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.
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, e-mail the course ISC to receive a 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, you should e-mail the course ISC including your power company, your location, and the time of the outage. Most power companies will post on their webpage or on social media about outages that we can confirm with. If possible, please send links to such posts.
Note: For students that have to fly during the term, we do not make accommodations unless for emergencies. Students are expected not to be moving between locations during the term. Should you choose to take a flight, you are responsible for the extra time required to stay on top of the material and to make arrangements to complete all course assessments. Issues that are part of a flight such as getting visas or going through quarantine (where internet access may be unavailable) will generally not be considered if you choose to fly.
You should contact the course ISC well before your departure if you must travel somewhere during the term.
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, etc.).