Handwriting Accommodations
Keyboard Size
If handwriting is selected, these variables are provided. These are just a few of the more common light-tech or no- tech writing accommodations. Add detailed information in the Additional Information section to describe the full writing setup. Test or Data Collection session: The student does the writing exercise while the website re- cords the time. Once the student is done, they take a photo of the page. The site performs OCR on the writing, transcribes the writing into text in the background and provides a words per minute calculation.
Here, you can record detailed information about the meth- od of typing, including type of keyboard and hardware. If an alternate keyboard is used, it should be documented here. The name of the text input device, including hardware and software should be documented. Some of the more typical software sup- ports and programs are listed as options, but with space to pro- vide more details below.
TYPING
Keyboard and Typing Settings
Test or Data Collection session: The student types, using the recorded hardware setup and software supports. When the ‘Done’ button is hit, the site records typing rate in words per minute, including an accuracy percent- age if for a copy typing exercise.
Child Typing
If typing is selected, these variables are provided.
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