Student completion rules are requirements placed on course folders and/or course material that enable teachers to structure the flow of their course, as well as to create self-paced learning for students. The following requirements are available for course folders and material, depending on the item for which you're setting a requirement:
- Must complete
- Must view the item
- Must post a comment/reply
- Must make a submission
- Must score at least
Set Completion Rules on Folders
Setting completion rules on course folders requires students to complete a folder before progressing to the next folder.
To set completion rules on folders in a course:
- Click Options and select Student Completion.
- To add a completion rule to individual folders, click Add requirement.
- To add a completion rule to all folders, click Make all folders sequential.
- Click Save Changes to complete.
Set Completion Rules on Materials Inside Folders
If your top-level folders on your course Materials page have a Must Complete rule, we recommend that you add completion rules to items inside of folders as well. This step gives students a way to complete the folder.
In each folder, there is an option to require students to complete items in sequential order. This option is located in the upper right of the student completion form. When this option is enabled, students must successfully complete the rule(s) on one item before progressing to the next item.
To add completion rules to material inside of folders:
- Click Options and select Student Completion.
- Require students to complete course material in the folder's sequential order or, in any order they choose.
- Click Add requirement to add one or more requirements.
- Select your material and a requirement from the drop-down menus.
- Click the 'X' to remove a requirement.
- Click Save Changes to complete.
Copy and Save Content With Completion Rules
When you copy or save a folder with completion rules applied to resources, the student completion rules are retained. This means that when you pull that content into a new section, the original rules and sequencing are still in place.
Click here to learn about saving your course to Resources.
Individually Assigning Materials with Completion Rules
You can utilize Individually Assign to assign material to individual or select students in a folder that contains Student Completion Rules. Students who are not individually assigned to the material or folder will automatically see the folder as Completed.
Check Student Progress
As students complete student completion rules, you can view each student's progress by clicking the Student Progress button at the top of the page within a folder or at the top of the Materials page.
Use the Excused Exception to Bypass Completion Rules
Instructors who use Student Completion Rules may need to bypass one or more required assignments for a variety of reasons. For example, if a student is absent and makes up a required assignment with a different make-up project, or a student is new to class and doesn't need to start at the beginning of a folder with completion rules.
In these situations, instructors can use the Excused exception in their gradebook to bypass one or more materials with completion rules applied.
To apply the Excused exception, hover your mouse pointer over the cell for the material in your gradebook, click the flag that displays, and select Excused:
Now when the student opens the Student Progress view, the material is marked as Excused and the student may continue through the materials in the Student Completion series.
My student is reporting she completed a rule, but she is unable to proceed to the next required item
If you are experiencing trouble with the Student Progress report, start by rechecking student progress to refresh the report:
- Click Student Progress at the top of the page.
- Click Recheck Student Progress along the bottom of the pop-out window.
- The Student Progress page refreshes and the completion percentages may update.
If you are still experiencing any difficulty with Student Completion Rules and Student Progress, contact the Schoology Help Desk.
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I really want to be able to BOTH set a due date AND a completion rule. Help?
Ms. Dominguez,
Even though this is not the design of student completion rules, I have found you can accomplish this by first setting student completion rules, and then navigating to Bulk Edit (in Gradebook) and setting a due date and time.
I hope this helps.
PS: again, this is NOT the design of Student Completion rules, but so far, it tends to work.
THANK YOU! Will try today!
Hello Ms. Dominguez,
Currently, the ability to use due dates with completion rules is not supported in Schoology. Please consider adding your support for this feature in the form of an upvote and optional comment to this Feature Idea post: https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/200412133-Student-Completion-with-Due-Dates
Thank you for sharing your question!
Charles
Knowledge Management & Community Specialist
Schoology, Inc.
Boa tarde,
Estou tendo problema no Schoology app, android. Para anexar um pdf numa atribuição (atividade, tarefa).
Olá Osnildo,
Obrigado por entrar em contato com a Comunidade de Schoology.
Eu abri um ticket com nossa equipe de suporte sobre esse problema. Este é um período de muito trabalho para a equipe de suporte da Schoology e eles estão trabalhando duro para responder às solicitações o mais rápido possível. Eles estão cientes do seu problema e acompanharão o mais rápido possível.
Pedimos desculpas por qualquer inconveniente.
Charles
Knowledge Management & Community Specialist
Schoology, Inc.
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