[ARCHIVED] Mastery Paths: Level 1 Up to Level 2

[lph]

Hi

I'm finally trying mastery paths and it is NOT going well at all. I've had support look twice and still cannot get this to work as intended. Maybe my thoughts on how it works is wrong. 

Here is the idea:

A student takes a diagnostic quiz worth 7 points. If they score 0-3 then they are on level 1, a 3-6 puts them in level 2, and a perfect 7 is level 3. If a student lands in level 1 then they complete an assignment then take a level up quiz. I thought an 80% would move them up to level 2 but this isn't working. Level 2 never opens. 

Students are taking the diagnostic, getting dumped into level 1. They do the assignment then the level up quiz. They score the 80% and level 2 never opens. I can confirm this by going into student view. The level 1 up quiz never opens up level 2. 

I'm basically chasing my tail because the guides are very unclear. 

Does someone have a clear example? Even the tutorials on YouTube carry on and on but skip many key details (for example, am I correct that 80% above in the level up quiz actually opens level 2? Is there some setting that needs to be done?)

Thank you for "listening."

[kona]

lph, greetings! I'm sorry to hear that you're having so many problems with Mastery Paths. In theory, what you are wanting to do should work, but without seeing your settings, it's hard to know for sure if you have it set up correctly. My recommendation is to check out my presentation and resources on the following page and see if it helps - https://community.canvaslms.com/community/instcon/instructurecon-2019/blog/2019/06/11/taking-the-mys... 

Hope it helps, Kona

[lph]

Hi and thank you!

Phew. Was it ever frustrating ! Documents really do need to be updated. 

I finally figured out what was wrong (third support person in chat). In order for a quiz to move a student from level 1 to 2 (or 2 to 3), then the quiz must also be assigned as a mastery path and the levels set. In other words, mastery path inside a mastery path. This is not explained in the documentation but a support person helped and once I set the quiz as its own mastery path (nested paths) then all worked fine. 

The time to organize mastery paths is consuming but it's a start and I can see the benefit.

I chose not to show teachers during a PD - beyond - "This was my attempt." Some teachers asked questions about how to set it up and we'll see how they do now that my first attempt is "in the books."