Add/Edit an Adaptive Follow-Up assignment

For details about the options for Follow-Up assignments, see Adaptive Follow-Up settings. You can change settings for an individual Follow-Up as you add or edit it, or you can change the default values so you can apply them for all Follow-Ups you add in the future.

You may want to familiarize yourself with the following before you assign an Adaptive Follow-Up.

Which assignments can have Adaptive Follow-Ups?

In courses that provide Pearson adaptive learning, the option to add an Adaptive Follow-Up assignment is available for any Mastering assignment that doesn't already have a Follow-Up. Any assignment with a Follow-Up is called the "Parent" assignment. Typically a Parent assignment is assigned for homework, but a Follow-Up can be added to other kinds of assignments, too, such as quizzes or tests.

When can I add an Adaptive Follow-Up?

You can add an Adaptive Follow-Up before or after you schedule the Parent assignment, or before or after students begin work on the Parent. The advantage of adding the Follow-Up before students begin work is that the Follow-Up is assembled and presented to students as soon as they finish the Parent, before misconceptions take root.

Messages you might see when you try to add/edit an Adaptive Follow-Up

When you try to...	You might see ...
Add an Adaptive Follow-Up for a Parent without qualified items	A message saying that: The Parent assignment must include more publisher items on which to base recommendations for a Follow-Up assignment. The minimum requirement is one qualified publisher item. Continuously adaptive learning for the selected chapter is coming soon. This can happen when support for adaptive learning has not yet been added for all chapters of your course's textbook. Check again later in the term to add the Follow-Up assignment.
Add an Adaptive Follow-Up when the adaptive learning engine is offline	Grayed out menu options, or a message saying that: The adaptive learning engine is offline. When the engine becomes temporarily unavailable, Mastering prevents you from adding new Follow-Up assignments. You can try again later.
Edit an Adaptive Follow-Up after students have begun work on it	A message saying that: Students have started this assignment. Changing settings now could affect student grades. Learn more

Adding an Adaptive Follow-Up assignment can be a simple two-step process:

1. Select Add Adaptive Follow-Up for a given Mastering assignment.
   Where can I select Add Adaptive Follow-Up?

   For any assignment that doesn't already have a Follow-Up, select the option here:

   • On  Dates & Add Follow-Up as you are creating or editing an assignment

     

   • From the menu next to the assignment title in the Assignments List View or Calendar View

     

   • On the assignment Overview page

     

2. Specify the Total Points students can earn for the Follow-Up activities, and then save your changes.

You can change the values of other options on that page, too.

1. Select Edit Adaptive Follow-Up for a specific Follow-Up assignment.
   Where can I select Edit Adaptive Follow-Up?

   • From the menu next to the title of the Adaptive Follow-Up assignment in the Assignments List View

     

   • On the Adaptive Follow-Up's Overview page

     

2. Change values for options, and then save your changes.