What is ALEKS?

• ALEKS is a web-based assessment and learning tool.
• ALEKS provides highly-targeted, individualized instruction.
• ALEKS presents clear explanations and feedback.
• ALEKS offers a cycle of assessment and learning.

Currently, ALEKS is available for a wide range of course products.

When you log on as the Master Account owner, you gain immediate access to the Master Account of the ALEKS system and are able to manage all of your student accounts.

When you click on the "Next" button, you will be taken to a page with a list of options as shown below.

You are able to view any student's progress and access the student's results from the different assessment sessions.

You can also view a student's detailed progress report to determine what topics the student knows, doesn't know, and what she is ready to learn next.  You can also view the student's learning progress history, as well as a learning log of suggested review topics.

From the Master Account you can also request a new student assessment.

You can edit any student account, including personal information, grade, course, or payment information.

Once a student account has been established, the student learns how to use the input tools by taking a brief, interactive tutorial.

After the student achieves a basic familiarity with the system and its tools, ALEKS administers a personalized, interactive assessment that includes approximately 25 to 30 questions. 

Following the initial assessment, the student receives her report in a color-keyed pie chart.  In the "pie," each "slice" corresponds to a particular area of the course, such as "decimals" or "fractions and proportions". The degree to which the slice is filled by a darker color shows the extent to which the student has mastered that area.

The report describes the student's current knowledge of the subject and makes precise recommendations for further study.  Each slice of the "pie" may be opened to produce a list of the concepts on which the student can choose to work.

By clicking on any of the items suggested in the pie chart, the student makes an immediate transition into the Learning Mode.  The Learning Mode provides practice problems and offers explanations of concepts and procedures.

The student receives immediate feedback and, in some cases, suggestions for correcting mistakes.

Students are able to review topics they have previously or recently mastered.

Students also have the ability to print out 16-question worksheets for additional practice or review.  These worksheets are uniquely generated based on the student's current knowledge.