Instructions for Faculty to Approve Accommodated Exam Requests for the Testing Centers

  • Resources For Faculty To Approve Testing Requests

4 Easy Steps to Approving Exam Accommodations

  1. You will receive an email from the Testing Center when a student submits a request to take your exam in the Testing Center. The email will contain the information about the student, date and time of the exam. Follow the link in the email to .
    • If you are not logged in automatically, use your UMass Lowell email and password to log in.
  2. New requests will appear near the top of the page in the Test Room Bookings to Review section. Find the booking you would like to review and click the Review Button. NOTE: If you click the X, this student will be removed from the home screen, but it does not decline the booking. You would need still need to review the booking to decline it.
  3. Review the information for accuracy. If you decide t decline the requests, select "No" for "Testing Appointment Approved" and submit. This will send an email to the student that the request has been declined and to reach out to you to reschedule.
  4. If you decide to approve the exam, select "Yes" for  "Testing Appointment Approved" and answer the remaining questions. Click "submit". The student has been approved and will receive a confirmation email.

To review any past Testing Center requests:

  1. Select "Courses" from the Menu.
  2. Choose a course from the list.
  3. Click on "Room Bookings". The current page will show you exams that you have already approved. To see new exam requests, click on the "Pending" tab.
  4. Click on the name of the student you would like to review.