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Questionmark Perception

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Introduction

Questionmark Perception is an ‘assessment management system’ that allows authors to develop tests, quizzes, surveys with questions of different types to be offered to participants online using any browser or a handheld device. Assessments can also be developed to be printed out or held on a CD. It is possible to add media such as animations, graphics, audio and video to the questions; schedule when tests should be taken and set up assessment reports in several different formats.

Considerations

• Questionmark Perception was developed primarily for mouse navigation. Keyboard users may have significant issues with some question designs e.g. ‘Drag and drop’ as will screen reader users and alternative formats will need to be offered. There may also be issues navigating between some questions so ease of navigation needs to be checked before submitting a quiz, test etc.


• All keyboard entries should be visible on-screen, however, in some cases you must press the alt key. It is possible that Questionmark Secure will disable the control key (Ctrl) to prevent ‘accidental’ exiting of an assessment.


• If graphic resources are used make sure you add ‘alt tags’ to describe pictures but if the graphics are being used as part of the assessment alternative descriptive text will need to be provided to those with visual difficulties that does not compromise the assessment.


• Multimedia elements will require alternative formats. Examples of alternative formats are transcripts of audio presentations, text descriptions for graphical representations, captions for video and flash animations etc. These should not be allowed to compromise proposed learning and teaching outcomes.


• If possible turn off ‘secure browser’ and use list presentation to enable the most accessible version an assessment


• If you are a University of Southampton author use the templates provided. These automatically provide participants with a pale yellow anti glare background with font 14pt black Arial (as advised by the Learning Differences Centre).

Additional Resources

• Questionmark Perception UK homepage. 

• How to set Assessment properties – University of Southampton guidance

• JISC CETIS Guidelines and specifications for accessible assessment

• University of Leeds guidance for making Questionmark Perception more accessible

• University of Bradford  Policy and guidance on the inclusive assessment of students

• JISC TechDis online accessibility self evaluation -  Growing out of a series of pilots and online discussions with Regional Support Centres, JISC TechDis have developed six role related online self evaluations, i.e. Learning Support Managers/Disability Officers, Staff developers/Learning technologists, Marketing managers, Senior managers, Network managers, and Library staff. TechDis state: “Although technical accessibility guidelines exist (such as PAS78 and WCAG) there has been little in the way of plain English, contextual advice for individuals undertaking particular roles to help them;