Accessibility Tips - Quizzes

Quiz Time Limits

Some students, who have requested accommodations through the Disability Resource Center (DRC), require extra time to take a quiz.

Accessible Strategy

You can use D2L's Accommodations feature in Classlist to extend quiz times for those students.

Respondus LockDown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser is a third-party integration that provides ways to limit students’ activity on their device while taking a quiz.

In most cases, Respondus LockDown Browser will work with assistive technology, like text-to-speech software; however, it can be inconsistent and cause technological frustrations for students. Because of these inconsistencies, learners who are blind or have low vision may not be able to take a quiz that uses LockDown Browser. 

Accessible Strategy

If you use Lockdown Browser, you can create a second version of the quiz (one that does not require LockDown Browser) by copying the original and using D2L's special access function to make it available only to learners with low vision, who are blind, or others for whom Lockdown Browser will negatively affect their experience.

Matching Questions

With matching questions, students match items in one list with items in a second list. This formatting of two lists and the need to cognitively and visually track items that are left to match presents difficulties for learners using a mobile device and for learners who are blind or have low vision. 

Accessible Strategy

Consider using the Short Answer question type in tandem with the RegX Generator (opens in a new tab), which can help you create regular expressions, or algorithms that can be used to machine grade short answer, fill-in-the-blank, arithmetic, and significant figures questions. Contact the Instructional Technology team if you have questions on how to get started with the RegX Generator.

Disabling Right Click

The “Disable right click” setting can prevent learners who are blind or have low vision from taking a quiz.

Sometimes students must cut and paste text from a quiz into a program that converts text into speech. Disabling the right click prevents students from using the right mouse button, which opens a menu with options students need to copy quiz text. 

The benefits of disabling right-click are limited and only apply in a proctored setting. It is ineffective in some Internet browsers; students can always take a picture of their screen using a separate phone or tablet. 

Accessible Strategies

It is best to defer to the default Quiz settings and keep this setting turned off; however, if this setting is turned on, you can change this for select student’s by editing accommodations in the Classlist. While editing accommodations for a student, select to Always Allow Right Click, which will override the “disable right-click” setting in any Quiz in which it is enabled.

Restricting IP Addresses

Some students take quizzes in a testing center where they have access to assistive technologies and staff. Adding an IP Restriction that is specific to your classroom location will prevent students who use specialized testing centers from being able to access the quiz. This can also create problems for students taking a quiz off campus, from home, while traveling, etc.

Accessible Strategy

It is best not to set an IP Restriction. Consider, instead, other options such as time limits appropriate to the amount of content the quiz is assessing, shuffling questions, creating question pools so students receive different questions in their attempt, etc.

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