DSS Instructor Portal
Instructor Portal
The Instructor Portal makes it easier for instructors and faculty to manage student accommodations. Through this portal, instructors can:
- View all student accommodation letters across all their courses in one location.
- See all exam requests submitted by students for the course.
- Bulk upload exams and instructions for the Test Accommodation Center.
Please contact DSS at dssoffice@udel.edu or 302-831-4643 with any questions about the DSS Instructor Portal.
Logging In
Step 1: Go to the 听by selecting the button on the DSS website or using the direct link included in a student's Faculty Notification Letter email.
Step 2:听Find the Instructor Portal tile on the DSS Portal homepage and select "Access Instructor Portal." Use your 91原创 CAS credentials to log in.
Step 3:听Read the FERPA agreement and confirm your agreement by selecting "Continue to View Student Accommodations."
Instructor Overview Page
After logging in, you will see the Instructor Overview Page.
This page defaults to the current term and displays a list of students who have requested accommodations in your courses and what accommodations were requested.
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Session Extender
The Session Extender will add 30 minutes to the session before you will be prompted to log in again. A warning will be displayed when 2 minutes remain on the session.
To activate the Session Extender, select 鈥淓nable.鈥
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View Students Who Requested Accommodations
From the Instructor Overview page, select "View" next to a student's name to read their Faculty Notification Letter. DSS will also continue to deliver Faculty Notification Letter emails to the 91原创 email address of the instructors, as listed in 91原创SIS.听
Search by Accommodation
The list of all students who requested accommodations can be filtered by accommodation, course, section and other fields. To filter the list, follow the steps below.
Step 1:听On the "Students Who Requested Accomodations" page, select "Refine Search."
Step 2:听The search options will display. Search by subject, course number, section number, student last name or preferred name.
Note: This will only search information available to the instructor, not the entire DSS database.
Test Accommodations at the TAC
In the Test Accommodations module in the Instructor Portal, instructors can:
- Upload exam files to individual students or in bulk.
- Indicate that they will proctor their own exams rather than utilizing the TAC.
- View a list of scheduled exam requests and their approval statuses.
- Provide instructions on how the TAC should proctor the exam.
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Enter Exams into the Instructor Portal
Follow the steps in the following three sections to enter your exams into the Instructor Portal.
Beginning in the 2026 Summer Session, this form replaces the TAC Exam Instruction form. It provides the TAC with general instructions on how to proctor exams for that course, including the date, length and any permitted aids. Access the form via the link included in a student's Faculty Notification Letter email or with the following steps.
Step 1: Select "Test Accommodations" from the Instructor Portal menu.
Step 2: Select the link to "Courses without Course Instruction."
Step 3: Scroll to see a list of courses you're teaching this semester. Find the appropriate course and select "Specify" to enter course instructions.
Step 4: Fill out the Course Instruction form to provide general proctoring instructions that apply to all assessments in the course.
Step 5: Select "Submit and Continue to Specify Exam Dates." You will be automatically directed to the "List Exam Dates" page. Instructors can enter exam dates and exam-specific instructions by following the below steps at this time, or return later.
Submit the dates on which students are allowed to take exams for your course. To navigate to "List Exam Dates" from the Instructor Overview page:
Step 1: Select "Test Accommodations" from the menu.
Step 2:听Select the link to "Number of Courses without Exam Dates".
Step 3:听Select "View/Modify Course Instruction" next to the course name.
Step 4:听Select 鈥淟ist Exam Dates鈥 from the menu under the course title.
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Step 5:听Fill out the exam details page for each exam and provide any exam-specific instructions.
Fields on the Exam Detail page include:
- Type: Choose the type of exam from the list: Quiz, Test, Midterm or Final.
- Approval Method: Choose the conditions under which the system can approve exam requests: if the student 鈥淪cheduled on the Specified Date and Time,鈥 鈥淪cheduled on the Specified Date,鈥 or 鈥淪cheduled on Any Date.鈥 Any students requests outside these conditions will be manually reviewed by the TAC.
- Date: Select the date that the test is scheduled for the class.
- Approval Grace Period: Set the window of time during which students can take the exam at the TAC. This feature is helpful for courses that allow students to choose a date within a window.
- Standard Length of Exam: Set how long in minutes the class will have for the standard exam.
- Skip Automated Exam Reminder: Choose whether to receive system email reminders of the upcoming exam.
Additional Note for Staff: Provide any additional details to the TAC proctors.
Step 6:听In the 鈥淓xam Date Instructions鈥 tile, specify the exact proctoring instructions for this exam.
Step 7:听Upload the exam file in the 鈥淓xam File Upload鈥 tile or return to upload files later by following the instructions under Upload Exam Files below.
Step 8:听Submit the completed Exam Detail page by selecting 鈥淪ave Exam Date鈥 from the Form Submission tile.
To delete exam dates, view the list of scheduled exams from the Test Accommodations page and select 鈥淒elete鈥 next to the appropriate exam.听If an exam date has already passed or is scheduled for fewer than seven days away, it cannot be deleted and an error message will appear.
To copy exam dates:
- Navigate to Test Accommodations, then List Exam Dates.
- Select "Duplicate" for the exam you would like to copy.
- The system will begin a new Exam Details page with the copied fields filled in.
- Complete the Exam Details page and submit.
Exam files can be uploaded in the Exam Detail page or at a later date. To upload exam files from the Test Accommodations page:
Step 1: Navigate to the tile titled "Exams without Files Uploaded."
Step 2: Choose either:
- "Upload to Exam Date" to upload the same exam file for all students in the course, or
- "Upload to Individual Student" to provide different files for different students.
To upload exams in bulk:
- The Test Accommodations page will display a list of upcoming exams scheduled for the course. Instructors can choose which scheduled exams to upload the file to by selecting the checkbox next to the exam.
- After selecting exams, scroll down to the tile titled 鈥淯pcoming Exam File Upload.鈥
- Enter the file title and select the file from your computer, then press 鈥淯pload File.鈥
- Navigate to the Test Accommodations page from the menu and view the list of Upcoming Exams Scheduled. The Files column will now show that the exams that were selected for bulk actions have one file uploaded.听