Welcome to Accessibility Services

Volunteer Note-Takers Wanted

Accessibility Services requires reliable volunteers to serve as note-takers this academic year. Volunteer note-takers play an important role in supporting students with disabilities achieve their academic goals. Students who require note-taking services may have difficulties taking notes due to a documented learning, physical, sensory, mental health disability or medical condition.

Note-Taker Responsibilities:

• Attend your classes regularly and take complete notes
• Upload the lecture & tutorial notes to the note-taker database within 24 to 48 hours of each class
• Complete the online note-taker training module on Quercus
• Notify Accessibility Services if any issues arise (i.e. you missed a lecture, you dropped the course, the note-taker database is not working, etc.)

Benefits of Volunteering:

• Receive a Co-Curricular Record (CCR) notation
• Develop and enhance your organizational and note-taking skills
• Contribute toward an accessible and inclusive community
• Help others and give back to your community
• Receive a letter of reference (upon request)

How to register and upload your notes as Volunteer Note Taker:

1. Click on the 'Courses/Notes' link on the top menu
2. Log in with your UTORid & password
3. Select the courses for which you are interested in being a volunteer note-taker
4. Upload your typed or handwritten notes after each class until the end of the course. If you have handwritten notes, please scan your notes using a scanner or scanning app on your phone or tablet.
• For each course, select either "Upload lecture notes" or "Upload sample notes"
• For each file, click the calendar icon to select the lecture date and click "Browse" to attached the document.
• Click on "Submit notes".

Length of commitment: Note-takers are committed for the duration of the academic term.  If your schedule changes (i.e. you dropped the course), please notify Accessibility Services immediately.