[nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes

Tue Sep 3 15:25:57 UTC 2013

She does want me to take it home. What I lose is the ability to work with
classmates and ask her questions. So I gain accessibility but lose
interaction and collaboration. Now I would probably choose accessibility as
I dont' trust many other students answers lol. Sometimes if many students
are asking the same questions she will work it out on the board. These are
not tests per se but in classes open everything quizzes every single
lecture.

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Hi Suzanne,
>
>      I requested that exams be emailed to me and took them in class on my
> BrailleNote.  I did not use extended time and simply emailed my completed
> exam to the professor once I was done.
>
>      That said, given your specific situation, I don't see why you
> couldn't take the exams at home, with access to your CCTV, the larger
> computer screen, etc, and email your responses to the professor within an
> agreed-upon amount of time.  A professor might hesitate to allow this
> accommodation for closed-book exams, but given that you're expected to use
> materials besides the exam anyway, I would think this would be permissible.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Lucy
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com
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>> Date sent: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:32:29 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes
>>
>
>  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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