[nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes

Tue Sep 3 21:24:14 UTC 2013

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 
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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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