Disable / Enable Browser Spell Check Feature
While Spell Check can be useful on some assessments, when assigning Spelling assessments it should be disabled. To accommodate for different needs, Formative offers a feature to Disable or Enable the Browser Spell Check Feature on specific formatives, without needing to disable the system browser's feature completely.
Disabling the spell check feature will prevent the red line indicator from appearing underneath the misspelled word.
***Note:
Spell Check, when enabled, will only be available when using Student accounts. Spell Check is not intended to work when using teacher accounts (i.e. the Preview environment)
Spell Check, when enabled, is not available when using the Free Response question.
The Spell Check setting in Formative applies to the browser spell check feature only. It can not affect 3rd party apps or extensions in the likes of Grammarly or Read&Write. If your students have such services installed on their devices, you will need to disable them at the source.
Disable / Enable Browser Spell Check on a Specific Formative
Select a class to assign the formative to
Click the carat next to the class name to open the assign settings window
Scroll down the window and toggle the button next to Learning Tools ON
Then, toggle the button next to 'Spell Check' ON if you want your students to be able to use the browser's Spell Check feature, or toggle it OFF if you want to prevent your students from using the browser's Spell Check feature.
Disable / Enable Browser Spell Check Globally
If you'd like your students to not be able to use Browser Spell Check globally, i.e. not just on a specific formative but across all assignments and all websites, the action will need to be taken on the students' browsers:
Chrome users
If you'd like your students to not be able to use Browser Spell Check globally, i.e. not just on a specific formative but across all assignments and all websites:
Select the 3 dots at the upper right hand corner
Select "Settings"
Select "Advanced" (on the left hand side of your screen)
Select "Languages"
Underneath the Languages tab, toggle the spell check button off to disable the spell check option
Firefox users
In the Menu bar at the top of your screen, click "Firefox"
Select "Preferences"
In the general panel, select Preferences
Uncheck "Check your spell as you type"
Safari users
Open Safari on your Mac.
From the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Edit.
Go to Spelling and Grammar.
Toggle Check Spelling While Typing, Check Grammar with Spelling, and Correct Spelling Automatically to enable or disable these features.
