How and when to award extra time in tests, checkpoints and exams.
Testing and Checkpoints on TheEverLearner.com are timed activities meant to be taken after students have spent substantial time doing practice mode quizzing. You can access practice-mode quizzing from the Courses page – it’s a pressure-free way to quiz, with no time limits, no scores, and full access to your notes. Learn more about practice mode here.
At The EverLearner, we are aware that some students experience language processing difficulties and that Exam Access Arrangements are put in place for them at school, providing them with extra time in exams.
The EverLearner makes it possible for teachers to allocate 25% or 50% extra time to these students (in line with their exam access arrangements) in tests, checkpoints and exams.
Allocating extra time must never be a substitute for practice-mode quizzing, neither must extra time be allocated to all students or to any students that do not have extra time as part of their exam access arrangements. This would be doing the student a disservice.
How to allocate extra time:
1. Go to 'Admin>Users' (if your role on the site is Admin or Hod) or to 'Admin>Students' (if your role is Teacher).
2. Find the student in the list and click the three dots next to their name, then choose 'Edit'.
3. On their personal information, scroll down to the 'Extra Time' section. By default, 'None' is selected.
4. Select 25% or 50%, in line with the student's exam access arrangements.
5. From that moment, the individual student will see their time for test questions, whole checkpoints and whole exams increased by 25% or 50%.
It is important to note that, other than having more time, the student will not see on their screen any reference to them having extra time.
The images below show what different students will see when they access the same question in test mode:
In the first case, for this "60-second question", the clock starts the countdown at 1;00, since this student has no extra time. In the second case, this student gets 25% extra time, so the clock starts at 1:15, despite this being a "60-second question". And in the third case, as this student receives 50% extra time, the clock starts the countdown at 1:30.
The images below show what different students will see when starting an exam:
Allocating extra time does not affect completion rates or any other percentages.