Who is this for?<\/h2>\r\nA reader may be necessary to support equitable learning opportunities for learners:\r\n\r\n \t- Who experience barriers to perceiving information presented in visual format only.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Whose disability impacts their reading comprehension, accuracy, rate, or fluency or causes significant reading fatigue.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Where assistive or adaptive technology has been tried but has proven to be ineffective or not feasible.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n
This accommodation supports students to:<\/h3>\r\nEquitably access assessment material.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nHi! My name is Diana. I have partial vision loss and use magnification software. However, if I have to look at a screen for long periods my eyes fatigue and I get headaces. For my exams, I have an accommodation for a reader to read questions aloud to me. This helps me show what I've learned and mitigate the impacts of extending screen time.<\/div>\r\n![\"Drawing](\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2234\/2024\/07\/Diana-L-c.png\")
\r\n<\/div>\r\n\"Diana\"<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat it is<\/h2>\r\nThe student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.\r\n\r\nStudents are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.\r\n\r\nStudents may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.\r\n\r\nStudents can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.\r\n\r\nReaders read the text exactly as written including punctuation.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nWhat it's not<\/h2>\r\nReaders do not assist the student by:\r\n\r\n \t- Tracking time<\/li>\r\n \t
- Suggesting when to move on<\/li>\r\n \t
- Using tone to suggest answers<\/li>\r\n \t
- Repeat text without being asked.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nReaders will not rephrase or explain the meaning of words or provide suggestions as to the intent of a question.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
How can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\r\nCoordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.","rendered":"
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A reader works one-on-one with a student to read assessment material aloud. Additionally, the reader may read the student’s recorded responses back to them for revision purposes.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWho is this for?<\/h2>\n
A reader may be necessary to support equitable learning opportunities for learners:<\/p>\n
\n- Who experience barriers to perceiving information presented in visual format only.<\/li>\n
- Whose disability impacts their reading comprehension, accuracy, rate, or fluency or causes significant reading fatigue.<\/li>\n
- Where assistive or adaptive technology has been tried but has proven to be ineffective or not feasible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
This accommodation supports students to:<\/h3>\n
Equitably access assessment material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hi! My name is Diana. I have partial vision loss and use magnification software. However, if I have to look at a screen for long periods my eyes fatigue and I get headaces. For my exams, I have an accommodation for a reader to read questions aloud to me. This helps me show what I’ve learned and mitigate the impacts of extending screen time.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Diana”<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWhat it is<\/h2>\n
The student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.<\/p>\n
Students are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.<\/p>\n
Students may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.<\/p>\n
Students can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.<\/p>\n
Readers read the text exactly as written including punctuation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nWhat it’s not<\/h2>\n
Readers do not assist the student by:<\/p>\n
\n- Tracking time<\/li>\n
- Suggesting when to move on<\/li>\n
- Using tone to suggest answers<\/li>\n
- Repeat text without being asked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Readers will not rephrase or explain the meaning of words or provide suggestions as to the intent of a question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nHow can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\n
Coordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-355","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions\/802"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This accommodation supports students to:<\/h3>\r\nEquitably access assessment material.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nHi! My name is Diana. I have partial vision loss and use magnification software. However, if I have to look at a screen for long periods my eyes fatigue and I get headaces. For my exams, I have an accommodation for a reader to read questions aloud to me. This helps me show what I've learned and mitigate the impacts of extending screen time.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\"Diana\"<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat it is<\/h2>\r\nThe student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.\r\n\r\nStudents are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.\r\n\r\nStudents may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.\r\n\r\nStudents can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.\r\n\r\nReaders read the text exactly as written including punctuation.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nWhat it's not<\/h2>\r\nReaders do not assist the student by:\r\n\r\n \t- Tracking time<\/li>\r\n \t
- Suggesting when to move on<\/li>\r\n \t
- Using tone to suggest answers<\/li>\r\n \t
- Repeat text without being asked.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nReaders will not rephrase or explain the meaning of words or provide suggestions as to the intent of a question.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
How can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\r\nCoordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.","rendered":"
A reader works one-on-one with a student to read assessment material aloud. Additionally, the reader may read the student’s recorded responses back to them for revision purposes.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWho is this for?<\/h2>\n
A reader may be necessary to support equitable learning opportunities for learners:<\/p>\n
\n- Who experience barriers to perceiving information presented in visual format only.<\/li>\n
- Whose disability impacts their reading comprehension, accuracy, rate, or fluency or causes significant reading fatigue.<\/li>\n
- Where assistive or adaptive technology has been tried but has proven to be ineffective or not feasible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
This accommodation supports students to:<\/h3>\n
Equitably access assessment material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hi! My name is Diana. I have partial vision loss and use magnification software. However, if I have to look at a screen for long periods my eyes fatigue and I get headaces. For my exams, I have an accommodation for a reader to read questions aloud to me. This helps me show what I’ve learned and mitigate the impacts of extending screen time.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Diana”<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWhat it is<\/h2>\n
The student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.<\/p>\n
Students are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.<\/p>\n
Students may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.<\/p>\n
Students can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.<\/p>\n
Readers read the text exactly as written including punctuation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nWhat it’s not<\/h2>\n
Readers do not assist the student by:<\/p>\n
\n- Tracking time<\/li>\n
- Suggesting when to move on<\/li>\n
- Using tone to suggest answers<\/li>\n
- Repeat text without being asked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Readers will not rephrase or explain the meaning of words or provide suggestions as to the intent of a question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nHow can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\n
Coordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-355","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions\/802"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n\"Diana\"<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n A reader may be necessary to support equitable learning opportunities for learners:<\/p>\n Equitably access assessment material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “Diana”<\/a>, by Sue Doner is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n The student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.<\/p>\n Students are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.<\/p>\n Students may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.<\/p>\n Students can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.<\/p>\n Readers read the text exactly as written including punctuation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Readers do not assist the student by:<\/p>\n Readers will not rephrase or explain the meaning of words or provide suggestions as to the intent of a question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Coordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-355","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/revisions\/802"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/355\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/accommodationguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What it is<\/h2>\r\nThe student will instruct the reader to start and stop reading. Students will indicate to the reader when they are ready for the next question. Readers will read at a speed requested by the student.\r\n\r\nStudents are permitted to skip questions, complete questions out of order, and return to a previous question.\r\n\r\nStudents may request the reader repeat words, sentences, or whole passages as many times as needed.\r\n\r\nStudents can ask the reader to read their recorded answer aloud as often as necessary to allow the student to review and edit their responses.\r\n\r\nReaders read the text exactly as written including punctuation.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
What it's not<\/h2>\r\nReaders do not assist the student by:\r\n
\r\n \t
How can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\r\nCoordinate with accessibility services offices to ensure timely delivery of assessment material.","rendered":"
A reader works one-on-one with a student to read assessment material aloud. Additionally, the reader may read the student’s recorded responses back to them for revision purposes.<\/p>\nWho is this for?<\/h2>\n
\n
This accommodation supports students to:<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nWhat it is<\/h2>\n
What it’s not<\/h2>\n
\n
How can I support this in my classroom?<\/h2>\n