClockWork.  The students will be assessed an equivalent testing fee to that of ProctorU’s, and the student will need to book within our booking deadlines, rather than ProctorU’s.

 

We hope that this will help to make it easier for you and your students. 

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Megan at mbulford@nwpolytech.ca.

 

ProctorU Accommodations Responsibilities Information for Faculty

Instructor Contact Information for Tests 

Please ensure that you are providing Accessibility Services with contact information where we can reach you immediately should a student have questions, require clarification regarding the test or experience technical difficulties.  This could be a cell phone number that we can call/text or email if you plan to be working at a computer station during the test period. 

  • Escorting a student to a classroom to ask an instructor a question can interrupt thought processes and take writing time away from a student, especially in timed online exams.  Many of the questions students have can often be clarified by speaking to an instructor over the phone.
  • If the student is scheduled to write their test at a time that is different than the rest of the class, please ensure that we can reach you in a timely manner so the student is able to complete their test without delay. 
  • If you plan to be off-campus during an exam, please provide us with a cell phone number or a designate to contact in your place.   
  • Contact information provided to Accessibility Services will never be shared with a student and the contact will be initiated by Accessibility Services staff. 

Not being able to reach an instructor to answer questions can add additional stress in what can be an already stressful situation for a student.  Accessibility Services appreciates instructors' cooperation in providing us with a way to quickly get in touch with them.

Scantron Sheets

Accessibility Services no longer supplies scantron sheets for exams uploaded on ClockWork. If scantrons are required, please have them delivered to our office (F215 in Grande Prairie or FAC127A in Fairview) at least one day before the test date. Otherwise, the student will be instructed to circle the answers in the exam booklet.