Suggestions on how to allow users to test out of a course?

Question

We are preparing to onboard 1000+ users into a course on how to use a tool. We have 2 main groups:

* Users who have never used the tool
* Users who have years of experience in the tool

The final test requires manual grading of a practical exam. We don't want the graders to have to grade 1000+ exams, but we also don't want to just give experienced users a badge without confirming they're experienced. Therefore we're looking for a way to design the course so that users have the ability to "test out" of doing the entire course.

Do you have suggestions on how to set up a learner path where users can choose their own adventure between:

* Completing the entire module, followed by the practical exam
* Completing a test/survey/something (?) that would either:* Confirm their expertise and grant them a badge; or
* Confirm they do NOT have expertise, and funnel them back into the entire module/practical exam

Priyanka.P.2763 · Answer

Hello @Maureen Barrow​ Thanks for update

Maureen.B.923 · Answer

In case anyone wants to replicate the scenario above, the solution we came up with included a plethora of release conditions, 3 exams, and 2 versions of the same award:

* When the user enters the course, they are presented with 1 module with 1 Knowledge Exam with just 1 question: Do you have more or less than 2 years of experience with this tool?

* If they chose "More", we gave it a score of 100%* We released a module with the test out knowledge exam. * If they chose "Less", we gave it a score of 0%.* We released  the course modules, the knowledge exam, and the practical exam

* The users get 1 attempt to pass the exam. If they fail, we release the course modules, the knowledge exam, and the practical exam

Adjustments we made along the way:

* We needed two sets of Awards because there were two ways of passing the course:* Award 1: Pass the test out exam
* Award 2: Pass the knowledge exam AND the Practical Exam

* The first "what's your experience" level was originally set to have 1 attempt, but we encountered some users who accidentally selected the wrong answer, or doubted their skill level. So we later changed it to allow 2 attempts.

Priyanka.P.2763 · Answer

Hello @Maureen Barrow​ Both options that you have mentioned can work, You can add an Module followed by Exam, Add release condition for Award/Badge to qualify ( exa 80% or above)

Second option directly adding Exam would also be an good option, Both cases you can add release conditions for award , on basis of qualification/passing those criteria user can be awarded as PASS or NOT.

Here is documentation for adding Release  Conditions to Awards: https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/le/awards/instructor/add_release_conditions.htm

Thanks

Priyanka