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Accommodate Student Portal

Disability Verification form (requires login to myBU)

Bishop’s University Policy regarding Student Accessibility

Frequently Asked Questions:

Below are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that students, parents, and staff have asked in the past.

How to Access Accommodate?

  1. Go to the Accommodate Student Portal. 
  2. Select Student as your user type. 
  3. Enter your Bishop’s email and password, then click Sign In. 
  4. You are now logged into Accommodate. 

How to Access my Accommodation Letter?

  1. Log into Accommodate using the How to Access Accommodate instructions above. 
  2. Click on the Accommodation tab in the left sidebar and select Accessibility Letters from the sub-menu. 
  3. Click on the name of the document you would like to access to open it. The most recent letters will be at the top of the list. There may be 3 types of letters: Letter of Accommodation, Semester Request Decision or Additional or Change in Accommodation Request Decision. Click on the appropriate document based on the date the letter was created. 
  4. To print a hard copy of your letter, click on Print Letter, a preview of your letter will show up and at the bottom of the letter, click on the grey Print button. 
  5. To save a digital copy of your letter for your records or to send as a pdf, click on the Generate PDF and you will be able to save the document to your computer. 

An email notification will be sent to you prompting you to log into Accommodate when you are initially approved for accommodations or when you complete a semester request. You must review and sign your Accommodation Letter when you are sent this email notification. It is your responsibility to register or renew your accommodations every semester since the Accommodation letter is targeted to the courses that you are registered in.

How to complete a Semester Request (or Renew your Accommodations)?

A semester request is a task that all students registered with SAS must complete every semester after being approved for accommodations. It communicates to SAS that students would like to continue to use their accommodations and that they would like to apply those accommodations to each set of courses in the new semester. 

It is each student’s responsibility to complete a semester request every semester they are enrolled at Bishop’s. If this task is not completed, the student will run the risk of not having their accommodations applied to the courses that they are enrolled in. SAS will not be held responsible for the student’s failure to complete a semester request in a timely manner to utilize accommodations to support the student’s academic success.

Use the following steps to complete this task: 

  1. Log into Accommodate using the How to Access Accommodate instructions above.  
  2. Click on the Accommodation tab on the left sidebar and then select Semester Request from the sub-menu. 
  3. You will be prompted to read and electronically sign the Consent form. This needs to be signed every Semester as well. 
  4. Once you read and sign it, click on the Add New. 
  5. Select the Semester you wish to renew your accommodations. Your courses will appear on the right-hand side. If your courses do not appear, this means either you aren’t registered in any courses or our system hasn’t updated to include your registration. Please come back and try again later.  
  6. You will also see in the blue box above the Semester dropdown, the list of your approved accommodations. 
  7. Select Submit for All Accommodations or Review the Renewal.
    • If you select the Submit for All Accommodations, you are requesting that all your accommodations are applied to all your next semester courses. 
    • If you select Review the Renewal, you can review your approved accommodations and delete them as necessary. If you know a particular accommodation is no longer effective, you can opt to delete it for that semester. Complete this process for each accommodation listed. 
  8. If you add or drop any courses after you complete the semester request for the same semester, please notify SAS immediately. 
  9. You will receive an email notification to log into Accommodate to view your Semester Request Decision Letter once the add/drop date has passed. You need to review and sign this letter.

For any other question, contact us at:
accessibility@ubishops.ca
819-822-9695