Define and Assign Accommodations

This article describes how accommodations, such as text-to-speech, are defined and assigned. The ADAM player supports Text To Speech (TTS). For TTS to work, 1) the student must be assigned the TTS accommodation, and 2) the form used for the test must include TTS (see Authoring a New Form).

The TestNav player supports multiple accommodations; see the list at the bottom of this page.

Admins Select Client Settings

Admin roles with the appropriate permissions can select the accommodations that can be made available to students in ADAM. Accommodations that are not selected will not appear in the user interface for student records.

• Go to System > Client Settings > Accommodations. 

Certain accommodations, such as text-to-speech, are available for online testing and others, such as Braille, are paper-based or local accommodations that are noted in the student record. Note that ADAM and TestNav have different accommodations.

For each accommodation you select, you can select Limit Editing to prevent certain roles from changing that accommodation on students (this applies only to roles with the Role Configuration > Limit Role Assignments set to On).

Admins Assign Accommodations to Students

Roles with the appropriate permissions can assign accommodations to individual students as follows:

1. Go to Rostering > Users.
2. Use the search filters to find the appropriate student. 
3. In the Actions column, click the Edit icon.
4. Click Accommodations in the left navigation.
5. Select the appropriate accommodations, and then click Save.

Note: To upload accommodations for multiple students, see Updating Accommodations for Multiple Students.

Teachers View/Assign Student Accommodations

Teachers can view or edit their students' accommodations as follows:

1. Go to My Classes.
2. Click a class.
3. Click the more menu for a student, and then click Accommodations.
   
4. You can change the accommodations if you have permission to do so. 

Proctors View Online Accommodations

Proctors can view student accommodations (for the ADAM player and TestNav) in the Proctor Dashboard by hovering over the accommodations bubble for a student. The number in the bubble indicates the number of accommodations. Proctors can change the Text To Speech accommodation from the Proctor Dashboard if their role has permission.

See Proctoring a Test or Proctoring a TestNav Test.

List of Accommodations