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Common Accommodations

Testing
  • Extra time on testing

  • Reduced distraction environment

  • Private testing room

  • Breaks during exams

  • As well as other personalized accommodations

  • More information on testing accommodations and the testing center

Sign Language Interpreting & Assistive Animals on campus 
Accessible Text 

 

  • Amazon  has a wide variety of alternatively formatted textbooks available for download. Students who download material in the form of a Kindle book should be aware that it can be difficult to cite material in this format due to the lack of page numbers.

  • Apple Books is the single destination to find, buy, and dive into audiobooks and ebooks.

  • AccessText Network is an online library of eBooks for students who  request alternative format books from the book’s publisher  Proof of Purchase in needed.

  •  Audible books tends to carry primarily literature and other popular works of fiction

  • Barnes and Noble Book sellers have eBooks available though its website, and textbooks are searchable by format in the left hand toolbar.

Note Taking
  • Anonymous peer Notetaker​

  • Contact us for information on requesting notes for the semester, or to apply to be a notetaker 

Other Resources

 

Accessible Text 
  •  Bookshare provides eBooks to students who have purchased the textbook from elsewhere. Proof of disability is necessary to access this service for free, otherwise yearly membership is $50.

  • CourseSmart is an online marketplace for textbooks, some with up to 80% off of traditional retail prices. These books are only available in alternative format if purchased from CourseSmart.

  •  eBooks.com sells a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and textbooks in an exclusively alternative format.

  •  Learning Ally resources are available for free to students who are blind or who have low vision, with an audiobook library that spans thousands of titles. 

  • Project Gutenberg is an online library of free ebooks available to the public. Books are free when the book’s copyright has expired,  published prior to 1923. There are over 57,000 titles available in this library, with a small number available in audiobook form.

​Please Note that these are common accommodations and not an exhaustive list of what MBC offers to eligible students

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