[nabs-l] taking quizzes

Mon Jan 11 01:42:20 UTC 2016

Hi Ashley! For my  quizzes,  last semester on my Jewish American Literature class, I took my quiz using my  iPHone and apple  Bluetooth keyboard! My Professor will tell everyone the question aloud  or questions aloud and I will type my answers on email message using my iPhone and then I will send it to him by email at the same time as everyone gives him their papers!! And my Screen curtain was  on on my iPhoen so anyone could not see on my iPhone the answers! Hope this helps. I look forward in hearing form you soon.  Thanks and God bless!

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> On Jan 10, 2016, at 7:42 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Kaiti,
> 
> Thanks for sharing your experiences.
> I am fine taking  exams at the testing center as I do need extended time and its quieter there.
> But for quizzes, I rather do something else. I've not had many college classes with quizzes, so usually do not have to explore options.
> You are doing what I want to do. I want the professor to give me the document on a flash drive and I write my answers down and save them and hand the flash drive back to her. I'd  not pick email because wifi can be spotty and that takes longer then to download a file.
> I'm an honest student, but I don't know if the prof would object due to the cheating possibility.
> 
> Another idea is orally which my last literature professor did with me. He was not thrilled about using the testing center as it creates more logistical work for both of us, so we did them at his office. It felt more intimidating to take it with the professor, but he seemed nice about it and did not make me feel bad for wrong answers. The benefit was I  got my grade immediately.
> I'll see what happens if I decide to take the class. We have a grace period of a few weeks to attend and drop classes with a refund.
> 
> Nice to know what I want to do has been done before. My memo of accomodation states my testing accomodations are alternate format tests in the testing center, but sometimes professors will let me do other things than are spelled out on the memo as long as it is fair to everyone and meets class requirements.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:20 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Cc: Kaiti Shelton
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] taking quizzes
> 
> Hi, Ashley,
> 
> Most of the time professors have been completely agreeable to letting
> me take quizzes in their classes because they recognize the benefits
> of having me in the class, especially since testing in the test center
> would require a lot of logistical work that is unnecessary on both of
> our parts.  A lot of professors just email the quizzes to me so I can
> complete them and quickly send them back, but some prefer using a
> flashdrive so that I get the test at the same time as everyone else,
> and it cuts out possibilities for internet issues (emails not sending,
> problems with the wifi, etc).
> 
> Last semester a professor was really helpful in creating a new way for
> me to take tests.  She wasn't thrilled about the idea of a student
> using their own computer to take her exams, but recognized that I had
> the choice to take the test in her class instead of the testing center
> if I wanted to and that there were benefits to that.  She got the IT
> department to set up a laptop that has microsoft office and Jaws on
> it, but also has the wireless card taken out.  This method has been
> great because I have everything I need to take the tests in class
> where I want to, and the teacher knows I have no danger of sharing her
> exams (which was what she was really worried about more than the
> possibility of cheating).  Why a prof set that compromise in motion
> instead of disability services I don't know, but other professors of
> mine have begun to embrace it as well.  It is a reasonable testing
> accommodation.
> 
> Systems like having a laptop with the software you need but without a
> wireless card are great because there is no possibility of cheating.
> The prof hands you a flashdrive with your exam on it, and that only
> has the files they put on it.  In order to cheat you'd have to have
> pre-meditatively put your notes or some type of other document on
> another removable device, and then somehow get that other device into
> your laptop without the prof seeing you.  This is just like what
> sighted students would have to do; they'd have to write things on
> their hands, hide their cell phones under their desks and not look
> down too much, or otherwise try to hide things and hope they don't get
> caught.  And since professors are pretty observant while proctoring
> tests, it would be pretty hard to cheat in either case.
> 
> I hope these systems I use are food for thought.  I have taken a few
> simple aural tests when technology fails or if a prof forgot to send
> something to be converted, but generally I try to use my computer and
> take everything I possibly can in the class with my peers.  Math and
> some science classes are really the only things I plan tests in the
> testing center for, just because I really do need extra time.
> Otherwise, I generally complete tests as quickly as if not sooner than
> my classmates, so testing in the center just seems unnecessary.
> 
> HTH,
> Kaiti
> 
>> On 1/10/16, Amy Sabo via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello Ashely and all,
>> 
>> As for taking quizzes I used many techniques for taking my quizzes. For the
>> 10 minute ones my prof would email them to me and, then I would do them and,
>> then email them back to them.  I also used the dss office if the prof
>> wouldn't do that method. I also did a few quizzes with a assistant for a
>> class that I took one semester. We just went out into the hall to do that.
>> 
>> So, I hope these ideas are helpful for you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hugs,
>> amy
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 2:56 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Cc: Ashley Bramlett
>> Subject: [nabs-l] taking quizzes
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> How do you take quizzes? Does it depend on the class?
>> I don’t have many classes with quizzes in college. I take tests with a pc in
>> the testing center.
>> 
>> For quizzes, I’ve done them orally with the professor at their office,
>> sometimes. I’ve sometimes had a notetaker in class and they assist me and we
>> go out to the hall for the quiz.
>> Other times, I use the testing center.
>> 
>> I might take survey of american literature this semester.
>> Her quizzes are rather short and I’d rather not use the testing center.
>> I want to do my quizzes either in class using my braille notetaker or do
>> them orally.
>> I’m wondering if you have taken them in class, and did the prof object?
>> I will talk it over with the prof and see what we can do. I know of some
>> blind students who took tests in class with their assistive tech or laptops,
>> so I hope using that will be okay. I don’t know if they’ll be concerned with
>> cheating.
>> I’m wondering how typical it is for blind students to take short quizzes in
>> class versus outside at a testing center or the dss office.
>> It just seems more practical to do it in class rather than set up something
>> in the center for something that will take 10 minutes or less.
>> For those of you taking quizzes or tests in class, do you sit somewhere
>> different so others cannot see your screen?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Ashley
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