Adaptive Release
Adaptive Release allows you to control the release of content to your students by creating and applying rules. Individual content items and folders can be made visible to students based on any combination of rules related to date and time, users and groups, scores or attempts on a Grade Centre item, or review status of another item.
This guide will show you the basic rule options that can be used to design a course. For example, a series of formative tests can be released sequentially based on whether a minimum score has been achieved.
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Before you start
1. Log in to Course Resources and navigate to the Module/Programme and the content area you want to work on. You will need to make sure Edit Mode is turned on. Turning Edit Mode off will allow you to view the module as the students see it.
Edit Mode can be toggled on or off using the button shown below
fig. 1 Edit mode switch
2. Click on the context menu (downward arrows) next to the item you want to apply rules to and select 'Adaptive Release' from the menu
fig. 2 Context menu
Rule Types
Date
Visibility rules can be applied to items based on date and time restrictions. The screen capture below shows where to enter dates and times.
fig. 3 Set date
Membership (Individual Users or groups)
Items can be restricted to individuals - you will either need their student numbers or to use the Browse function to search for users. You may also restrict items to groups if you have already set these up. The screen capture below shows where to create membership rules.
fig. 4 Membership settings
To select groups, click on a group name in the 'Items to Select' list on the left and then click the right arrow to transfer it to the 'Selected Items' on the right.
fig. 5 Membership settings
Grade
Visibility of content can be restricted based on whether an entry has been made into a Grade Centre column for another item, such as a quiz. The screen capture below shows where to create the criteria for releasing an Item based on grade. The Grade Centre column is selected from the drop down list and the conditions can be set as a specific, minimum or maximum score, a range of scores, or if marked as attempted.
fig. 6 Grade
Review Status
Review Status rules creates a check box for students to mark that they have viewed a piece of content. Once the content has been marked as viewed, the item with the Review Status rule applied to it shall become visible. The screen capture below shows where to create these rules for the item that you wish to hide. Click the browse button to open the module map and select the piece of content that must be marked as viewed to make the item visible.
fig. 7 Review Status
Submit
Click the submit button to apply the rules you have set.
fig. 8 Click Submit
User Progress
Whether or not an item is visible to students can be checked with the User Progress tool. This is especially useful to monitor items where a review status has been applied.
1. Click on the context menu (downward arrows) next to the item you want to monitor and select 'User Progress' from the menu
fig. 9 User Progress option
2. The screen capture below shows the visibility and review status of an item. The eye icon indicates that the content is visible to the student.
fig. 12 User Progress
