Thank you for your interest in becoming a peer notetaker. We appreciate your willingness to share your notes with a student that may experience difficulties with this task. This will be integral to their success and ability to access material covered in class.
Due to the importance of this role, it is asked that you commit to the following prior to registering:
· Regular attendance and taking detailed and legible notes in each course in which you are assigned for the entire length of the course
· Notifying Accessibility Services of any pre-planned absences and/or changes in registration for classes in which you are assigned. You will be responsible for arranging for someone else in the class to provide notes in your absence.
· Uploading the notes within 24 hours of the class
· Maintaining confidentiality of any students that you are taking notes for (if disclosed)
To recognize this commitment that you made, Accessibility Services offers peer notetakers a $50 NWP Bookstore gift card and volunteer certificate that will be provided at the end of the term for each course that they are assigned to assist with. For items of monetary value, the entire semester must be completed. Portions of the semester may not be rewarded unless approved in advance by the Accessibility Services.
For volunteer certificates, you will accrue one hour of volunteer time for each hour of notes that you take. Each date’s notes that are shared will be credited with the same amount of time in which the class was scheduled.
Should you have any questions or would like more information on our peer notetaker program prior to registering, please contact the Accessibility Services Office.
Thank you and we hope that you have a great semester!
Accessibility Services
NWP Learning Commons
Email: AS@nwpolytech.ca
Phone: 780-539-2017
To begin the registration process for consideration to be a peer notetaker, please select the "Profile" tab at the top of this page. If you are already registered and would like to upload notes, please select the "Courses/notes" tab.
