ALEKS Assignments and Exams

Creating an ALEKS Video Assignment

Learn how to create a Video Assignment and adjust the settings.

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Current Progress vs. Adaptive Assignment Grades

Share this video with your students to help them understand the differences between their current progress and their grade for adaptive assignments.

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Managing Exceptions and Extensions

Easily manage assignment exceptions and extensions in ALEKS with these simple instructions.

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Best Practices for Student Progress and Pacing

Use these 4 steps to keep your students motivated and on schedule throughout their ALEKS coursework.

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Open Pie Mode

Understand when and why students are in Open Pie Mode and learn how this mode in ALEKS works.

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Using the Topic Recommendation Tool

Understand how the topic recommendation tool works and when it appears to recommend optional prerequisite topics based on your course selections.

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Building Objective Gaps and Review Objectives in ALEKS

Customize the course timing, add in non-adaptive assignments, and/or create review objectives for your ALEKS course.

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Non-Adaptive Assignments in Math

Learn how to create a non-adaptive assignment in ALEKS.

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A Look at the Enhanced and more Accessible ALEKS eBooks for Math

Learn how to navigate and understand key student study and accessibility features in the enhanced eBooks for Math.

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ALEKS Chemistry Objective Gaps and Review Objectives

Learn how to effectively create assignment gaps to support the use of adaptive and non-adaptive content in your course and to help students catch up on coursework.

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Non-Adaptive Assignments in Chemistry

Learn how to create a non-adaptive assignment in ALEKS for Chemistry.

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Student Knowledge Checks in ALEKS Chemistry

Gain a better understanding of the Knowledge Checks in ALEKS Chemistry and learn how to encourage student progress using them.

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A Look at the Enhanced and more Accessible ALEKS eBooks for Chem

Learn how to navigate and understand key student study and accessibility features in the enhanced eBooks for Chemistry.

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Tour Virtual Labs in ALEKS

Take a tour of Virtual Labs in ALEKS and understand how to create a lab, assign questions, and view in your course. 

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Best Practices for Remote Proctoring in ALEKS

Use these best practices to promote a higher level of academic integrity using the Respondus® Monitor in ALEKS.

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Respondus Monitor FAQ

Discover how the Respondus Monitor in ALEKS can help increase academic integrity in your course through browser lockdown and remote proctoring.

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Respondus Monitor Student Startup Guide

Give your students these simple steps to help them get started with the Respondus Monitor.

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Respondus Monitor Instructor Quick Start Tutorial

Use this video to get up and running with Respondus Monitor browser lockdown and remote proctoring.

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Respondus Monitor Complete Overview

Explore everything Respondus Monitor has to offer for remote proctoring and browser lockdown.

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Understanding Knowledge Checks

Understand what each Knowledge Check is called, what it does, and when to assign it.

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Progress Knowledge Checks

Understand what a Progress Knowledge Check is and when to assign one.

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Implementation Managers Talk Knowledge Checks

Hear directly from Implementation Managers the must-know tips and tricks of assigning Knowledge Checks in your courses.

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Authoring a Multiple-Choice Question:

Learn how to author your own multiple-choice question with one correct answer choice.

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Authoring a Multi-Select Question

Learn how to author your own multiple-choice question with two or more correct answers.

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Authoring a Numeric Entry Question with a Precise Answer

Learn how to author a question that asks students to provide a numeric answer that is graded to a specific decimal place.

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Authoring a Question with an Algebraic Expression for an Answer

Learn how to author a question where students will type in an algebraic expression as their answer.

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Authoring a Numeric Entry Question that is Algorithmic

Watch this video to learn how to author a numeric value question that uses an algorithmic variable.Limitations in number display, answer display, and grading are discussed.

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Authoring a Numeric Entry Question with an Answer in Scientific Notation

Watch this video to learn how to author a question where the answer is reported using scientific notation and uses a percent tolerance range.

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Authoring a Matching Question

Watch this video to learn how to author a question where students will drag a label to match a prompt.

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Authoring a Free-Response Question

Watch this video to learn how to author a free-response question.

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Authoring a Two-Part Question with Manual Grading

Watch this video to learn how to author an independent multi-part question with both a multi-select and a free response.

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Authoring a Question with a Chemical Formula Answer

Watch this video to learn how to author an independent multi-part question where students type a chemical formula for their answer.

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Authoring a Question with a Chemical Equation Answer

Watch this video to learn how to author a question where students type a balanced chemical question for their answer.

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Controlling Significant Digits and Tolerance in Authored Questions

Watch this video to learn how to author a question where students will provide a numeric answer that is graded to a specific number of significant digits and has a tolerance range.

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Authoring a Student File Upload Question

Watch this video to learn how to allow your students to upload any supported file as their response to an authored question.

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Allowing Alternate Correct Answers in an Authored Question

Watch this video to learn how to allow more than one correct solution to your custom authored numeric value and formula questions.

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