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Choose an activity on the Activities page

Depending on how your course is set up, you see one or more steps on the Activities page. For example, in a MyLab Foundational Skills or MyLab Student Success course, you might see four steps, but in an ACCUPLACER//MyLab course you might see only three steps. In this topic, the steps are identified by their titles only, such as "Take a pre-assessment" or "Select a topic to study."

If you're opening a Writing Practice activity, the Activities page displays a list of possible topics. See the procedure To do a Writing Practice essay activity for more information.

collapsedTo display the Activities page

  1. Select Writing Skills in the menu.
  2. Select Learning Path in the menu.

    The Learning Path page opens.

  3. Select the module you want.

    The Activities page opens and displays all Topics and their Activities for the selected module. (collapsedShow a screen shot.)

    The Activities page can have 2, 3, or 4 steps. Step 1, take an assessment or skills check; Step 2, select a topic to work on; Step 3, complete a topic activity; Step 4, take an assessment to see if you mastered the module.

collapsedUse the Activities page

You might have to take a pre-assessment, such as a Skills Check, to identify the topics you need to study.

For example, you might see an option to "Take the Skills Check for Whole Numbers."

If you do not see this step, you do not have to take a pre-assessment.

If there are multiple topics in the Topics List, you have to choose one.

  1. Select Needs Study to view only the topics that you need to study.
  2. Select the first topic in the Topics list.

    Select a topic from the Topics List to display its activities in the Activities list.

To work or rework an activity, select its name in the Topic Activities list.

To review a completed activity, select its Review link. Do not select the activity name.

The Review link is in the fifth or last column of the Activities list.

When you rework an activity, your previous answers do not appear in the MyLab player. However, your previous score remains in the instructor's Gradebook until you complete the new attempt.

If the instruction says Complete the topic activities with a mastery score, you need to work each activity until you get a certain minimum score. The minimum score is shown on the overview page at the beginning of each activity.

If you have to take a post-test, the instruction Take the Post-test to complete the topic is at the end of the Activities list.

collapsedActivity status and scores

The current status of each activity is indicated by an icon next to the activity's name.

In addition, you can see the following information about each activity.

  • Due: If an activity has a due date, it is displayed in the Due column.
  • Attempts: The number of attempts you have used. If "1 of 2" is displayed, for example, you have completed the activity once and can try it one more time.

  • Current Score: The score you received on the assignment. Depending on how your instructor has set up the course, this score may be your best score, your most recent score, or an average of your scores on all attempts.

    Current score icons for activities
    Icon Description
    M An uppercase M indicates that you mastered the topic or module related to the assignment because of a mastery score on a pre-assessment such as a Path Builder or Skills Check. If this assignment has a due date, check with your instructor about whether you are required to complete it.
    Score percentage followed by "(low score)" A grayed-out score with low score beneath indicates your instructor has dropped the lowest scores for everyone in your class.
    Double dash in the Correct/Total column A double dash in the Correct/Total and Score columns indicates the score is not included in your overall score for the Learning Path.
    Score with an asterisk in the Correct/Total column: 1/4* An asterisk in the Correct/Total column indicates that your instructor changed or omitted your score.
    A Submitted for Instructor Review icon in the Score column indicates that the instructor needs to grade a question or essay in the assignment. For questions where you were required to show how you calculated an answer, select the icon to see your score so far. (See How Show Work questions are graded for details.)