Title: Default for Course Template
Course: Accommodations to Support Written Language

Q: 1. An on-screen keyboard would be a good writing tool to try if:
- You have a physical disability and access to a standard keyboard is difficult. (As a disabled student with cerebral palsy, you might try an on-screen keyboard because you are unable to use a standard keyboard and you input computer text with a mouse only. An on-screen keyboard is essential for the alternate mouse user - head or eye control mousers have control of the full keyboard and all of its functions.)
- You have a visual impairment and you need enlarged text on a yellow background. (Perhaps your best vision is with high-contrast materials - so trying an on-screen keyboard with a BOLD lettering and a yellow background might be your best field for reading and writing. The on-screen keyboard can be customized with font size, style and background/text color.)
- You have difficulty visually switching your gaze between a computer monitor and the computer keyboard. (If you read materials best when you don't have to switch between near-point and far-point distances, trying an on-screen keyboard might be appropriate because it would allow you to keep your eyes focused at one distance on the monitor, rather than continually switching.)
- You access the computer through an adapted mouse, using a trackball or head controlled system. (Perhaps as a student with a spinal cord injury, you do not have hand function. Your head control is good, so you are able to interface with a computer using a Head Mouse system. All of the adapted mouse systems and hardware are designed to work with an on-screen keyboard.)
- All of the choices are appropriate. (Any one of the answers above could be a good writing solution and a correct choice depending on the skill, understanding and need of the student.)
A: All of the choices are appropriate.
Partly right: You have a physical disability and access to a standard keyboard is difficult. (20%); You have a visual impairment and you need enlarged text on a yellow background. (20%); You have difficulty visually switching your gaze between a computer monitor and the computer keyboard. (20%); You access the computer through an adapted mouse, using a trackball or head controlled system. (20%)
If right: Consideration of all needs and the methods to assist the user should determine the best keyboard lay-out.
If partly right: Re-consider all the answers available.

Q: When conducting an initial trial of an on-screen keyboard, the best lay-out option to try would be:
- A high contrast lay-out with yellow keys and BOLD red letters.
- A customized lay-out with extra large, key activation locations
- A tiny, condensed lay-out with all functions keys available at all times.
- An ABC key order lay-out rather than the standard QWERTY lay-out.
- A customized lay-out with high frequency letters clustered in the center.
- A lay-out that is oriented in a vertical position rather than horizontal.
- The standard "out-of-the-box" default lay-out.
A: A high contrast lay-out with yellow keys and BOLD red letters.; A customized lay-out with extra large, key activation locations; A tiny, condensed lay-out with all functions keys available at all times.; An ABC key order lay-out rather than the standard QWERTY lay-out.; A customized lay-out with high frequency letters clustered in the center.; A lay-out that is oriented in a vertical position rather than horizontal.; The standard "out-of-the-box" default lay-out.
If partly right: If this meets the need of the user, this would be a correct lay-out to try initially.