[nobe-l] 2nd year teacher

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Hi Jessica,
I am not sure how accessible Moodle is from the instructor's side, but I use 
Moodle as a student at my local community college, and it works great with 
JAWS so far, and I am in my second year of college using Moodle for mostly 
online-only and a few on-campus classes. I am also using a laptop with JAWS 
10 and Windows 7, and Moodle works well. Also, you can make the Moodle exams 
timed or make the students use a lock-down browser so you can prevent 
cheating. You could also have them type up their test answers using a word 
document and then have them email it or place it on a flash drive, although 
there could be more of a chance that students could look up answers or cheat 
this way unless you provided the flash drives only to be used during the 
test and not have them bring their own from home.
I have also used a free site in a former Spanish class called Study Spanish 
at
http://www.studyspanish.com
This site is very accessible, and it offers free lessons with activities, 
quizzes, and tests, and it also allows you to have a gradebook to keep track 
of all students' progress, although each student would have to create an 
account and link it to your gradebook  using a unique code that you give 
them. I believe that they have a free option and a premium one, but my 
instructor and the class only used the free option, and we were still able 
to record our grades and keep track of them. I used it as a student and 
liked the content, and I was able to use it independently with JAWS.
Hope this helps,
Misty


-----Original Message----- 
From: Hope Paulos
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:01 PM
To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] 2nd year teacher

Moodle works with jaws.

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On Aug 21, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Jessica Calvo <jjcalvo12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> My name is Jessica and I am a high school Spanish teacher in New Jersey.
> This year will be my second year teaching. I was wondering if any of you
> could offer me some input. I would greatly appreciate it.
> This year I will be teaching the Spanish honor courses, which require the
> students to do a lot more reading and writing. I have not been able to 
> find
> a successful testing method yet. Last year I relied on my reader to read 
> me
> tests while I provided an answer key. I was not very fond of this method,
> and I am still looking for a good testing method where I will be able to
> great tests myself. Have any of you found any successful methods? My 
> school
> District offers Moodle to teachers, but I am not sure if it will be
> accessible enough for me to use it. My district has provided me with a
> laptop and i use Windows 7 with Jaws  screen reader. The language teachers
> are also offered something called LINGT Language which is another website
> where you can take oral or written assessments. Have any of you had any
> experience with either of these methods? Thanks in advance for your help
>
>
> Best,
> -- 
> Jessica
>
>
> -- 
> Jessica J. Calvo
>
> 156 Trimble Ave.
> Clifton, Nj 07011
> Cell phone: (973) 405-8434
> Email: jjcalvo12 at gmail.com
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