Online Assessment Tools
Table of Contents
- Online Assessment Tools: Do They Work for Students with Disabilities?
- Accessibility and Online Assessment Tools
- Barriers to Valid Assessment - Technology
- Barriers to Valid Assessment - Content
- Example of an accessible chemistry question:
- Example of a question that is inaccessible (Questionmark):
- Example of an inaccessible math question (Questionmark):
- Example of inaccessible question (Questionmark):
- Example of an inaccessible biology question (Questionmark):
- Example of an accessible math question (WebAssign):
- Example of inaccessible math question (WebAssign):
- Example of a mostly accessible question that needs some additional work to be fully accessible (WebAssign):
- Accessible question that needs a little additional work (WebAssign):
- Example of an inaccessible question (WebAssign):
- Example of an inaccessible chemistry question (WebAssign):
- Example of an inaccessible physics question (WebAssign):
- Example of inaccessible question feedback (Blackboard Vista):
- Example of an accessible exercise (HotPotatoes):
- Example of an inaccessible exercise (HotPotatoes):
- Example of a question with inaccessible features (HotPotatoes):
- Assessing Abilities or Disabilities?
- Solutions - Technology
- Solutions - Content
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Solutions - Technology
- Software or LMSs that are accessible to and usable by students using assistive devices
- Provide tools and test instruments -allow ability to perform all required activities without special accommodations
- Use security systems that provide access to AT
- Use instruments that can be configured for user-specific time constraints or allow the user to ask for additional time
- Provide authoring tools to easily craft content complaint with WAI guidelines
- That transform and render all content to W3C standards
- Classroom Response System
- Integrate with accessible web-based response pads
- Provide alternative format to present polling questions to sight impaired students
Lecture Notes
The solutions to make the technology accessible include using software or Learning Management Systems that are accessible to and usable by students using assistive technology; also, by providing tools and test instruments that allow the ability to perform all required activities without special accommodations. When choosing security systems, make sure that they provide access to the assistive technology students need to use. We also need to use instruments that allow for user-specific time constraints, or allow the user to ask for additional time. It is essential to use authoring tools to easily craft content compliant with Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines, that transform and render all content to W3C standards. For Classroom Response Systems, we need to make sure they integrate with accessible web-based response pads, and provide alternative formats to present polling questions to sight impaired students.