Course Assignments – Cerego

In this section, you will see some definitions. With Cerego, you will be helping your learners build and retain new concepts.

Terminology

Concept: One piece of knowledge deemed important for your training. An example might be, “The capital of France is Paris.”

Items: Help learners study, build, and retain one or many concepts. Items vary (such as Instructional, Vocabulary, Associations, Passages, Regions, Sequences or Patterns) depending up on the best presentation of the learning content.

Sets: Allows content creators to organize items. Think of these like a chapter in a book. Help learners study, build, and retain one or many concepts. Items vary (such as Instructional, Vocabulary, Associations, Passages, Regions, Sequences or Patterns) depending up on the best presentation of the learning content.

Pro Tip

Once you have defined what students need to be able to do, accomplish, or recall after completing a course, all of your content should be focused on those unique objectives

You can assign content to your course by searching for sets that have already been created. If you need to create your own sets, you will need to shift gears and work under the Create tab.

Steps: Add assignments to your course

1. Click on the green “Add Assignments” box on the right of the screen.

2. On this new page, under the “Find Sets” header, you can search for sets by title or author. You can search by different categories, including sets created by your organization, those personally authored by you, or sets from the public library.

3. Once you have found a set you would like to add to your course, click on the checkbox next to the set title and icon.

4. When the set is highlighted, scroll down and click on the green “Add Assignments” button.

When you add a set to your course, you will see the title of that set appear in the box below. Every set you add will become part of the learners’ scheduled training. To adjust or manage those assignments, you will need to click on the checkbox next to the set’s title. Once you do, you have the option to set a release date, manage your learning goal, or remove the set. You can select more than one set or even select them all.

Set Release Date:

This option allows you to set a release date for a set or sets. The content will not appear in learners’ library until 12 a.m. on the day you select. By setting a release date, you have the ability to stagger the release of assignments, controlling the organization and pace of the learning process.

Steps: Set Release Date

1. Select the set within the assignment by clicking the checkbox next to the set title.

2. Click on the green “Manage Release Date” button.

3. Select the appropriate date from the calendar or type in the date. 4. Click the green “save” button.

Manage Goal:

Setting goals is an important part of learning within Cerego. There is a lot of research and planning that goes into our Learning Metrics. (You can click on that link to learn more.)

Here is the gist: The goals you define for each assignment will determine the level of mastery you can expect from the study. The Cerego default goal level is 1.5, which is an ideal goal for most content engagement. So if you do not set a goal, the Cerego system defaults to the 1.5 goal level. It typically takes 7 to 10 days for a learner to achieve this goal.

Of course, more time spent with the content will increase mastery. The higher the goal level, the longer the learning will take and the longer the information will be retained. If you opt for a higher goal level, be sure to give students enough time to complete the training.

As you adjust the goal level, you will notice that the other figures will automatically adjust for you. This is also true for the other customizable areas of this page. If you want learners to engage with material for 10 days, for example, your goal level will automatically adjust to 1.7. Setting a goal also allows you to monitor the learners’ progress to goal as part of your grading process. You will be able to track how each learner is engaging with the content. Progress to goal is the metric most instructors use to grade learners. You can select any goal level between 0.3 and 3.0. Once you click the “save” button, your goals are saved and tracked by the Cerego system.

Steps: Manage Goal

1. Select the set within the assignment by clicking the checkbox next to the set title.

2. Click on the black “Manage Goal” button.

3. Select your ideal goal level. 4. Click the green “save” button.

Pro Tip

Instructors might be tempted to increase the goal level, hoping to ensure superior mastery of the content. Unless the content requires more significant mastery and time investment, this might not be necessary. Keep in mind that learners will continue to be scheduled for content reviews long after they have met the initial goal.

Remove assignment:

Of course, you are also able to remove any assignments. When do you this, the sets you have added to the course will no longer be available to learners.

Steps: Remove Assignment

1. Select the set within the assignment by clicking the checkbox next to the set title.

2. Click on the red “remove” button.

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