ALEKS - Assessment and Learning
   

6.3.4 Objective Completion

 

When setting up Objectives for your ALEKS class, you can choose to define end dates or set a Mastery Level for each Objective. When using Mastery Level for Objective completion (Objectives without End Dates), no Objective end dates are defined. Instructors will select a final day when all Objectives will be due.
  • End Dates for Objectives. When an End Date is assigned to an Objective, students should do their best to complete the Objective before this date. After this date, students will be moved to the next Objective, and the material in the past Objective will not be available unless it is prerequisite for current learning. Completion dates are assigned by clicking the box in the End Date column and choosing a date from the popup calendar. The Start Date for the first chapter is always the start date of the class, set under Basic Information. The Start Date for any other chapter is one day after the End Date of the previous chapter. Start Dates cannot be set manually, chapters cannot overlap in the calendar, and each chapter included must have an End Date.
  • Mastery Levels for Objectives (Objectives without End Dates). If you choose this option, students will be moved to the next Objective when they meet the mastery level set for the current Objective. They will still be able to access the remaining unmastered topics from all previous Objectives via their pie chart. To access previous Objective topics, click on the black arrows, adjacent to the pie slices. To use Mastery Level, completion click on the "Switch to Objectives without End Dates" link. You can set the Mastery Level for each Objective (90% is the default setting). Also, a final due date must be set for all Objectives, when scores for all Objectives will be sent to the gradebook. The default setting for this date is the class end date.