Objective, scope, and limitations
This article is intended to guide administrators and super administrators in the correct configuration ofapproval criteriawhen creating e-learning courses. It details their features, usage recommendations, and technical considerations, aiming to align learning assessment with the course's pedagogical objectives.
What are approval criteria?
In e-learning courses, you can define different criteria to establish when a participant has successfully passed. These criteria adapt to the type of content and course objectives, and are key to ensuring a clear and measurable learning experience.
The platform offersthree types of approval criteria:
1st Criterion: Pass all topics
The participant must complete all mandatory topics in the course.
If the course contains assessments marked asFinal course assessment, they must also pass them to successfully complete the course.
Important considerations:
- Assessments that are not required for passing should not be set as "final assessment."
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If multiple final assessments are configured, the system will calculate asimple averageto determine the final course grade.
2nd Criterion: Meet a minimum average grade
The participant must complete the required topics and reach theconfigured minimum grade.
Onlyassessments and SCORMmarked as final by the administrator are considered.
When selected, a window will open to define thefinal grade weighting (%).
Example:Assessment A = 40% + Assessment B = 60% → Final grade = (grade A x 40%) + (grade B x 60%).
Important considerations:
- There must be at leastone assessment marked as final.
- The weightings assigned to final assessments must add up to exactly100%.
- It is not necessary to pass all topics to meet this criterion.
- The course's minimum grade isindependentfrom the passing percentage defined in the assessment form.
Note:
The grading scale is defined globally for the entire LMS module. Although you can view it when creating a course, any modification to the range (for example, from 1 to 7) must be made from the platform's general settings.
If you need to view or edit the current scale, go to:Settings (gear) > My Company > Grading scale. Keep in mind that it is recommended to define this parameter before creating your courses to ensure consistency in learning outcomes.
3rd Criterion: Pass mandatory topics and meet minimum grade
The participant must complete all mandatory topics and also pass each assessment or SCORM marked as final.
They must also reach theconfigured minimum grade, considering the established weightings.
Important considerations:
- There must be at least one assessment marked as final.
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The weightings for these assessments must add up to exactly100%.
Once the criteria are defined, you must configure additional details
Define thefinal minimum passing grade(e.g., 4.0).
Adjust theweightingsfor each final assessment or SCORM.
Publish the course
Click onPublishto save the changes and activate the new approval criteria.
Important considerations or limitations
Changes to criteria and scales:if you modify the approval criteria or grading scale in a course with enrolled participants and reported grades, the changes will only apply to new enrollments.
Update for current participants:if you need these changes to affect those who already have progress, you must reset their progress or remove and re-enroll them.
Publish changes:always remember to clickPublishso that all modifications are saved and activated correctly.
The grade will appear in the course assessment report and will be considered for the calculation of the final average, as long as it meets the defined approval criteria.
If you need to change the passing percentage of an assessment, you must do so from the forms section and edit; and if you need these changes to apply to assessments already completed by current participants, you must use the 'regrade assessments' option available in the assessment settings. This will update the grades and approval status according to the new defined parameters.
If you change the passing percentage from 60% to 70% after some participants have already completed the assessment, they will keep their previous status unless you use the 'regrade assessments' option. New attempts will be evaluated with the new percentage.
General recommendations
🎯Clearly define the approval criterion:Choose the one that best reflects the course objectives and how learning will be assessed.
📁Check SCORM files:If you use SCORM as an assessment, make sure it meets the LMS technical requirements.
⚖️Avoid weighting errors:For criteria that consider grades, confirm that the sum of the weightings is exactly 100%.
📢 Communicate to participants:include in the course description how it will be assessed.
🧪Test before publishing:use a test course to validate that the configuration works as expected.
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🤖 This article was translated using artificial intelligence. View original article.