Answer Choice Reduction
Providing accommodations for students with special needs is top of mind at Formative. Teachers on a School & District license can provide accommodations to students at the global level, setting up the accommodation once and have it applied for every formative*.
If enabled, students who have the Answer Choice Reduction accommodation will have an answer choice removed from any Multiple Choice / Multiple Selection question types on formatives that are assigned to them.
By default, only questions with 3 or more original answer choices will be effected by this accommodation, and the answer choice removed will be the first incorrect answer choice to appear on the list. If you wish to have a specific answer choice removed, please ensure your answer choices are ordered accordingly.
* Teachers have the ability to edit/over-ride a global Answer Choice Reduction accommodation for specific formatives, without effecting other formatives or classes. Continue reading to learn how.
Set a global accommodation for Answer Choice Reduction
Student Management Page Pathway:
Go to your "Classes" tab
Click on the title of the class the student is a member of, to open the "Student Management" page
Click the "eye" icon next to "Accommodations"
Next to the student's name click on the blue highlighted status (this can read "None" or showcase a different accommodation)
In the pop-up window, toggle on the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to confirm the accommodation
Once the Answer Choice Reduction accommodation has been set for a student, the status under "Accommodations" will change to show the extension provided:
Student Profile Page Pathway
Go to your "Classes" tab
Click on the title of the class the student is a member of, to open the "Student Management" page
Locate the student and click the carat next to their name, to navigate to the "Student Profile" page
Click on the blue highlighted status next to "Accommodations" at the top of the page (this may read "None" or showcase a different accommodation)
In the pop-up window, toggle-on the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to confirm the accommodation
Once a Answer Choice Reduction accommodation has been set for a student, the status next to "Accommodations" at the top of the page will change to show the extension provided:
Set up accommodations in bulk
If you need to set up the same accommodation for multiple students, you can take this action in-bulk:
From your "Student Management" page - check mark the boxes next to all the students you'd like to set up the accommodation for
Choose "Set Accommodations" from the menu at the bottom of the screen
In the pop-up window, toggle-on the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to confirm the accommodation
Once a Answer Choice Reduction accommodation has been set for the students, the status under "Accommodations" will change to show the extension provided
Note: only setting up accommodations in currently available for bulk action. If you need to change or remove accommodations for students, you will need to do so for each student individually
Remove an accommodation
Student Management Page Pathway
Go to your "Classes" tab
Click on the title of the class the student is a member of, to open the Student Management page
Click on the eye icon next to "Accommodations"
Next to the student's name click on the blue highlighted status (this will now indicate the Answer Choice Reduction accommodation)
Un-toggle the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to save
Student Profile Page Pathway
Go to your "Classes" tab
Click on the title of the class the student is a member of, to open the Student Management page
On the "Student Management" page locate the student and click the carat next to their name, to navigate to the "Student Profile" page
Click on the blue highlighted status next to "Accommodations" at the top of the page (this will now indicate the Answer Choice Reduction accommodation)
Un-toggle the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to save
NOTE:
Accommodations are set globally on the student level. This means that once accommodations have been set for a student, they will apply for that student across the board: on all formatives and in all classes!
If a teacher changes or removes an accommodation from the "classes" tab - it will effect the student's accommodations for all classes and other teachers as well.
FAQ & Troubleshooting
🙋🏽 The student's Answer Choice Reduction accommodation doesn't apply to my class / subject - What do I do?
If a student has a Answer Choice Reduction accommodation, the teacher can disable the Answer Choice Reduction for the student on a formative level, i.e. on any specific formative they assign to the student, without affecting the accommodation on other formatives or classes. This can be achieved from the formative's assign settings window, under: Student Management Settings > Accommodations (see full instructions below)
On your formative's assign settings window, you will see the number of students with accommodations (in general) next to the "Accommodations" setting. Click on the carat to reveal the list of students along with their specific accommodations.
Click the carat next to "Accommodations" to reveal the list of students and their accommodations (if applicable)
Click the blue-highlighted accommodation status next to a student's name
Toggle off the Answer Choice Reduction button
Click "Update" to save the changes for this specific formative
🙋🏽♀️ I want to give an Answer Choice Reduction on my formative to students without the Global accommodation, can I do that?
Yes! Teachers can grant a one-time, formative-specific Answer Choice Reduction access to students even if they do not have a global accommodation set on their accounts.
When you access the assign settings window, you will see the number of students with accommodations (in general) next to the "Accommodations" setting. Click on the carat to reveal the list of students in your class. Students that have the global accommodation will be listed there along with their specific accommodations. You can add the Answer Choice Reduction accommodation to additional students at this time and they will have access to it for this formative only.
Add the formative-specific Answer Choice Reduction to students:
Click the carat next to "Accommodations" to reveal the list of students along with their respective global accommodations (if applicable)
Click on the blue-highlighted accommodation status next to a student's name
Toggle ON the Answer Choice Reduction button for the student
Click "Update" to save the changes for this specific formative
You can then proceed to assign the formative to the class
