Your computer has built in accessibility settings. Below you will find links to how to access these for both Windows and macOS. There is also a link to guidance on how to make technology work for you and a series of videos on YouTube demostrating how to access and use many of the features on your devices.

• Windows accessibility guidance (Windows 10, 8 and 7)

• macOS accessibility guidance

• MyStudyBar is 'A suite of portable Windows freeware applications assembled into one package to support learners with literacy difficulties. It can be run from a USB pendrive or from your desktop.' Download MyStudyBar from the Call Scotland website (opens in new window)(Windows only)

• Make technology work for you - guidance from TechAbility A suite of guidance including videos on how to use the accessiblity settings built in to your devices.

You will hopefully already be aware of what reasonable adjustments you have for your assessments. Below you will find some more information about how these are applied if they are time based adjustments. Remember if you have any doubt or questions, speak to your tutors, school office or the Student Support Unit.

• Distance Examinations (DEX): In the distance exam, you will be given your allowed time for completeing the exam, it will be up to you to be aware of and account for your own reasonable adjustment. For example, if the exam is 2 hours and you have 25 percet extra time, then you simply add 30 minutes to your total time.

• Take Away Papers (TAPs), Computer Examinations (Canvas Quizzes) and Multiple Choice Questions (Canvas Quizzes): In these types of assessmnents your adjustment is included in the allowed time.

• Other types of adjustment: If you have any other type of adjustment, or any further questions about how it will work, speak to your tutor, school office or the Student Support Unit.

As all your assessment are now online, you may be doing things through Canvas that you haven't done before. To help you we have created guidance, going through how to submit to each different type of assignment. Below you will find links to this guidance as well as mock submission points, through which you can make sure that any assistive technology you use will work during you exam.

• Maximise Your Learning Online (MYLO) Canvas module site assessment guidance.: This site has all the guidance you should need about your upcoming assessments, for specific information about you assessment, speak to your tutors.

• Mock Submission: These mock submission points on MYLO will allow you to practice accessing and submitting work through Canvas. Please note, these are not monitored, but can be seen.

• Student Support Unit (for students with registered disabilities)

• Student Hub: Reasonable adjustments For general information about reasonable adjustments.

• IT Services (ITServicedesk@sussex.ac.uk) For any technical support you may need, or any technical problems you encounter with university services such as Canvas.
  

• Don't be afraid to ask questions early. The sooner you are familiar with the process, the more you can concentrate on completing your exam, knowing your technology will just work.