FAQ

In a word, Efficiency. For years now, DASS has been looking for a better way to facilitate communication between our office, students, faculty, and staff, as well as have a single platform to manage a lot of data - student information, student requests, testing, etc. Until DASS Link, this information was often collected in time-consuming ways, entered by hand, and spread across multiple databases, spreadsheets, and paper files. After extensive interviews with 3rd party software vendors, we settled on the Accommodate system by Simplicity. At SMU we call it DASS Link because it links together our office and its many constituents, and it links all of our data in one, easily accessed place. 

DASS and OIT staff members began planning, building, and implementing DASS Link by Accommodate in 2018. The student Accommodation Request process went live on June 1, 2019. Faculty testing occurred during Summer 2019, and the electronic DASS Accommodation Letters began to be used by both faculty and students in Fall 2019.

Yes. If you were a faculty member at SMU in 2018 or 2019, then you received updates about DASS Link in DASS Faculty Newsletters as well as in emails from our office.

Yes. This system is easy to use, and there are step-by-step instructions posted here on our website. If you have any questions or run into any problems, contact us and we'll help.

You should use DASS Link to set up tests only for students with the testing accommodations of reader or scribe. Please visit the UTC website for information on how to set up all other types of accommodated tests.