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 indicate the course when communicating with the course ISC.)
If for any reason you are unable to submit an assignment on Crowdmark, e-mail the assignment to the course ISC and they can upload your assignment for you.
If you declare a 48-hour absence on Quest, afterwards e-mail the course ISC.
For assignments, if your declaration includes the date the assignment is due, the 10% per day late penalty will be waived.
For the midterm, its weight is shifted onto the final exam portion of the grade.
There is no accommodation for missed lecture clicker questions since the course policy
has a built-in accommodation for possible absences throughout the term.
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 submitting 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.
For students that have to fly during the term, we do not make accommodations unless for emergencies. Students are expected to be on campus during the term.
You should contact the course ISC well before your flight if you must fly 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).
Requests without some kind of formal documentation will not be granted.
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 251.