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
Example of inaccessible question (Questionmark):
Listen to a screenreader reading this question, text transcript of screenreader
Hyperlinks
http://delta.ncsu.edu/projects/is/accessibility/assessment/math2-graphic.avi
http://delta.ncsu.edu/projects/is/accessibility/assessment/Transcript_math2.doc
http://delta.ncsu.edu/projects/is/accessibility/assessment/Transcript_math2.doc
Lecture Notes
As the information needed to answer the question is to be found by analyzing the graph image, that image needs alternate text to provide enough information for a blind student to answer it. There is also an issue with the way the assistive technology reads through the page, as it focuses on the bottom information before the actual question. Lastly, the use of ambiguous language such as "flag" and "proceed," as well as the lack of a "submit" or "save" button, can cause confusion for students with learning disabilities. Listen to a screenreader reading this question, or view the text transcript.