ELLAHow to convert a worksheet
A worksheet has questions, answer spaces, tables and often pictures. Each needs care.
Convert a worksheet
- Find the original file. A Word file is best. A PDF or a photo also works.
- Open your ELLA chat and choose "Upload a file".
- Write what the reader needs. For example: "Large print, 20 point, with room to write answers", or "Braille grade 2, 32 cells and 25 lines, as a BRF file", or "An accessible Word version I can edit".
- Say how the answer spaces should work. A student who writes in large print needs space. A braille reader may answer on a braille writer or a computer, so the dotted lines may not be needed.
- Send the request. If ELLA asks a question, answer it.
- Download the files and check them against the original.
Check
- Count the questions. Make sure none are missing or out of order.
- Check that tables kept their headings.
- Read the descriptions of pictures. They must help the student answer the question without giving the answer away.
- For maths, check every equation. See braille maths.
- Compare braille with the print before it is embossed.
Tips
- Say which formats go together. "Large print for Aisha and braille for Ben" means two requests, one for each profile.
- If the worksheet is a photo, take a clear one. See photos of pages.
- Keep the original so that you can change it and ask again.
If something is wrong
Tell ELLA what is wrong in the same conversation, or contact support with the conversation link. You can ask for a change such as: "Move the diagram after question 3." See troubleshooting.
Still stuck?
Browse the help centre, or contact support and say what you were trying to do.