Appendix E: About Alternate Assessments
You can add alternate assessments to sessions in the TA Site by following the same procedure used to add any other test to a session. However, the appearance and behavior of the Student Interface is slightly different for alternate assessments.
Navigating Alternate Assessments
The Student Interface can display alternate assessments in full-screen mode with the global menu hidden.
To exit full-screen mode and access the global menu:
1.Click 
in the upper-left corner.
2.The global menu appears at the top of the screen.
3.Optional: To return to full-screen mode, click Full Screen in the global menu.
Listening to Audio Content
Some test pages display ear 
icons, which read aloud the content for passages, questions, and answer options.
To listen to test content:
- To listen to a passage, select beside the passage.
- To listen to a question, select beside the question.
- To listen to an answer option, select below the answer option.
- To stop the audio, click
while it is playing.- You cannot pause audio content. If you select again, it will play the audio from the beginning.
- You cannot pause audio content. If you select
Responding to Questions
Alternate assessment questions display answer options as cards, which may include text, graphics, or both.
- Students can select a card to choose that answer option. Once a card is selected, arrows appear at the top and bottom of the card along with a blue border.
- To proceed to the next question, select Next at the top of the page.