Barnard College Barnard College
Center for Accessibility Resources and Disability Services

Resources and Opportunities for Current Students

Testing Facilities at the Center for Accessibility Resources and Disability Services

The below testing spaces are new to Barnard as of the Fall 2019 term.

 

The Center for Accessibility Resources and Disability Services (101 Altschul Hall)

Our Center provides space for up to 10 students to test in a proctored reduced-distraction environment. Some of the accommodations offered in this space include:

  • Study carrels with dividers and white noise machines for reduced distractions

  • Students who need further reduced distractions may have access to noise-canceling headphones while taking exams

  • A break room for students who have approved break accommodations (so that we are able to maintain the integrity of the ongoing exam)

  • Students with computer testing accommodations are provided access to non-networked computers for their exams

  • Access to a water cooler and a kitchen (for medication needs)

  • Access to approved assistive technology during testing (such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking)

  • Access to an adjustable standing desk upon request

  • Access to wheelchair accessible carrels as needed

 

Testing Center Satellite Location (101 Barnard Hall)

Our Center's Satellite Location provides space for up to 21 students to test in a proctored reduced-distraction environment. Some of the accommodations offered in this space include:

  • Study carrels with dividers and white noise machines for reduced distractions

  • Students who need further reduced distractions can have access to noise-canceling headphones while taking exams

  • Students with computer testing accommodations are provided access to non-networked computers for their exams

  • Access to wheelchair accessible carrels as needed

 

How to schedule exams in our Testing Center

  • Before you are able to schedule your exams in AIM, you must first give your professors their faculty notification letters and submit your signed Accommodation Agreement Form back to C.A.R.D.S. Your professor must also approve their online testing agreement. Once these steps have been completed, you may schedule exams using AIM (https://hood.accessiblelearning.com/Barnard/). This is found on the left-hand side of your AIM profile under “Alternative Testing.” 

  • Please make sure that you are scheduling your exam at least a week in advance whenever possible. This allows us time to coordinate the logistics of your exam with your professor. Please note that you may schedule all of your exams at the beginning of the semester once your testing contracts have been approved by your professors. 

  • Please ensure that you are scheduling your exam within our 9am-5pm office hours. You should schedule your exam to begin at the same time as your class exam, unless:

  1. Your extended time accommodation creates a time conflict that would make you miss your next class 

  2. Your in-class exam falls outside of our standard M-F 9am-5pm business hours. 

  3. You are scheduling a final exam. Please note that you may typically only schedule a final exam time for 9:00 am or 1:00 pm. However, if you have an afternoon exam and have double time accommodations, please select the 11:30 am time. If your scheduled final exam time is after 1:00 pm, please select the 1:00 pm time. We will work with you if any times are necessary outside of these ranges.  

If you have a conflict, please contact us right away so that we can coordinate with your professor on your behalf.

  • You will receive a confirmation email when you have successfully added an exam.

  • You will also receive a confirmation email once C.A.R.D.S. has reviewed your exam and approves it or makes modifications to it.

  • To receive text message reminders about your exam, click on the “SMS (Text Messaging)” link on the left and then complete the necessary fields. 

 

Learn more about testing procedures for students.

 

Testing Center Hours

We are open Mondays-Fridays from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. During final exams, we are open from 9:00 am-6:00 pm.

Marsteller Internship Program

Initiated in 1998 with generous support from the Marsteller family, the Marsteller Internship Program supports students with disabilities in self-selected semester-long and summer internships. Named in honor of Julie V. Marsteller, Barnard Class of 1965 and founder of the Office of Disability Services (now the Center for Accessibility Resources and Disability Services), Marsteller Interns are selected on the basis of a competitive application. The program is sponsored by C.A.R.D.S. in conjunction with Beyond Barnard.

Julie Marsteller (1943-1990) was a strong and moving force in the lives of the many students with disabilities with whom she worked during her years in Disability Services from 1978-1990. Serving as Dean for Disabled Students and first Chair of Barnard’s 504/ADA Access Committee, Dean Marsteller was responsible for conducting the College’s first institutional self-evaluation in 1977 mandated by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Recipient of numerous disability-related awards and citations, Julie had a profound understanding of the needs of students with both visible and invisible disabilities and was an active and concerned role model to disabled and nondisabled students alike. The creation of the Marsteller Internship Program is a living testimony to her spirit, dedication and commitment to disability issues at Barnard.

All current students with disabilities who are registered with the Center for Accessibility Resources and Disability Services are eligible to apply for a Marsteller Internship grant. Students who may have a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but who have not yet registered with C.A.R.D.S. may do so at any time. Disabilities may include mobility, visual or hearing disabilities, as well as invisible disabilities such as learning disabilities/ADD, chronic medical conditions, psychiatric disabilities and substance abuse/recovery. Application deadlines are determined at the beginning of each grant period; generally, in October for fall internships; February for spring internships; and April for summer internships. Applications and applicable deadlines are available at Beyond Barnard in Elliott Hall, 2nd Floor.  You may also contact Cindy Meekins or Zena Jones in Career Development directly to inquire about applications at cmeekins@barnard.edu or zjones@barnard.edu. 

Students interested in completing a Marsteller Internship Application should visit Beyond Barnard and go to the Internship Grant Application Program.  All applications must be completed online.

Specific types of internship awards, including the Marsteller Internship, are kept private within the Beyond Barnard office. Recipients are not identified publicly.

On Campus Resources:

Other Barnard student services that may also be helpful for students registered with our office include:

 

External Resources:

(formerly the Electronic Text Service)

Telephone:(212) 854-7547
Email:  DHC@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ets/

DHC, located in 305 Butler Library, is a research and instructional facility of the Columbia University Libraries designed to help Barnard and Columbia faculty and students incorporate computer-based textual and bibliographic information into their research, study, and teaching.

DHC has machine-readable primary source texts, software programs for textual analysis and critical editing, hypermedia and database research tools in the humanities, bibliographic database management programs, IBM and Macintosh microcomputers, and optical scanning equipment for the creation of machine-readable text.

The DHC staff will provide demonstrations, workshops, and classes for students and faculty, as well as individual consultations.