FOR STUDENTS access plans from ODS. to the ODS Notetaking Team’s email requesting information about the Volunteer Notetaker Accommodation. This allows the Notetaking Team to contact faculty members and request their help in finding a volunteer notetaker. n Request
n Respond
n
Watch for information via email about when
supplemental notes will be received. You will receive the notes via email. n Inform
ODS of any changes to your class schedule or
need for notetaking assistance.
FOR NOTETAKERS n Sign
up as a volunteer notetaker using the student sign up list in your classroom ODS will send you specific instructions. You can
FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
copies to ODS OR email your notes to
When you learn (via email from ODS) of students eligible to receive notetaking assistance through a volunteer notetaker, please:
notedrop@jmu.edu.
n
n
choose to use a Carbonless Notebook and deliver
n Notetakers
receive a JMU Bookstore Coupon for
Print the Volunteer Sign-Up form attached to the email.
can enter raffles throughout the semester.
a brief announcement in class about the need for a volunteer notetaker.
n Volunteer
n Keep
20% off their next textbook or merchandise order and hours are also entered for those in the
Cenntenial Scholar Program. n Great
to put on a resume!
n Make
both the notetaker’s and the student’s name
confidential. n Encourage
students to serve as a volunteer notetaker by highlighting the responsibilities and benefits (on the Sign-Up Form). n Return
the Volunteer Sign-Up Form to ODS by scanning and emailing it to notes@jmu.edu or dropping it off in SSC 1202. n Students
should provide you a personal Access Plan
outlining the accommodation. Thank you for your collaborative efforts. Faculty members help the Office of Disability Services to better serve the students of James Madison University and create a more accessible learning community.
OFFICE OF DISABILITY SERVICES Questions? Email us: notes@jmu.edu
NOTETAKING ACCOMMODATIONS
MSC 1009 738 S. Mason St. Student Success Center
Office of Harrisonburg, VA 22807 DISABILITY SERVICES (540) 568-6705 Phone notes@jmu.edu Email www.jmu.edu/ods JMU 2016
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND VOLUNTEERS