Managing Special Access and Accommodations in Brightspace

Summary

Special access may be granted to individual students for an official accommodation or special situation. Special access may be granted for quizzes and assignments. Special access permissions allow you to set different availability dates and times for specific users. The special access icon displays for any quiz or assignment that includes these settings.

Use the Classlist tool to grant Brightspace quiz accommodations for selected students on all course quizzes. Blanket accommodations include adding a constant multiplier (e.g., 1.5x, 2x) to all quiz time limits and disabling right-click restrictions for all quizzes. The Accommodations feature can be used in conjunction with the Special Access feature to support students who need personalized access to tests and quizzes in Brightspace throughout the term.

Information Applies to

Faculty

Setting Accommodations

Accommodations are a shortcut way to grant selected students extra time for all quizzes in a given course. Rather than having to grant extra time to every quiz in the course individually, use Accommodations to add a specific number of minutes to all quizzes or set a time multiplier for every quiz in the course for the students that need it.

1. Open your course in D2L Brightspace.
2. Select Classlist from the Communication menu or from the Course Admin page.
3. Select the drop-down arrow next to a student's name and select Edit Accommodations from the menu.
4. Modify the time limit for all quizzes for that student by specifying a multiplier or adding a fixed amount of time. Enable right-clicking (control-clicking on a Mac) for that student as needed.
5. Select the Save button.

Setting Special Access

The general process is the same for setting special access in quizzes and assignments. The specific settings, however, differ.

1. To allow special access to a quiz, discussion, or assignment, Edit the quiz, discussion, or assignment.
2. Open the Availability Dates & Conditions panel on the right side of the screen.
3. Select Manage Special Access.

Quizzes

1. Select either Allow selected users special access to this quiz (most common) or Allow only users with special access to see this quiz.
2. Click Add Users to Special Access.
3. Adjust the settings as needed (dates, timing, and/or attempts).
4. Select the student.
5. Click Save.

Assignments

1. Select either Allow selected users special access to this assignment (most common) or Allow only users with special access to see this assignment.
2. Click Add Users to Special Access.
3. Adjust the settings as needed (dates).
4. Select the student.
5. Click Save.

Learn More

For more information on special access visit the Brightspace YouTube page.

Need additional information or assistance? Contact WSU TLT by email, phone (507.457.5240, option 3), or Zoom.