If you select the Mastery type for the Assignment, you can set learning objectives or competency levels that must be met before a student is allowed to proceed with the assignment.
To establish penalties for your assignment:
In
the Set Policies tab of the Assignment
Editor, click the Edit
mastery policies link below the Mastery dialog
option.
The Set Policies/Mastery Policies screen opens.
Use the drop-down fields to establish rules. The field text provides guidelines.
Penalties apply to the selected topic and also to any preceding (or controlling) topics on which the selected topic depends. The system returns students to the earlier topics where a learning need has been demonstrated until they reach your required level of competency.
Consider an assignment in which Topic B depends on Topic A. Both have a basic requirement of 3 correct questions, and Topic B has a penalty of one additional question for every wrong answer. If the student answers three questions correctly in Topic A and then moves to Topic B but gets a question wrong, both topics now have a requirement of 4 correct questions, so the student no longer meets the requirements for Topic A. The system returns to Topic A and the student must answer an additional question correctly in order to proceed again to Topic B.
Note: When delivering Mastery assignments, the system gives students information about their progress towards meeting the requirements for the assignment. It updates this information with every question that it grades.