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Texts & Notes

To request textbooks in alternate format from Disability Services:

Find out which textbooks you need for each term on the RIT bookstore website at http://rit.bncollege.com. Click on the "Shop Now" tab and follow the instructions to create "Your Customized Textbook List". Add courses as needed and the hit "View Textbook List" button. Copy or print the "Your Course Materials" page you've created. You will need all of this information to make your textbook request.
Let Disability Services know which books you need: Use the form below to enter your textbook information. Please submit your requests as early as possible; processing time for books can vary.
Obtain the book:You must show Disability Services your book or the receipt so we can verify for the publisher that the book has been purchased.

Term:
First Name:
Last Name:
Student ID:
Email:
Phone:
How you want to receive the file:

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If you have been offered the accommodation of “Peer Note-taking” due to your disability, follow these procedures to acquire your lecture notes:

Determine in which classes, if any, notes are needed.
Request notes: Log-on to myaccess.rit.edu with your RIT username and password
- Click on the “Course Requests” tab at the top of the page.
- On the upper left side of the page, click on link for the term you would like to request notes for (ex. 20101 – for academic year 2010, first term). This will bring up a list of classes in which you are currently registered.
- Check the boxes next to the courses for which you need notes
- Click on "Save Requests"
Access your notes: Log-on to myaccess.rit.edu with your RIT username and password
- Click on the "Class Notes" tab at the top of the page.
Inform the Disability Services Office as soon as possible if there is a change in your schedule and/or you have decided you do not need notes for a particular class.
Attend classes – note-taking is not a substitute for class attendance.
Inform Disability Services if there is a concern with the notes. Use this form: Note-taking Feedback.
FYI: Disability Services will follow-up with all students who are not accessing their requested notes to determine if note-taking is truly needed for a particular course.

Consider strategies and tools for becoming a more independent learner:

Make use of an audio recording device.
- Livescribe SmartPen: Visit www.livescribe.com
- Microsoft One Note: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx
Speak to Disability Services about note-taking workshops and/or individual assistance