I just do what the exam officer tells me !! As far as I know students with the problems you mention get extra time in the exam and extra help before hand but in the exam itself spell checkersare a no no Regards Mal
James B. Byrne , 26/9/2013 5:39 PM: On Thu, September 26, 2013 11:53, Malcolm Moore wrote: > I wondered if someone would ask > We are a school and sometimes students with difficulties get a laptop to do > exams. Since everyone else is writing the answers the exam boards say the > spell checker must be disabled in such a way that it is not possible to use > during the exam so not to give these students an unfair advantage. > Best wishes > Mal > > If the disability has to do with dyslexia, reading or fine motor skills impairment requiring computer assistance then would not an automated spell-checker itself be the normal accommodation? Who is making these rules? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:[email protected] Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
