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Work a reading or grammar activity with JAWS

In most reading or grammar activities, you typically have to answer multiple-choice questions about a single reading passage or topic. You must complete all questions in a reading or grammar activity before you can submit the activity. However, it is not necessary to complete a homework activity in a single session. You can save your work and return to it later. (Reading and grammar activities are not available in all courses.)

You can use the JAWS screen-reader software to answer multiple-choice questions presented in the player. JAWS is supported on laptop, desktop, and mobile systems that meet the MyLab system requirements. If you're using a tablet, the MyLab player does not yet support screen-reader software. To enable JAWS in the player, see Set up the player for JAWS.

collapsedTo work a reading or grammar activity

  1. Open the activity and select a question.

    The player automatically opens to display the activity's questions. If the activity has only questions, you don't have to do the questions in order. If your instructor wants you to answer questions about media, you may have to view the media before you can answer the questions.

    If you selected a media item, select Submit after you finish viewing it. If there are multiple media items, you must view them all to get credit for this activity.

  2. If you selected a question, use JAWS to read the question and the possible answers.

    If you are working a reading activity, the question is preceded by a reading passage.

  3. Enter INSERT+F5 to open the form field list.
  4. Go to the top of the form field list.
  5. Read and select your answer choice from the form field list using the up and down arrow keys.
  6. Use the Enter key to select your answer.

    If you choose the wrong answer by mistake, the Clear All button clears your current answer and returns the problem to its original state so you can select a different answer.

  7. When you think you have selected the correct answer, select Check Answer.

    You do not receive any credit for this answer if you don't check it.

  8. If you don't get the correct answer, try again.

    You can open one of the Question Help tools, such as Help Me Solve This to get some advice on how to answer this question.

  9. Select Check Answer again.

    If you get the answer wrong again and Check Answer changes to Final Check, this is your last chance to answer the question correctly. If your last answer is not correct, the question is marked wrong and points are deducted from your score.

  10. Select the next or previous arrow in the navigation bar to go to the next or previous question. Or select the drop-down arrow and select a question from the overview.
  11. Select Save for later at any time to close the player. You can return to the activity later to complete it.

    Save for later closes the player and enters your current score in your instructor's Gradebook if this is the first time you have worked this activity. If this is not the first time, your score is not updated until you complete all the parts of the question and select Submit Activity.

    When you have completed all the questions in the activity, the Save for later button changes to Submit activity.

  12. Select Submit activity to close the player and submit your score to your instructor's Gradebook.