Record Accommodations and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)

Pearson Connexus lets you easily record accommodations and other information that inform Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and compliance with 504 Plans, NCAA, ELL, etc. This content is visible in a read-only form to the users' teachers, but not available to students.

Formerly, this kind of content was managed through File Notes; however, all File Notes have been translated into accommodations.

Admins create Accommodations

1. Open the Users tool.
2. Select the desired student to see their Details screen.

3. Scroll to the Accommodations section and select the applicable accommodations:
   • Never automatically assign zeros to my past-due activities for this user.
     • This overrides a setting in Course settings Advanced options.
   • Ignore activity passwords for this student; this setting asks you to enter the date on which you want this accommodation to expire. Overriding this setting for a student can be useful in a situation where passwords are provided during class, but a student is unable to attend for a period of time.
     • This overrides a setting in an activity editor's Visibility and access card.
   • Ignore time limit on assessments for this user.
     • This overrides a setting in the Assessment editor Advanced assessment options card.
   • Check the box if you want to always allow SpeechStream tools during assessments.
   • Limit number of options on multiple-choice questions; this setting asks you to select the desired number of question options in the drop-down menu.

Note: Some assessments do not allow the removal of time limits even when admins check the Ignore time limits on assessments option. Limiting the number of options on multiple-choice questions is not available in most courses.

4. In the Individualized Education Program (IEP) card, select Edit.

5. In the Individualized Education Program (IEP) editor, you can do any or all of the following:

• Record notes in the rich text editor.
• Upload a file (.html or .pdf) to attach to the student's IEP.
• Link a URL to the student's IEP.

Note: To alert teachers to students who are NCAA eligible, use the Text option and type in the NCAA information for the student.

6. When you're done, scroll to the top of the screen and Save your changes.

In order for an Accommodations (flag) icon to appear for teachers, you must add a note, attachment, and/or URL to a student's IEP. Checking the Ignore time limit on assessments or Limit number of options on multiple-choice questions boxes without a note or attachment doesn't display a flag for teachers.

Teachers can access Accommodations

Once Accommodations are created for a user (as a note, attachment, and/or URL), an Accommodations (flag) icon appears in various places of the Teacher app.

• When the column is made visible, an Accommodations (flag) icon appears next to students with Accommodations in the People, Gradebook, and Enrollments tools. 

• When a teacher selects that student to access their Student screen, View Accommodations appears on the Dashboard. Teachers can select it to access the read-only Accommodations.