[Blindmath] ALEKS - extended time?

[Mary Woodyard]

Another area to check for Accessibility with the online teaching systems
that I have encountered in my son's education is the ability to give a Blind
or Vision Impaired student extended time.  The main areas that I have seen
that need to be reviewed, in addition to the screen reader are the ability
to use extended time and also the ease of exporting data out so that
questions that are more easily done on paper can be accommodated into Nemeth
or Large Print for the student.

The online system my son's school uses cannot give him extended time in a
class.  However, the teacher can create a second class folder, with just him
(or any student who needs extended time in it) and then he can use extended
time.  So - in addition to the screen reader - you might want to look at
both of those features also.

Transferring math problems from the computer to paper to do the work is
quite challenging for VI students.  If they transfer the problem incorrectly
- then obviously the answer will be wrong.  My son's Math teacher was able
to export out some of the tests that he took on the computer so that he
could have an enlarged working copy to do the work and then just enter the
answers.  This was not easy though with the testing system they used.

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   1. Re: The ALEKS program for mathematics (D?niel Hajas)


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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 20:51:23 +0200
From: D?niel Hajas <hajasdani at freemail.hu>
To: "'Amanda Lacy'" <lacy925 at gmail.com>,	"'Blind Math list for those
	interested in mathematics'"	<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The ALEKS program for mathematics
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Amanda!
Unfortunately, can not help you in practical terms as never used the
programme, but I am guessing this is how the developer thought of
translating the mathematical symbols to a more verbal form for the screen
readers.
The idea can work as long as the pronounciation is good by the speech engine
but I doubt they would find words for everything that is necessary. 

Bests,
Dan

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda
Lacy via Blindmath
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 11:16 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: [Blindmath] The ALEKS program for mathematics

Hi,

This Fall Austin Community College will begin using ALEKS for developmental
math. My job this summer is to test it for accessibility
- figure out what works and what doesn't, so that blind students enrolled in
this course will have a smooth start this semester. First, have any of you
used the online ALEKS system for math? If so, how well did it work for you,
and what assistive technology do you use? Second, apparently ALEKS has an
accessibility mode intended for people using screen readers. I've been
testing it for the past month and have noticed something peculiar. An
example formula reads like this:

The area
ey
 of a circle with radius
r
 is given by the following formula.
ey equals Pie r begin exponent 2 end exponent Notice that what is intended
to be understood as the letter 'a' is written as the letter 'e' followed by
the letter 'y'. Also, Pi is misspelled! All symbols are spelled out as
words. Does anyone here know where this content came from?

Thanks,
Amanda Lacy

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