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- Requesting Your Accommodations
- Communicate With Your Instructor
- Privacy and Your Information
- Requesting Your Records
- Resources for Students
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- How to Log Into Access Portal
- Your Responsibilities
- Requesting Accommodations
- Communicating with Your Instructor
- Contacting the CDS with Issues
- CDS Student Handbook
- Privacy and Your Information
- Requesting CDS Records
- Equipment Loans
- Starfish Progress Surveys
- Resources for Students
How to Log Into AccessPortal
- Once you arrive at the log in page to AccessPortal, students use their campus log in. This is the same log in credentials that is used for student email and to access the campus computers.
- If you are having difficulties, it's usually because your password has expired. You can reset your campus login password at the EvCC Student Email page.
- If you’re still having trouble after you reset your password, check out Access Portal Login Help.
Your Responsibilities
- Request accommodations each quarter in AccessPortal.
- Communicate with your instructors about your accommodations and complete any additional accommodation steps for that class.
- Let the CDS Office know if any of your accommodations are not in place so we can make sure that you’re being supported.
Requesting Accommodations
You must request your accommodations before the start of each quarter on AccessPortal. To avoid a delay in getting your accommodations in place, please request accommodations before the “Request for Accommodations Services” due date, listed on the CDS Calendar.
About a week before classes start, your instructor will be emailed your accommodations through the online faculty notification letter. Your
student email will also receive a copy of your sent letters.
Learn more at Requesting Your Accommodations!
Communicate with your Instructor
After your letters have been sent out, you need to follow up with your instructors. This should be done either through email, Canvas mail, or during your instructor’s office hours, to ensure confidentiality.
If you’re not sure how to talk to your instructor, you can read our Guide to Communicating with Your Instructors.
After you meet with your instructors, be sure you’ve completed the additional steps to get your accommodations.
Contacting the CDS Office with Issues
Let the CDS Office know if any of your accommodations are not in place so we can make sure that you’re being supported. It's much easier to adjust or fix issues with accommodations early on and can be problematic if issues are coming up throughout the quarter and don't get addressed quickly.
You can also review our Conflict Mediation and Grievance Resolution Procedure information.
CDS Student Handbook
During your intake appointment, you may have received a packet of information containing information that is relevant to you and your accommodations. If you would like to review a digital copy of this document, you can download it here.
Privacy and Your Information
During your intake appointment, you were informed about the confidentiality provided to you by FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Read more about Privacy and Your Information.
Requesting CDS Records
If you need copies of documents that you've submitted or records of your accommodation requests while you were attending Everett Community College, or you are transferring to a new school and need your documents, please follow the instructions listed on Your Accommodation Records.
Equipment Loans
The CDS Office provides a limited number of equipment loans as a courtesy to our students. Read more about Equipment Loans.
Starfish Progress Surveys
The CDS Office is a part of the Early Alert Support Community at Everett Community College. If you have an instructor who is concerned about you in your class, they may raise a flag in Starfish.EvCC uses Starfish to manage our Early Alert Progress Surveys and allows you to communicate with your instructors and support departments across campus. The CDS Office may contact you with this information to offer support. Read more about Starfish!
Resources for Students
There is an abundance of resources available for students with disabilities. Check out our Resources for CDS Students!