Your faculty will be notified of your academic accommodations after you initiate a request in the AIM portal. Each semester, you will log into AIM and select which of your approved accommodations you will need in each of your classes. DAO will then review and send these notifications in a timely manner.
New notifications are required for each class, and you should not forward accommodation action plan emails from previous semesters.
It may take up to 24 hours after you enroll on my.harvard for your courses to appear in AIM. After that, if your new courses do not appear when you log into the AIM portal, please contact us.
Please follow the steps outlined below to request your Accommodation Action Plans:
- Log into AIM using your Harvard Key.
- Once logged in, you will see your student dashboard with a section labeled “Accommodation Requests” Under accommodation requests, select “Add request for “#” classes depending on how many you are registered for. Once you have submitted at least one request for each class, the plus sign will turn into a green check mark.
- Select the courses you would like to request accommodations for. Once they are selected, click “continue to next step”
- Under “Select accommodations”, you have the option to either select all accommodations, select individual accommodations or select “I don’t need accommodations for this course”. Please note that all accommodations will be shown individually, including alternative testing. Select any or all accommodations that you would like for each course.
- Once these selections have been made, click “Submit Request”. After you submit, DAO will review your requests for accuracy and prompt the system to email out your requested accommodation action plans to your course instructors.
- The Accommodation Action Plans are emailed to the primary faculty/course head of each class. You will also receive a copy of each notification email directly to your inbox. (The instructor copy and your copy are sent separately. You will not be cc-ed on the faculty copy.) You will need to forward the email to any additional course instructors, such as TFs, who are not automatically notified.
- Meet with your instructors to discuss your access needs and accommodations for each course. Your accessibility advisor is available to support these conversations. Reach out if you need help!
Important Reminder
Remember, you must submit requests using this process to utilize your academic accommodations. Accommodations are not retroactive and only apply once your faculty are officially notified. Some accommodations will require additional steps before implementation.