Set Study Plan preferences

Study plan and readiness checks typically contain two activities: a pre-test and a post-test. You can rename these activities, change their descriptions, and edit their preferences.

MyLab IT study plans typically include a pre-test and a post-test. You can rename these activities, change their descriptions, and edit their preferences.

• Enable: Select to enable the activity in the readiness check or study plan and display it to students. Clearing the pre-test box presents all study materials to students regardless of the passing threshold for the activity or whether or not you assigned the activity. You still have to create a pre-test when you create new readiness check or study plans, but the pre-test will not be visible to students. By default, the post-test option is checked and cannot be cleared.

  If the pre-test is enabled and at least one student submits the pre-test, Enable is dimmed and you cannot disable the readiness checkor study plan pre-test.

• Name: Use this field to rename readiness check or study plan tests. Each name can include up to 50 alphanumeric characters. The name specified in the box is reflected in all places where the default names "pre-test" or "post-test" appear. For example, the names you enter here appear when you create a readiness check or study plan and appear in the student view when students open the readiness check or study plan.
• Description: Use this field to enter a description of up to 500 alphanumeric characters for the readiness check or study plan tests. Instructors can view the description on this page; students do not see this description.
• Preferences: Click Edit to set default preferences for the readiness check or study plan pre-test or post-test. After you make changes to any category, click Save to apply the changes. If you click Apply to all, your changes apply to all current and new pre-tests and post-tests. For details on available options, see Set preferences for an activity.

The following settings control the status icons, calculations, and display of results for readiness check or study plan pre-tests and post-tests.

After at least one student submits a study plan pre-test, you cannot change these settings.

Options are:

• Update based on a Learning Objective/Skill threshold score appears after a student submits the pre-test, and the resulting status is either Mastered or Completed. The status of any study material and of the post-test is either Completed or Attempt Again.
• Mastered appears if the student meets the passing threshold of each individual learning objective or skill covered in the pre-test. For example, if there are three skills, each with a threshold score of 80%, the student must get 80% or better on each skill to receive the Mastered status icon.
• Completed appears if the student fails to meet the passing threshold for one or more individual learning objectives (or skills) covered on the pre-test. For example, if a pre-test covers three skills, each with a threshold score of 80%, and the student gets 78% on one skill and 100% on the remaining two skills, the student sees the Completed status icon.

  Completed also appears if you manually mark the test complete or if the student meets the passing threshold of each individual learning objective (or skill) covered in the post-test.

• Attempt Again appears if the student fails to meet the passing threshold for one or more individual learning objectives (or skills) covered on the post-test. For example, if there are three skills, each with a threshold score of 80%, if the student gets 78% on one skill and 100% on the remaining two skills, the student will see the Attempt Again status icon.

  When you select this option, the readiness check or study plan results page does not include any status indicators. Specifically, "Passed" or "Not Passed" does not appear with the student score percentage and the minimum score required to pass each skill does not appear.

• Update based on PostTest threshold score: When selected, after a student submits the test, the resulting status is Not Passed or Completed. This is traditional readiness check or study plan behavior.
  • Not Passed appears if the student fails to meet the passing threshold of the pre-test or post-test.
  • Completed appears if the student meets the passing threshold of the pre-test or post-test.

Options are:

• Display Learning Objectives/Skills to students when taking remediation activity: When selected, students can view study materials by the learning objectives or skills with which the activity is associated. When cleared, the study material appears in the order in which it appeared when the readiness check or study plan was created.
• Display learning objectives/skills on the results page after student submits the pre-test or post-test: When selected, after they complete the activity, students can view their score and the learning objectives or skills with which the activity is associated. When cleared, students can view their score, but not the related learning objectives or skills.
• Allow students to review remediation materials they have submitted: When selected, students can view their submission for all study materials. When cleared, students are unable to view study material submissions.
• Display unassigned remediation materials: When selected, students are able to view study materials that have not been assigned to them based on their score. For example, if students met the pass criteria for a particular learning objective or skill in the pre-test they will still be able to view the study materials associated with that learning objective or skill.