7.5 Student Settings
Updated 5 months ago
Student Settings allows you to configure individual accommodations and adjustments for each student ensuring that students who require modified test conditions are set up correctly before they take any assessments.
How to Access Student Settings
Go to People → Students.
Select the program (e.g., SAT).
Click on the student's name to open their profile.
Navigate to the Profile Settings or Accommodations section.
Available Accommodation Settings
Accommodation | Description |
|---|---|
Reading & Writing Extended Time | Grants additional time for the Reading and Writing module |
Break Time | Configures extended or additional breaks between sections |
Math Module Extended Time | Grants additional time specifically for the Math module |
Accommodations must be set before a student takes a test. Applying accommodations after a test has been taken will not retroactively adjust their results or timing data.
Configuring Time Accommodations
Time accommodations let you give individual students extended time on their tests — useful for students with documented learning needs, ESL learners, or anyone who has been approved for additional time on the official exam they're preparing for. EdisonOS lets you configure these accommodations per student, per program, so the experience inside practice tests mirrors what they'll get on test day.
Step 1 - Open the Student's Profile
Go to People → Students in the left sidebar. You'll see the full list of students enrolled across your programs, with their name, email, programs they're enrolled in, enrollment type, joined date, last logged-in date, and current status.
Click on the student's name to open their profile.
Step 2 - Select the Program
This is the most important step to get right. Time accommodations in EdisonOS are configured per program, not globally across the student's account.
Once you're inside the student's profile, look at the top right corner of the page. You'll see a program dropdown (for example, SAT).
If a student is enrolled in multiple programs (say, SAT and ACT), you'll need to select the program you want to apply accommodations to from this dropdown. Whatever you configure on the next screen will only apply to the program currently selected.
Important - Accommodations are program-specific
Setting "Up to Double Time" while the SAT program is selected will only affect the student's SAT practice tests. Their ACT tests, or any other program they're enrolled in, will still use Regular Time until you switch the program in the dropdown and configure accommodations there separately.
If a student needs extended time across all the programs they're preparing for, you'll need to repeat the configuration once for each program.
Step 3 - Open Profile Settings
Inside the student's profile, you'll see a row of tabs: Practice Test Overview, Detailed breakdown, Test Behaviour, Test history, and Profile Settings.
Click on Profile Settings and scroll to the last to access score targets and accommodations.
Step 4 - Configure Time Accommodations
The Accommodations section has three independent dropdowns:
Reading & Writing - controls timing for the Reading and Writing module.
Math - controls timing for the Math module.
Break-Time - controls the length of breaks between sections.
Each dropdown offers the same four time options:
Option | What it does | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
Regular Time (Default) | Standard test timing as configured in the practice test settings. | Default for all students unless they have an approved accommodation. |
Up to Time and one half (+50%) | Adds 50% more time to the section or break. | The most common official accommodation where students approved for "time and a half" on SAT/ACT. |
Up to Double Time (+100%) | Doubles the time available for the section or break. | Students approved for double time on the official exam. |
Up to More than Double Time (>+100%) | More than double time. | Students with a documented need for extended-extended time on the official exam. |
You can mix and match across the three dropdowns. For example, a student might have Time and one half on Reading & Writing, Regular Time on Math, and extended Break-Time set each dropdown independently to match their official accommodation letter.
Match the official accommodation exactly
The whole point of practice with accommodations is to make practice feel like test day. If a student is approved for time and a half on Reading & Writing only, set just that dropdown to +50% and leave Math on Regular Time. Don't apply blanket extra time across the board they'll arrive on test day used to a pace that doesn't match what they'll actually get.
Step 5 - Save Changes
Once you've selected the accommodations, click Save Changes at the bottom of the Profile Settings tab.
When the accommodations are applied
The student's next practice test attempt under this program will automatically use the new timing. You don't need to reassign existing tests the next attempt picks up the updated settings. The student will see the adjusted timer when they open the test.
If a student has already started or completed a practice test before you set their accommodations, those attempts won't be re-timed or recalculated. Always configure accommodations before the student begins their first attempt. If they've already taken a test under Regular Time and you later change the setting, only future attempts will use the new timing.
Step 6 - Repeat for Other Programs (If Needed)
If the student is enrolled in more than one program and needs accommodations across all of them, switch the program dropdown at the top right of the profile to the next program (e.g., from SAT to ACT) and repeat Steps 3–5.
Each program stores its own accommodation configuration. This is intentional a student may have approved accommodations for one program but not another, and EdisonOS lets you reflect that accurately.