What if a student requests to audio tape classroom lectures?
A. Any student may ask an instructor to tape record lectures, however, it may be an academic accommodation for a student with a qualifying disability. As part of the process for evaluating the appropriateness of audio taping a particular class lecture, it would be necessary for the Coordinator of Disability Services to gain more information from the instructor about the format of the class, the impact of a tape recorder present in class and the acoustic environment of the classroom. In classrooms that are generally made up of student/instructor discussions, audio taping may not be necessary or even acoustically appropriate. In that case it would be more appropriate to obtain supplemental notes from the instructor, or another student in class. The Coordinator of Disability Services will discuss with the student the advantages and disadvantages of recording class lectures and the process of integrating their own note taking when reviewing taped lectures.
