Askroom Live

Support for students with additional needs

Give one student extra time or no time limit, reading aloud, larger text, a calm screen or no exam alerts, without the class knowing.

For teachers

  1. 1

    Open a student's support

    Press πŸ’™ beside the student's name: in the waiting room, on the progress cards or in the results table. You can do it before you start or at any time during the session.

  2. 2

    Choose their time

    "+25%", "+50%", "Double" or "No time limit". It applies to the whole-test time limit and to question countdowns, for this student only.

  3. 3

    Turn on what helps

    • "Read every question aloud": the question and its answers are read out by themselves.
    • "Larger text": everything on their screen is bigger.
    • "Calm screen": fewer things on screen, no movement, a gentle timer without numbers.
    • "No exam alerts" (exam mode): for students using assistive tools, leaving the test is not flagged or auto-submitted.
  4. 4

    Save

    Their screen changes straight away. Classmates are not told, and names never show on the projector. A filled πŸ’™ shows on your screen only.

  5. 5

    Breaks

    A student can press βœ‹ then "β˜• I need a break". In a self-paced test their clock stops until they press "I'm ready to go on". You see "β˜• on a break" on your screen.

  6. 6

    In the report

    The report marks students who had support, their sheet lists it with the time on breaks, and the CSV export has a Support column.

Students can help themselves too

See also the Accessibility and SEN support page (askroomlive.com/accessibility). Every student has an "Aa" button for text size, high contrast, easy-read letters, more space, reading aloud, a slower voice, a calm screen, hiding the countdown, less movement, and tapping instead of dragging. Pictures can carry a description for screen readers: type it under the picture in the editor.

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