hi in this video we'll explain the
purpose of nature of the ALEKS
assessments that are central to student
mastery students in ALEKS will be
assessed at the beginning of the course
and periodically throughout their
learning these assessments are called
knowledge checks there are different
types of knowledge checks and they're
triggered for different reasons knowledge
checks are critical to students learning
in ALEKS and ensure that students stay
on an optimal path to success all
knowledge checks and ALEKS are adaptive
individualized an open response their
main purpose is to determine what each
student knows and is most ready to learn
in order to deliver a personalized
learning path that remains optimal
throughout the learning experience some
knowledge checks in ALEKS are
comprehensive asking questions from
topics spanning the entire course other
knowledge checks focus on recent student
learning which are called progress
knowledge checks the first knowledge check
every student will take in ALEKS is the
initial knowledge check this averages
about 25 questions
the purpose of this knowledge check
which is a comprehensive type of
assessment is to determine each
student's starting point in the course
which topics they already know which
topics remain in which of those
remaining topics is the student most
ready to learn
the results of each knowledge check are
presented to the student as a pie chart
which is a graphical representation of
the entire content of the course this
pie-chart use shading of the slices to
show student talent of course they know
and how much they have left to learn
some knowledge checks are automatically
triggered periodically throughout a
students learning these types of
knowledge checks our progress knowledge
checks and are triggered by different
metrics the metrics ensure that the
assessment occurs often enough in order
to increase retention and ensure mastery
let's take a closer look at how these
knowledge checks are triggered here's an
example comparing the learning paths of
two students and when they received
knowledge checks after the initial
knowledge check they begin their
learning student a spends five hours in
ALEKS and learned about 20 topics
this triggers of progress knowledge
check student be on the other hand has
reached 10 hours since his last
knowledge check but hasn't learned 20
topics yet however this will trigger a
progress knowledge check another common
trigger is the post objective knowledge
check per the instructor's setting students
will get a knowledge check once they
complete each objective in the course or
the due date occurs whichever happens
first the timer for these knowledge checks
is reset any time a student completes
any type of knowledge check there are
also built in time spans or knowledge
checks are blocked for example if a
student reaches the last 10 topics of an
objective like studente or the due date
is within 48 hours like student be
progress knowledge checks will be
blocked all of this keeps the student
from being over assessed from their
homepage students can select this icon
here to see when the next progress
knowledge check will occur they may be
able to postpone the knowledge check for
up to 24 hours if they need more time
depending on the instructor's setting
some knowledge checks occur based on the
instructor scheduling them for a
specific time or date range they can
also make it proctored and require
students to take it on campus to
schedule these go to the assignments
menu and select assignments
select new assignment and choose
scheduled assessment you can then
customize a scheduled assessment such as
setting the date and time it's due for
making a proctored to see data on your
students knowledge checks go to the
reports menu and select progress report
the default view will show the results
of the latest knowledge check each
student has taken the outcome of the
knowledge check is illustrated here in a
progress bar you can also see when the
student began and completed each
knowledge check to view the results of
all knowledge checks for each student go
to the show menu and select detailed
progress history you'll see all the
knowledge checks each student has taken
up to this point
comparing the differences between each
knowledge check can be key to ensuring
the students are making regular progress
for example as long as each knowledge
check result increases from the previous
one
you know that the student is making
regular progress in the course to view
even more details select the date in the
assessment column
you'll be taken to the individual
student spy report this report shows you
which topics the student mastered which
topics they provisionally learn and
which topics are remaining based on what
they demonstrated on each knowledge
check this information can be more
valuable than viewing a simple list of
problems the student got right and wrong
instead
ALEKS takes it a step further to assess
which topics the student can demonstrate
mastery of in which ones they still need
to practice for example the student
mastered 292 topics so far in the course
based on their latest knowledge check
but what about the topics they didn't master
even though they have provisionally
learn them these topics remain in the
learned category on the students
dashboard the needs more practiced I'll
list the topics the student missed on
the knowledge check in other words they
provisionally learn them but have yet to
demonstrate mastery of them on a
knowledge check students will also have
this tile on their own reports dashboard
if a student wants to work on these
particular topics they enter into
learning mode open the topic carousel
and select needs more practice from the
topics filter list encourage your
students to select this filter after
each knowledge check so that they can
remediate quickly
last at the class level
dashboard check out the lost in recent
assessment tile to see which topics the
majority of students need more practice
on you can then focus on these topics as
part of a class review I hope you found
this video tutorial helpful if you ever
have any technical questions about ALEKS
contact ALEKS customer support with your ALEKS
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our's visit www.aleks.com/support
thanks for watching
we wish you the best of luck in your
math course