If you are unsure what to do, you should e-mail the Instructional Support Coordinator (ISC) as soon as possible. Waiting until after your situation has passed may mean we cannot provide a suitable accommodation.
Do not contact course instructors or ISAs for accommodation requests.
All such requests must go through the course ISC.
Please include in your email to the course ISC the course and the assessment(s)
you are requesting an accommodation for. There are no automatic accommodations in this course.
If you are waiting for a response for an accommodation, continue to submit your assignment to Marmoset, even if it is after the deadline. Course staff can look up when you submitted afterwards and apply an extension.
Note: The sooner you submit your late submission while waiting for a response, the better chance your late submission will be accepted without penalty.
After you declare a 48-hour absence on Quest, you must e-mail the course ISC to receive an accommodation.
For assignments, you may receive 48-hour extension on DD1 or DD2 of the current assignment.
For the midterm, its weight is shifted onto the final exam portion of the grade.
Extensions cannot be granted for the final project (Assignment 5).
Note: COVID-declarations have been discontinued as of Spring 2025.
For accommodations due to illness, a Verification of Illness Form (VIF) is required.
If you are in the MATH faculty, see the following webpage for information:
https://uwaterloo.ca/math/accommodations/submission.
Your VIF must be submitted via the Absence Database.
You must e-mail the course ISC after you have uploaded the VIF.
Only after the VIF has been registered online will an accommodation be given.
Note: You will be required to provide formal documentation when filling out the online VIF.
For doctor's notes, you can have the following VIF filled out:
https://uwaterloo.ca/students/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/uw-verification-of-illness-form.pdf
If you suffer from a power outage that prevents you from doing coursework, please consider coming to campus. Computer labs are available in MC for you to work on. Check CSCF for a list of available computer labs.
CS 246 is an in-person course. There are no online course options for CS 246. You are expected to be attending lectures on campus for the duration of the term.
For emergencies requiring you to leave Waterloo for an extended period, you should contact the course ISC and provide formal documentation of the emergency.
For all other scenarios where a student cannot complete coursework, e-mail the Instructional Support Coordinator
and explain your situation.
Note: Formal documentation of some sort is needed.
Please include such documentation if possible when contacting the course ISC (or arrange to submit such documentation later on).
We do NOT provide accommodations for workload from other courses you are taking. You are expected to find the time in your schedule to work on CS 246. This is a time consuming course and you are expected to plan your time wisely to deal with whatever may arise from your other courses (assignments, exams, projects, etc.).