[Athen] E-book devices in testing rooms

[Burke, Dan (DSS)]

It's a very tough call, especially when it comes to math and the reading
and writing of it is more native to someone in Nemeth code.

At one point, btw, we actually purchased a Braille Lite 40 for jus this
kind of problem.  Of course, a Braille display, such as with the Pac
Mate, can also work well with JAWS, I can't say how it would work with
math problems.  Probably not at all.

So, one way to manage the math test is simply to remove the student's
compact flash cards, and give the exam on another card or with a USB
thumb drive -- something that belongs to the department, not the
student.

There is memory on the Pac Mate, but the compact flash drives can also
hold wireless cards, so it's good to have them cleared.

Dan

Daniel J. Burke
Assistant Director/Coordinator
Disability Services for Students
Emma B. Lommasson 154
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812

www.umt.edu/dss/

406.243.2243 voice/text
406.243.4424 direct line
406.243.5330 fax


-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Ella Ermolenko
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:35 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] E-book devices in testing rooms

We have a blind student, taking math courses and using PackMate during
the exams, even though we do have concerns about exam security etc. But
it's very hard for us to find an alternative input device for math
exams. Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards,

Ella Ermolenko | Disability Services Officer
Centre for Students with Disabilities | Simon Fraser University
1250 Maggie Benston Centre
8888 University Drive, Burnaby | V5A 1S6
Tel: 778.782.5346 | Fax: 778.782.4384 | Email: eea1 at sfu.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach at KCKCC.EDU>
To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen at athenpro.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:46:30 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Athen] E-book devices in testing rooms

We have had students want to use devices such as the BrailleNote and
PackMate to take tests.  At first, my director used to allow this until
I explained to her that this was the same as letting any other student
write their answers in the same notebook they used to take notes in
class.  You cannot guarantee that the student will not access the notes
from the class or other resources, including the textbook.

We now do not allow students to use such devices to read and/or write
answers for tests.  They must use one of our computers with assistive
technology that is setup for testing.  When we had a blind student
complain that this was not fair because he was better at writing braille
on the Braillenote than he was with typing into Word, we simply
explained that he was in college and typing papers on the computer was
going to be a skill he would have to develop.  Once he tried using JAWS
to read and Word to write during a test, he really liked it.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
Phone: 913-288-7671
Fax: 913-288-7678
E-Mail: rbeach at kckcc.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:18 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] E-book devices in testing rooms

Hello
Has anyone had any experiences with a student that has an open book
exam and wishes to use a device like the Kindle or an e-book ap on an
iPod or iPhone?  How did you deal with the situation.  Many of these
devices have features that professors would not want a student having
access to like WiFi capabilities.  We haven't seen it happen yet but I
was just thinking of that when I was reading about BLIO this
afternoon.
Jeff
Cleveland State

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