Mobile-ready items

Updated 19 Feb 2024

Mastering assignment items can be completed on a mobile device (as well as a on computer) if they contain only:

  • Multiple-choice or true/false questions
  • Questions whose answers are simple alphanumeric characters, words, and phrases or are essay (free-form text) answers
  • Questions with numeric or symbolic answers
  • Questions with numeric value and units answers
  • Questions with chemical formula or expression answers

Exceptions: An item that meets those criteria is not mobile-ready if contains a link, a media tag, or a hint that requires an answer of any kind. Examples include items that contain Marvin 3D rotation or other animations.

Identify mobile-ready items: These items are signified by this icon in the Item Library and in the 2 Items page that you see when you create or edit an assignment. These can be publisher items or My Items you created yourself or copied and edited.

To see mobile-ready items when you create an assignment, select the Mobile Items filter.

Other mobile-enabled activities

Aside from working on Mastering assignments, students can also use their mobile devices to take advantage of other Mastering features that might be available with your course: