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Encourage your students to start thinking about how they will set up their home space to take their assessments, e.g. clearing out a desk, having a conversation with whoever they are socially distancing with about assessment-related needs, etc.
If 24-hour assessments are selected by your department, reiterate that this 24h timeframe to sit the assessment includes extra time and breaks that students with Inclusion Plans would usually be entitled to.
It would also be helpful to share the usual advice you would give to students during the exam period.
Encourage students to practice going through the processes they would be required to do with online assessments so they familiarise themselves with these processes and identify the technology they need or external applications they may have to download, e.g. combining separate documents into one, converting from Word Document into a PDF, scanning documents and uploading them – if they do not have a scanner, download an App that allows them to do so from a smartphone, etc. The Eden digital team is putting together specific student guidelines on this and will be linked here when it becomes available.
More information about IEAs and IPs can be found here. If there are concerns about IEAs, students can seek support from DWS; alternatively, staff may wish to check out the situation with exams team (exams@lse.ac.uk) or Michele Sahrle, Deputy Head of SSC (M.Sahrle@lse.ac.uk), or Martyn Annis, Head of Student Services (M.Annis@lse.ac.uk).
The Eden Centre has also put together a series of guidance for students for the Summer assessment period 2020.
Q7: What if I become unwell and can no longer fulfil my academic mentoring duties?
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