For Mastery assignment types you first create an assignment by selecting questions (Step 2) as with other for-credit assignments. However, when selecting questions for a mastery assignment you must give careful pedagogical consideration to structuring questions by learning objective.
Question groups can be especially important in the instructional design of Mastery assignments. In Step 3 - Setting Policies, you create rules that establish the minimum number of questions in each learning objective that must be answered correctly before the student can move to the next learning objective.
For students, the graded results of their responses on individual questions at each level of learning objective determines their progression through the assignment. When students demonstrate the required level of mastery (by answering the minimum number of questions correctly), the system allows them to move ahead to the next learning objective's material.
To specify that the questions be displayed in a random order instead of sequentially, click the random radio button.
If students demonstrate a lower level of mastery (through repeated incorrect responses), you can establish penalties so that the system moves the student backwards, to the previous learning objective until minimal proficiency is again established.
Students can take a Mastery assignment only if they are registered for the class (Access requires login and password).
Assignment results are recorded in the Gradebook for the class.
Unlike Homework assignments, Mastery assignments cannot be reworked for credit. This means that a student can redo Mastery assignments for practice only (provided you have not limited the number of times the student can work through the assignment).
As students work through a Mastery assignment, they are shown information about their progress along with the requirements for the learning objective and the assignment.