Registering with CAL

If you have a disability and are seeking academic accommodation, we recommend you reach out to Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) as early as possible. The sooner we connect, the smoother your transition to Camosun will be.

Plan ahead

Academic accommodation services take time to set up. We suggest contacting CAL eight to 12 weeks before classes start.

If you need a sign language interpreter or real-time transcriber, it's important to plan ahead, these services can take months to plan.

In cases where adequate notice is not provided, CAL will do its best to arrange the services you need, but we can’t promise they’ll be available.

Register for an accommodation

Step 1: Prepare your documentation

Step 2: Submit an online pre-intake form

Step 3: Attend a 'prospective-to-CAL' or 'intake' appointment

Types of accommodations

CAL works with each student to decide the best academic supports for their needs. Academic accommodations decision-making is a dynamic and consultative process

Every student’s accommodations may be different and can depend on the learning goals of each course and the particular impacts of each student's disability.  Examples include:

Classroom accommodationsExam accommodations
  • accessible seating
  • digital audio recorder
  • FM amplification system
  • peer note sharer
  • use of a digital device to take notes
  • visual language interpreter or real-time transcriber
  • accessible seating
  • adaptive hardware (e.g. CCTV enlarger, refreshable braille display)
  • adaptive software (e.g., voice-to-text, text-to-speech, screen enlargement)
  • breaks taken typically within the approved extra time
  • calculator where basic numeracy is not being assessed
  • extra time to complete exams (e.g., 1.25x or 1.5x)
  • separate setting (shared or separate space as available)
  • word processor with or without spell check