[vet-mm] Colour blind students

[Andrew Shortell]

hi

Years ago I had a female student who could only see 6 shades of red and black and white

I had an application in early (like the year before) and in that year all of the colours in the exam were specified by hexadecimal number
I too have colour issues and so I was very aware of the difficulties that such students face.

Look back over previous exams and see if there are instances where colour is not identified by number or where students have had to use the colour that is on the exam without it being accurately specified.
If there are such instances in the last ten years then they will DEFINITELY need help in the exam.

Also remember that there is no requirement for exam supervisors to have perfect colour vision so you need to ensure that your student’s exam supervisor does have accurate colour vision.

Andrew



Andrew Shortell
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> On 18 Jul 2017, at 9:08 pm, Mark Garland <mgarland at sfx.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have had a few colour blind students over the years and have made them get special consideration. They are then allowed to ask questions to do with colour - although if I remember correctly the examiners are only allowed to give them a yes or no answer to their questions.
> It was required on one past exam for a particular student where the student needed to turn a car from green to purple (or purple to green - can't remember) and he was able to do it fine.
> I would encourage them to get special consideration as you would hate for them to miss marks for this reason.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> 
> Mark Garland
> Teacher of VET Creative and Digital Media
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Lightbody, Elli
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> 
> Hi
> I have two colour blind students. Do I need to get them to apply for special consideration? Thoughts???
> Thanks
> Elli
> Kingswood College
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