Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to remove the spell checker

I just do what the exam officer tells me !!
As far as I know students with the problems you mention get extra time in the exam and extra help 
before hand but in the exam itself spell checkersare a no no
Regards
Mal

James B. Byrne , 26/9/2013 5:39 PM:
 
On Thu, September 26, 2013 11:53, Malcolm Moore wrote: 
> I wondered if someone would ask 
> We are a school and sometimes students with difficulties get a laptop to do 
> exams. Since everyone else is writing the answers the exam boards say the 
> spell checker must be disabled in such a way that it is not possible to use 
> during the exam so not to give these students an unfair advantage.  
> Best wishes 
> Mal 
 
If the disability has to do with dyslexia, reading or fine motor skills 
impairment requiring computer assistance then would not an automated 
spell-checker itself be the normal accommodation?  Who is making these rules? 
 
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