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« on: August 28, 2011, 12:08:45 PM » |
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I'm an adjunct at the local CC, and about a week ago rec'd the standard letter stating that a student needing extra time taking exams in my course. The letter was geared more toward math courses (requiring use of calculator)--it appeared to be a general one that went out to all the student's profs, and I'm in the humanities. I replied to the Disabilities Coordinator that I rec'd the letter, and that since my quizzes open on a weekly basis, and stay open until mid-semester (midterm), and then quizzes 9-16 open on a weekly basis and stay open until finals, and b/c the midterm and final are open for 24 hours what specifically was needed? I rec'd no response, except yesterday the student forwards me the same letter, but nothing else in the email. I emailed the student back directly, restating that the quizzes and exams are open for the extended time, and asking what else was needed. I have heard nothing back.
Am I required to do more? No one is replying to my emails. The student is at another campus in the CC system located across the state.
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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2011, 12:49:25 PM » |
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Ok, let me get this straight. What exactly do you mean when you say that your tests and quizzes are "open" for extended periods of time? You say that your mid term and final are open for 24 hours. Does that mean that, once they log in to take the exam, they have 24 hours in which to complete the exam?
For example, my online quizzes are open for two weeks. At any point during those two weeks, the student can choose to take the quiz. However, once they log in to take the quiz, they must complete it in thirty minutes.
So, once your students log in to take a quiz, is the quiz timed?
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reener06
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2011, 12:56:15 PM » |
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Sorry, I wasn't clear and I'm tired. I meant to say they are timed once they log in and I contacted the Disability officer and the student to state that, and tried to state that the student needed to contact me if there wasn't enough time; however, they have 2 hours for exams and 1 hour for quizzes, which are 10 multiple choice questions (exams are 50 mc questions). So sorry I missed that crucial detail. Still, no one has replied to me, so I'm wondering if I have additional duties to contact anyone, or other recourse.
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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2011, 02:04:42 PM » |
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Sorry, I wasn't clear and I'm tired. I meant to say they are timed once they log in and I contacted the Disability officer and the student to state that, and tried to state that the student needed to contact me if there wasn't enough time; however, they have 2 hours for exams and 1 hour for quizzes, which are 10 multiple choice questions (exams are 50 mc questions). So sorry I missed that crucial detail. Still, no one has replied to me, so I'm wondering if I have additional duties to contact anyone, or other recourse.
If the letter requests extra time on exams, it should explain how much (1 1/2 or 2 times what the rest of the class receives is fairly common). That would mean that if you give 2 hours for exams, you may need to provide 4 hours for this student. If it were me, I'd be forwarding the question to the I.T. department to find out how to set a different amount of time for a single student. On my CMS, we'd have set up a whole separate page to accommodate that. |
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2011, 02:26:00 PM » |
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Sorry, I wasn't clear and I'm tired. I meant to say they are timed once they log in and I contacted the Disability officer and the student to state that, and tried to state that the student needed to contact me if there wasn't enough time; however, they have 2 hours for exams and 1 hour for quizzes, which are 10 multiple choice questions (exams are 50 mc questions). So sorry I missed that crucial detail. Still, no one has replied to me, so I'm wondering if I have additional duties to contact anyone, or other recourse.
If the letter requests extra time on exams, it should explain how much (1 1/2 or 2 times what the rest of the class receives is fairly common). That would mean that if you give 2 hours for exams, you may need to provide 4 hours for this student. If it were me, I'd be forwarding the question to the I.T. department to find out how to set a different amount of time for a single student. On my CMS, we'd have set up a whole separate page to accommodate that. Yeah, the letter should tell you how much extra time the student needs - how much extra time they get is absolutely not your decision to make. Our CMS does extended testing times that with ease, thankfully, but it can be a quick fix that you can do or a complex one that requires IT help. But you can't adjust the time until you know that key detail. I'd call if you haven't heard anything by tomorrow morning. This time of year, everyone's behind on email. |
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2011, 02:37:00 PM » |
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OK, thanks. Actually, none of the letters I get from this CC specify time, it just says "extra time needed." I wondered how to set that up too. I'll call tomorrow.
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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2011, 02:51:15 PM » |
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I haven't used BB testing features in a few years but I used to get these requests. I would tell the student to set their own timer with the amount of time we agreed upon--say 30 minutes where the other students got 15. The student would the disability would take he same test as everyone else, but ignore the onscreen timer. When she submitted her test at 30 minutes her grade would show as an exclamation mark rather than a score. I would go in and see that she had in fact taken 30 minutes, ten manually submit the score. It really only took a few moments.
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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2011, 03:33:28 PM » |
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Thanks Larryc--that is how our CMS works, and that makes sense. I haven't been thinking very straight, being 8 months pregnant with 250 students, and needed the reminder.
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2011, 03:41:09 PM » |
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Thanks Larryc--that is how our CMS works, and that makes sense. I haven't been thinking very straight, being 8 months pregnant with 250 students, and needed the reminder.
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2011, 04:11:58 PM » |
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I know, right? Can you see how braindead I am? Although I do feel like this one is a lot of people, he moves so much. Or, at other times, that my students aren't quite as old as they say they are.
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2011, 06:08:22 PM » |
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I had a student a couple semesters ago that needed extra time for the online tests. But the official paper had to state exactly how much. We set up the four exams for her separate from the rest of the class. Not much trouble but I had to grade separately.
So far no requests this semester.
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