You can inquire about your learners' prior knowledge using a pretest. In this article, you will read about how to assess prior knowledge with a pretest.
The Use Case
Learners demonstrate their prior knowledge by completing a pretest included in the course. Based on the individual results, mandatory course content can be converted into optional learning content. This way, learners are presented with a volume of new knowledge that suits them individually.
Existing knowledge can still be voluntarily revisited, but it is no longer part of the mandatory learning content.
How It Works
- Each knowledge chapter (learning objective) contains relevant evaluated questions.
- You create the desired pretest in a separate chapter (learning objective) of your course.
- In the pretest, you link the same evaluated questions (identical IDs) from the chapters of your course that are intended to have their prior knowledge assessed through the pretest.
Notes
- Pretests do not work in combination with pooling (random selection).
- Pretests do not work with restrictive navigation, where subsequent chapters are only unlocked after passing the pretest questions.
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