Layered Curriculum

[JLeuenberger]

Does anyone have an effective way to incorporate layered curriculum into Canvas?

Short summary: layered curriculum allows students to choose which assignments they want to do to achieve mastery. C-level are base knowledge (75 points), B-level are more advanced (15 points), and A-level are even more advanced (10 points). For the sake of simplicity, let's say all C-level assignments are worth 5 points. I may have 5 required assignments that I want all students to do (25 points worth), then they may select from a list to earn the remaining 50 points to complete their C-level, at which point they may move up to their B-level, select enough assignments to get 15 points, and move up to A-level. I don't want to give zeroes for assignments they didn't do, obviously, and the whole thing adds up to 100 points.

Here is an example: https://help4teachers.com/fredgeneticsheredity.htm

[paul_fynn]

Hi @JLeuenberger 

Try this ? https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-use-Mastery-Paths-in-course-modules/ta-... 

[JLeuenberger]

I'm poking around this. It looks similar, but I'm not sure that it would work for layered curriculum in its "pure" form; this looks more remedial. I'm not trying to hide assignments unless they don't meet criteria, just give a wide variety of methods to demonstrate mastery. I also am not sure how this would allow linking B and A levels without labeling students as incomplete if they choose not to do those.

[paul_fynn]

Have a look also at https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-manage-outcome-mastery-scales-in-a-cour... concerning Institutional Standards / Mastery Outcome tracking (although Instructure use 'Mastery' in both they are, confusingly, not interlinked at present).