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MinerAccess Instructor Portal

The Instructor Portal is a central location for instructors to view student accommodations for their courses and to coordinate with the Testing Center.  

Through the portal, instructors can 

  • •View accommodations for students who have requested their faculty notification letters (instructors will also receive a faculty notification letter email) 
  • •Complete the Accommodated Testing Proctor Instruction Form and copy the form to other sections they teach 
  • •Provide exam dates and coordinate with the Testing Center 
  • •Track student exams requests 
  • •Upload exams 
  • •Add additional instructors to a course 

Instructor Portal

•Open the Instructor Portal. 

•The portal will open to the access policy and a FERPA confidentiality reminder. 

Screenshot of the access policy. At the bottom of the text, there is a button stating

•Click the “Continue to View Student Accommodations” button to proceed to the portal. 

•The overview page lists the students in your course(s) who have requested accommodation letters. 

A screenshot of a portion of the Instructor Portal overview page. At the top, a heading reads

•To view a copy of a student’s letter, click the “View” button. The PDF button can be used to download a PDF of the student’s faculty notification letter.   

•The Instructor Portal uses a feed from Joe’SS to populate course instructors. 

•However, if you require accommodation information to be shared with another instructor not on record for the course, you may do so by submitting a request using the “Add Instructor” option. 

Screenshot of the form to be completed when adding an instructor. The form includes fields for clas, type, instructor name, and instructor email adress. At the bottom a button reads

•The “Add Instructor” link is in the left Home menu on the Overview page. 

•The “Alternative Testing” link is in the left Home menu on the Overview page. 

•The Accommodated Testing Instruction form provides the Testing Center with the information needed to administer course exams. The Testing Center cannot approve student exam requests for a course until this form is completed.  

•The “Accommodated Testing Instruction Form” link at the top right of the Alternative Testing page will open a table that lists an instructor’s courses. 

Screenshot of a list of courses that includes View and Specify options as well as course meeting times, number of students with accommodations enrolled in the course, and an option to list exam dates.

•Click “View” to see completed Accommodated Testing Instruction forms and “Specify” to complete the form for a class. 

•Exam dates can be added to completed forms by selecting “View” and clicking “List Exam Dates”. The Testing Center uses provided exam dates to approve student exam requests. Providing exam dates as far in advance as possible helps the Testing Center to efficiently approve requests. 

•Exams can provided to the Testing Center by uploading them into the Instructor Portal. (Exams can also be emailed to testctr@mst.edu or dropped off at the Testing Center.)  

•In Alternative Testing, select “Exam Dates” from the top menu.  

•A table listing all exam dates the instructor has provided will open. The “Refine Search” button can be used to select a specific class or section. 

Screenshot of a table of exam dates that includes options to modify, duplicate, or delete an exam date. Beside each date there is a box to select that date. Below the table are two buttons one with

•To upload an exam to an exam date, select the date and click the “Upload Exam” button.  

•Enter the title or an exam file note and select a file and upload the file. 

•The exam will be uploaded to an exam date not a particular student.