[nabs-l] In class assignments and popquizzes

Tue Sep 3 21:27:38 UTC 2013

I agree. She would not give me a reason which leads me to believe she is
just lazy and does not want to do anything extra.

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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