[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

In reality before technology blind studentswere done at the same time as 
their sighted classmates and continue to do so. Over the years I have taken 
many law courses and while I may have been allowed extra time I very seldom 
actually needed to use it. At times this was quite a shock to professors.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blaine Deutscher" <b.m.deutscher at sasktel.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams


> I'm not sure what it's like in the sattes but isn't the bar a two day
> process? do blind people get time and a half to write the exam or how does
> that work? It's something to look into now as I'm always trying to make
> lives better for future students so if I speak with the law school in
> Saskatchewan they might have some blind people before me that have gone
> through and whatever system they used worked. I know some people will say
> "blind people before you went through without technology so what did they
> do?" My response to that is yes they did but now that technology is there
> and we are using it more exams should be easier to take. I'm waiting for 
> the
> day that a blind person can keep up with his classmates with the four
> courses or whatever it takes to be done the same time that they are.
>
> Blaine
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kate Carroll" <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>
>
> Thank you Aser. I was not aware that I might be going through the exact 
> same
> thing with the Bar.
>
> Kate
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Aser Tolentino
> <agtolentino at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> My school and the CA bar use ExamSoft. While I've heard talk of greater
>> accessibility now, at the time I started law school three years ago it 
>> was
>> not possible to run a screen reader alongside the software; I confirmed
>> this
>> with the sample test and by speaking to the school's IT department. My
>> advice would be to request the school forgo your use of the software as a
>> testing accommodation. The issue will come up again when you take the bar
>> and could be more contentious then.
>>
>> Best,
>> Aser
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Kate Carroll
>> <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> > Good evening everyone!
>> >
>> > I am looking for some advice concerning law school exams. If anyone has
>> any
>> > thoughts on my question, i would greatly appreciate hearing them.
>> >
>> > I am in my first year of law school. I currently use a Dell Latitutde
>> with
>> > Windows 7, and ZoomText for magnification and reading. I will have to
>> > use
>> > the software Exam4 for my upcoming exams. I have heard that this
>> > software
>> > will likely prevent ZoomText (and possibly the built-in Windows
>> > magnification program) from working if I attempt to use them during an
>> > exam.
>> > I havent actually tested the problem with the tech guys at the school
>> > because I need to get a Zoomtext license and right now don't have
>> Zoomtext
>> > on my laptop.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have experience with this Exam4 software, and is a user of
>> > ZoomText? What did you do to get around this (alleged)  problem? Any
>> ideas,
>> > again, are welcome.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Kate
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kathryn CARROLL
>> > St. John's University College of Law 2013
>> > 631-521-318 C
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> -- 
> Kathryn CARROLL
> St. John's University College of Law 2013
> 631-521-318 C
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