The page I opened - from the URL provided - was so crammed with text I didn't get past the first paragraph before my eyes gave up and glazed over. It effectively eliminates students with visual disability or those who face language-related barriers (dyslexic, Deaf BSL user).
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A on-line assessment? This could be madness. Undertaking and
assessment over the telephone is bad enough, but at least there's
a dialogue.
On 11 Dec 02, at 11:44, Anna Charles-Jones wrote:
> www.mmu.ac.uk/snape
>
> This website has been created within the ESF-
> funded SNAPE Project, which is based at th Manchester Metropolitan
> University in the Centre for the Promotion of Social Inclusion in the
> Department of Humanities and Applied Social Studies at Alsager. It is
> an on-line assessment tool
> for students, which will identify any support needs that might be
> required to study effectively, ideally in advance of their programmes
> of study in HE. This on-line assessment tool will help to reduce the
> time taken in one-to-one assessments.
>
> We urgently need people - staff and students etc to volunteer their
> time in piloting this tool. We would like to hear your views about the
> layout, content, style and general usability. It will be necessary to
> fill in the opening page (with your name, details of LEA etc) in order
> to progress through to the assessment itself. Further details and
> technical support can be obtained by contacting Aubrey on Ext 5360, or
> at [log in to unmask]
>
> We are offering an incentive of 5 x £100 vouchers, redeemable at W H
> Smith to the 5 names selected at random from the first 500
> participants in this pilot.
>
> The closing date for participation is 31.12.02
>
> Please give your time. Your support is very important to the
> success of the SNAPE Project.
>
> Best regards
>
> Sue Neilson
> Coordinator - Centre for the Promotion of Social Inclusion
> Manchester Metropolitan University
>
>
>
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Bryan Jones
Disability Support Services Manager
Tel: 020 8411 5367
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