Uploading an Exam

The pilot phase of the ATC will begin on Monday, April 1, 2024, and will be available until further notice. 

The Academic Testing Center is located at 930 Commonwealth Avenue, West, Room 250.
Note: the building entrance is on Pleasant Street, and is labeled “930 Commonwealth Avenue, West”.
Take the elevator on the right side of the lobby to the second floor or the staircase directly in front of you as you enter the lobby. 

Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. The first exam will begin at 8:30 am and the last exam needs to be completed no later than 4:30 pm. Note that the Academic Testing Center is closed weekends and most University holidays.

As you may have done in the past, you can identify a distraction-reduced testing environment for your student(s) on your own.

Students registered and approved by Disability & Access Services will give you a Faculty Accommodation Letter (FAL). The Faculty Accommodation Letter must state “exam accommodations” for a student to be eligible to take their tests in the Academic Testing Center.

Note: Students with only “Classroom accommodations” are not eligible and should be directed to contact Disability & Access Services if they believe that their disability documentation should be reviewed to request exam accommodations.

Students must make a request at least three (3) business days in advance of the exam date. For final exams, students must submit their exam requests at least five (5) business days in advance due to increase in volume of tests.

Students will make a test booking through the Accommodate system. Instructions can be found here for your reference. You will be sent an email confirmation of the test booking. We ask that you contact the student to clarify any issues. Please reach out to us at the ATC for any assistance at 617-358-8378.

The Academic Testing Center in this pilot program has a MAXIMUM capacity of 25 test takers at any given time. There are 25 spaces available to reserve and they will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

No. You are still welcome to find a distraction-reduced testing environment and a proctor yourself as you may have done in the past. Please check with Disability & Access Services to make sure the space you find fulfills the student’s approved exam accommodations.

Yes. If the make-up exam has been approved and scheduled in Accommodate by the faculty member. The student will still need to confirm that space is available.

Log in to the Accommodate system through Disability & Access Services website. A faculty profile has been automatically created for you! Upload the exam to the relevant source (see instructions for exam upload). You will have a chance to specify parameters and provide special instructions.

.docx format is preferred for all exams, but PDF will be accepted. These formats are best for working with assistive technology.

Completed exams will be scanned and uploaded to your Accommodate profile for you to download.

The original paper copies will be held securely in the Academic Testing Center for maximum of one month. It will be delivered through campus mail after the hold period should there be any access issues.

On the exam submission form, you can indicate how you would like to be contacted during the exam. We also have space in the Academic Testing Center for you or a designee to wait if you’d prefer to have a designee on site during administration.

If you need to contact the testing center during the exam, call us at 617-358-8378.

The exam will be halted, and you will be contacted. A report will be filed in accordance with the University’s Academic Conduct Code.

We will attempt to contact you to ask for confirmation. If we do not hear back from you immediately, the student will be allowed to take the exam with the use of the extra materials.

No. Only students that have received approval for a disability exam accommodation from Disability & Access Services are eligible to take exams at the Academic Testing Center.

Our Academic Testing Center proctors are scheduled to assist students in the testing center only. Disability & Access Services can help you find proctors at the site you have booked. We ask for three weeks; notice to properly assist you in staffing off-site exams.

No. Blue books tend not to scan properly. We can only administer exams on letter-size (8.5 x 11″) loose-leaf paper. Loose-leaf paper will be provided by the ATC. Instructor should indicate number of sheets to be provided to the student.

Please fill out the exam upload form on Accommodate. On it, please indicate that the exam is on one of these platforms and whether or not a student is allowed to use their own device.