I don’t know what to do…my professor disabled free navigation on tests
Hi,
My professor for an online class (FA Musi 1530: Rock and Popular Music) had recently disabled free navigation on our tests.
With this decision I had immediately emailed her with confusion as I tend to already perform slower on test and tend to skip questions I don’t understand (this might be a learning disability amongst other factors…I am trying to get tested at the moment) or click the wrong answers because my hand tends to shake during test.Going back to navigate questions is a huge security net for me and without it I feel immensely discouraged.
Yesterday, I had a test with the no navigation, the test was only 48 questions but it was A LOT! There was an audio section, a 2 minute video to watch, a matching section with a 8 minute audio of Taylor Swift and an other artists, an essay section that was a lot to read, and a match definition section (all of this was in a hour time frame with no navigation).
When I started the quiz, I was fine during the first 20 questions but after that I felt so drained and discouraged because I wasn’t sure if my question were right and I was trying to make sure that I was selected the right answer leading to me pondering on the questions…making me more anxious…let’s just say I knew I was going to fail because my heart was racing and I was shaking so much (I tend to hyperventilate easily).
Anyways I got my mark back and it was a 67….a 67 for a music online course that is just an elective…I feel so ashamed and disappointed with myself because I expected to do so well! I studied so much and took so many notes but because I couldn’t do the harder questions first or go through the quiz. Each question felt like a guessing game and it was too much.
I emailed the professor but I’m scared she won’t care…. I was doing so well and she truly has affected me with this decision.
Can I do anything? What can I do, I’m so worried and scared…I don’t know anymore?
Notes: I emailed the learning accommodation centre, I’m hoping to do a test with them. Due to having immigrant parents that don’t believe in disabilities…I haven’t been able to test…so I’m hoping this could be private.