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Updated 19 Feb 2024

In MyLab IT, study plans are designed to assess and ensure student comprehension of course materials prior to attending class. The study plan is not meant to be a high-stakes assessment, like a test; rather, it is meant to lead a student down a personalized learning path, including multiple learning styles that result in mastery of the course materials.

In MyLab Languages, readiness checks, also called study plans, and practice tests with study plans are designed to assess and ensure student comprehension of course materials prior to attending class. The readiness check is not meant to be a high-stakes assessment tool, like a test; rather, it is meant to lead a student down a personalized learning path, including multiple learning styles that result in mastery of the course materials.

MyLab Languages readiness checks

Readiness checks typically include three components:

After reading the assigned material, students take the pre-test, which is a multiple choice quiz. The purpose of the pre-test is to assess the student’s comprehension level of the chapter content. You can specify how many times a student can take a pre-test.

Based on your students’ results, the MyLab creates a personalized set of study materials, which is a list of multimedia activities. Multimedia activities can present the same content as the textbook but in a highly visual manner. Formative assessment questions are included to check comprehension and provide contextual feedback.

Students have unlimited attempts to successfully complete the readiness check post-test. They should continue to work and submit the post-test until they achieve the pass criteria you set for each level of the study material. By default, the post-test score in the gradebook is the most recent submission, but you can set a preference to display the highest post-test score if you prefer.

Pre-test questions are intricately tied to each level of study materials. After students submit the pre-test, they receive a score at each of these levels. If students do not achieve the passing threshold for each level, by default set at 70%, they get access to study materials that help them better understand the content they still need to master. After working through these study materials, students take the post-test, which also consists of questions associated with each level of the study material. Students can take the post-test an unlimited number of times until they achieve the passing threshold you set for each level.

Both pre- and post-test scores are recorded in the gradebook.

  1. Click Study Plans & Course Content in the course menu.
  2. Click Course Materials > Manage Course Materials.
  3. Open a folder that contains a readiness check. Typically, each content folder includes one study plan folder.
  4. Click the down arrow to the right of the readiness check to open the options menu.
  5. Click Open.

MyLab IT Study Plans

Study plans are designed to assess and ensure student comprehension of course materials prior to attending class. The study plan is not meant to be a high-stakes assessment tool like a test; rather, it is meant to lead a student down a personalized learning path, including multiple learning styles that result in mastery of the course materials.

Study plans consist of two or three components in the following combinations:

Students can take a pre-test one time. If a student does not meet the passing score for the pre-test, the student must complete 100% of the training material before proceeding to the post-test. If the student meets the passing score for the pre-test, the training is optional; in other words, the student can review the material or proceed directly to the post-test. As the last step in the study plan, the student takes the post-test. Depending on how you set up the study plan, students may also be able to view the training material after they take the post-test. Students must meet the passing criteria for the post-test to complete the study plan.

Students can take a study plan pre-test one time. If a student does not meet the passing score for the pre-test, the student must complete 100% of the training material. If the student meets the passing score for the pre-test, the training is optional. Students must complete 100% of the training material to complete and pass the study plan.

Students must get 100% on the pre-test training before proceeding to the post-test. The post-test has a specified number of attempts (3 by default). Students must meet the passing criteria for the post-test to complete the study plan.

Both pre- and post-test scores are recorded in the gradebook.

  1. Click Course Materials > Manage Course Materials.
  2. Open a folder that contains a study plan as indicated by the study plan icon .
  3. Click the down arrow to the right of the study plan to open the options menu.
  4. Click Open.