[nabs-l] In class assignments and pop quizzes
Dan Burke
dburke at cocenter.org
Mon Nov 25 16:49:29 UTC 2013
The strongest argument in favor of getting the appropriate format in class is that it is pedagogically unsound to have you do the quiz or assignment alone while your classmates benefit from shared learning. That creates an unequal benefit. Surely there enough situations that come up where it can't be avoided, but this one can easily be managed. Talk to the DS office to see if they can help you work it out.
Dan Burke
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-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sophie Trist
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:24 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes
Suzanne, I don't believe that what your professor is doing is
fair to you. Besides the loss of peer and professor interaction,
you lose valuable time in class. This causes you to have more to
do at home than your fellow classmates. I know that extra
homework is sometimes a necessary evil, but in this case, it can
be avoided so easily. I don't see why your professor can't either
print it out in large print or provide you with an electronic
copy. These are just my thoughts.
----- Original Message -----
From: Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 08:22:26 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes
I have had most instructors willing to print out my copy in large
print but
this semester I have one professor who does not want to. She
would rather I
take it home. These are open book in classes every class
assignments. You
have to look things up. It is not expected that you know it. For
example
taking several different 32 digit binary numbers and convert them
to the
corresponding assembly language instruction so we need to refer
to text or
our notes etc.
I have asked her to provide me an electronic copy ahead of class,
send to
to DRC to have them large printed, print it out herself enlarged,
have her
undergraduate TA take it to a copy machine and enlarge on 11x17.I
would
prefer large print on 11x17. She said she would rather just give
it to me
in class, then I deal with getting it enlarged or use my CCTV at
home and
bring it back next class.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
wrote:
I do tests in two ways. It it is a scheduled test, I get it sent
to the
disability office to be made sure it is completely accessible,
including
language settings, tables, alt tags for graphics. I don't
usually use
double time unless there are many tactile images, like there
were in
Biology, or I have to read it in Braille, like for mathematics,
since I am
a slow Braille reader. Doing the test in the disability office
ensures that
I have someone available if there are problems. I schedule to
take the test
at the same time as everyone else unless I mean double time.
If it is a pop quiz, the professor puts his or her digital copy
of the
quiz on a flash drive that I provide. The professors know from
the
beginning of the semester that this is how we will do it, so
they have the
digital copy ready. I put the flash drive in my laptop, put my
answers in
the digital copy, then turn in the flash drive when the other
student's
turn in their tests. The professor moves the file to their
computer and
returns the flash drive by the end of class. They can then print
it or
grade it in the digital file, and give me the graded paper or
file. If they
grade it digitally, they usually email it to me. I prefer this
to cut back
on the paper I have to keep up with.
I hope this method makes sense to you and it helps you figure
out the best
method for yourself. Also, I use JAWS to do this, though for
language class
I sometimes use my refreshable Braille display so I can see
accents and
spelling.
-Jewel
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu>
wrote:
I have two course that at least weekly if no every lecture have
in class
quizzes or assignments. These are open book ,open notes, talk
with other
students, ask professor questions...
How do you handle these. For example, are they provided to you
in large
print, braille, electronic? What if you are someone use uses
extended
time
on things like tests? What about the access to books? At home I
use the
print book with my cctv so I can flip to index then flip to
page. This is
not the same with the pdf. Also my monitor at home is 27 inches
vs 17 on
my
laptop so I am much faster on the large monitor. I have always
been a
print
reader and do not do well at all with audio. Since my vision is
stable
there was never a need to not use large print or cctv. I also
find it
difficult to work with other students since I can't see their
work and
even
when I say I am legally blind or visually impaired and ask if
they can
write bigger, they still write in their normal size which is
too small
and
with very like pencil.
What are your techniques? Do you do it in class with an
accessible
format?
Do you take it home and return it next class?
When I went to school years ago 1980s-1990s they did not do all
this in
class stuff.
Thanks
Suzanne
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