Note
This article is for use by EdgeEX Beta users.
Overview
When enabled, the pretesting option allows students who can demonstrate proficiency in a lesson's content to place out of each lesson with a 10-question quiz at the beginning of the lesson. Pretesting can be turned on or off for a course, section, or individual enrollment. When pretesting is enabled, it can be configured with the options below.
After pretesting out of a lesson, the student's pretest score is counted towards their course grade in the quiz grade weight category. If a student wants to raise their score, they can use their available quiz attempts. If a student passes the pretest but gets a higher score on a subsequent quiz attempt, the higher score is counted instead of the pretest score. Turning pretesting on or off has no impact on the student's actual or relative grade.
Pretesting options
The pretesting options are as follows:
Option | Description | Default | Availability |
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Lesson Pretesting |
Toggle On to enable pretesting. Note
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Defaults to On for Credit Recovery (CR) math, science, and social studies courses. Defaults to Off for CR English language arts courses and all Initial Credit (IC) courses. |
EdgeEx and heritage courses |
Allow Save and Exit |
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Defaults to Off. | EdgeEX courses only |
Passing Threshold | Update the score needed to pass the pretest. | Defaults to 80. | EdgeEx and heritage courses |
Time Limit |
Update the time in minutes given to students to complete pretests |
Defaults to 60 minutes. | EdgeEx and heritage courses |
Require Teachers to Unlock Assessments |
When toggled On, students will not be able to begin a pretest until the teacher manually unlocks it from the Assessments to Unlock widget on the Educator Launchpad. Also, two controls help enforce academic integrity:
Caution When toggled On, the course will be locked for students when it begins. Unlock the Assessments on the Educator Launchpad. Note This setting cannot be enabled if the Free Movement option is enabled. |
Defaults to Off. | EdgeEX courses only |
Customizing pretesting options
For procedures to customize the options of a course, refer to Updating course options.