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Re: any guideline about time alert in a test?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 20, 2012 7:18AM

Hi

Couldn't you make it so that someone (a test administrator with
different user privelleges) can log in and specify the extra tima user
can have for a test?
In the academic world double time for blind students is common, but of
course it depends on the subject (math is more time consuming for a
blind person than, say, history for instance).
So there is definitely no simple answer, you can allow either 50%
extra time or double time as a default, but best solution would be to
have someone who can set alotted the extra time in your module.
Give user something like a 5-minute and 1-minute warnings before the
session expires. Make it intrusive, I'd use a message box, but some
think that's too much, matter of opinion.
HTH
-B

On 12/20/12, Subhash Chhetri < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi list,
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> Is there any guideline which advocates a time alert while taking any time
> test?
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> I investigate WCAG 2.0 but not got the right one.
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> My concern is: when any time test is inching towards end, user must be
> updated about the remaining time by module itself.
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> This becomes more inevitable if a user is blind, because he/she cannot see
> moving clock at the time.
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> Best regards,
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> Subhash Chhetri
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