Enhanced accommodation (EA) assessments have several tools and accommodations to help you while taking a Mastery Connect assessment. If your teacher has enabled dictionaries, you can learn the definition of a word using a dictionary tool. The text-based dictionary tool displays the definition using text. The picture dictionary tool displays the definition using images.
Enter Test and Student IDs
Navigate to https://student.masteryconnect.com/, enter the Test ID [1], and click the Next button [2].
Then, enter your Student ID [3], and click the Next button to begin the test [4].
Note: You can also take an assessment from the Mastery Connect Student Portal.
View Dictionary Tools
If your teacher has enabled a dictionary tool, you can view the language and speech toolbar.
Note: The language and speech toolbar can also display other enabled language and speech accommodation tools such as text-to-speech tools.
Select Word
Select a word in the passage [1] or item [2].
Note: To select a word in a passage, your teacher must have enabled dictionaries for passages.
View Text Definition
If your teacher enabled the text-based dictionary, you can view definitions of the selected word.
To view a text-based definition, click the Dictionary button [1]. All definitions display in the Dictionary window [2].
To move the Dictionary window, click in the window title bar to display the Move icon [3]. Then, drag the window to another location.
To close the Dictionary window, click the Close button [4].
View Picture Definition
If your teacher enabled the picture dictionary, you can view an image definition.
To view an image definition, click the Picture Dictionary button [1]. Images display in the Picture Dictionary window [2].
To move the Picture Dictionary window, click in the window title bar to view the Move icon [3]. Then, drag the window to another location.
To close the Picture Dictionary window, click the Close button [4].
Move or Hide Tools
You can move the dictionary toolbar to another place on the assessment or hide the tools.
To move the dictionary toolbar, click the Move button [1]. Then, drag the toolbar to another location.
To hide the dictionary tools, click the Collapse button [2].
