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
Text and Images from Slide
Barriers to Valid Assessment - Content
- Content not designed with accessibility in mind
- Missing or inappropriate text descriptors for graphic elements
- Mouse activated interactive objects
- Cues and questions not explicitly associated with response fields
- Ambiguous or poorly worded questions
- Feedback not associated with response
- Confusing layout and design (instrument)
- Response Expectation
Lecture Notes
Alternative formats (text descriptors, transcriptions or captions) not being provided denying access to information being conveyed by graphic/aural material
Interactive objects in question (applets, flash form fields etc.) that require mouse related activities to respond
Ambiguous or poorly worded questions that can cause missed or inappropriate responses
Feedback not associated with incorrect response
Time constraints that prevents those with language, processing and physical limitations responding effectively
Through the rest of this presentation, we will be looking at several questions and examining their accessibility.