Wondering about adding an "exception" area to tests that would allow for a different font to be used such as OpenDyslexic.
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Adam Sentz Jeremy Perrott - Users can already override fonts with browser extensions so this probably isn't necessary.
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Cathy Bennett Adam, I enabled a browser extension, and it sure does work. But, don't my students need to have a browser extension too? It doesn't help that I write a test using a particular font (because it is more readable and shows spaces and punctuation more clearly) if the student will see the Populi font when they open the test. There are some kinds of tests where the readability of the font and the ability to see tiny differences really matters. I still think we should be able to manipulate the font on the test, itself.
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Adam Sentz Cathy Bennett - Yes, students who wish to override the font would need to do so individually via their browser. If it's just a matter of sometimes needing to see fine details more clearly it would probably be simpler to just use their browser's zoom functionality.
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Joshua Harper How does a student (or instructor) enable such a browser extension? When I write quizzes for Hebrew, the default font is very difficult for all of us to read both because it is very small and because the sans-serif font it defaults to for Hebrew is rather different to the font used in most teaching and printed materials for the Hebrew Bible. If I could have instructions for the students to be able to adjust the font in their browsers, that would be useful to know.
Even better, frankly, would be to be able to adjust the font in Populi. We are paying for the service, after all. -
Cathy Bennett I agree with Joshua Harper. I've used the "browser extension" change for a few weeks now and it is NOT a satisfactory work around. It changes the font on everything and Populi doesn't support that. I have "download" and other clickable spots in Populi that are now just boxes because I chose a legitimate, serifed font as my default. So I'm constantly having to hover to figure out what I need to click. Besides, students don't always understand this stuff. It is really important that we be able to control the appearance of a test.
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Joshua Harper I understand that ultimately the browser can override the font that Populi suggests to it, but it would still be nice to change which font to default to.
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