Add accessibility options to your digital test

For assignments taken within Ans, it's possible to add accessibility options for participants. These accessibility options range from requiring a password to start a test, to being able to use a calculator. Below is a more detailed description of each option that can be turned on for your digital assignments.

To configure accessibility options for your assignment, follow the steps below.

Access

The following options are specific accessibility permissions to allow participants access to their digital assignment. For hand-in assignments, it's only possible to adjust the number of attempts a student is allowed to take. 

Multiple attempts
For a practice test, you may want to allow your participants to take the test multiple times. You can allow multiple attempts by first enabling the option and then filling in the number of attempts the participants can make. Confirm by clicking Save. This setting is also available for hand-in assignments. 

Use password
If you prefer your participants to fill in a password to access the test, you can enable this option. When you click on the Use password box, a random password will automatically be generated for you. You can also delete this password and create your own. Confirm the password by clicking Save.

Restricted access to other pages
If you don't want to allow your participants the possibility to leave the current test to look at other assignments, such as a previous practice test, you can enable this option to restrict access. Once the participants have started the test, they are not able to leave the assignment until they've submitted their result.

Restrict assignment access locations
If you require your participants to take an exam from a specified location, such as an examination hall at your school, you can enable this option and select one or multiple locations. If you would like to add more locations contact your administrator or find out more information here.

Utilities

In this section you are able to choose which utilities the participants may use during their assignment.

Digital notes
If this option is enabled, participants can make digital notes during the digital test. Digital notes can only be seen by the participants during the live test and not by instructors or reviewers during or after the digital test. 

Spellchecker
If Spellchecker is enabled students will be able to see red lines underneath spelling errors. This option uses the built-in spellchecker of the browser. This is not a spellchecker provided by Ans. We recommend to only enable Spellchecker if spelling is not a criterion for the test.

Use calculator
Allow students to use the built-in calculator. You can select the basic or scientific calculator.

Feedback
If you enable this option for your digital test, participants will be able to see if the answer they provided is correct, not entirely correct or incorrect. This option can be set for closed question only.

Live chat (Beta)

If your school has live chat enabled, you are able to communicate with participants during the taking session of your digital test. You have the option to send an announcement to all participants or to start a chat with an individual participant. You can read more about this feature here. 

Navigation

In the navigation settings of a digital test, you can enforce a certain type of navigation. This includes enforcing one way navigation, requiring participants to answer a question and disabling participants from reopening a question group after closing it. 

• One way navigation
  Participants may only answer exercises once; they may not return to an exercise that they closed.
  
  
  • Require answer (Beta)
    Participants may only move to the next exercise after answering the current exercise.
    
    
• It is not possible to reopen question groups
  Participants cannot reopen a question group after closing.