What are Proficiency and Progress?
Proficiency and Progress
Proficiency and progress are different metrics in OLI Torus.
What Progress Means
Progress shows whether a student has completed the pages in the course materials.
On the Learn view, students see a green checkmark for each page they complete.
A page is marked complete when the student visits the page and answers all activities on the page or submits a page for scored pages.
Correctness does not determine page completion. Students only need to answer the activities to receive progress credit for the page.
View Progress from the Learn View
View Progress for each Module and Page
In the Learn view, each Module block shows progress in several ways:
- A green progress bar fills from left to right as more pages in the module are completed.
- A page counter shows the number of pages completed in the module.
- Under each module, a list of pages appears. Pages that have been completed show a green checkmark.
View Progress for Each Unit
What Proficiency Means
Proficiency shows how well a student is demonstrating understanding of the course learning objectives.
Proficiency is based on the student’s answers to questions connected to a learning objective. It may be tied to many questions across the course, not just one page or one assignment because there may be multiple pages with content tied to a single learning objective.
Because of this, completing one or two pages may not noticeably change proficiency. In some cases, Torus may show that there is not enough information to determine proficiency yet. This means the student has not answered enough relevant questions for Torus to estimate proficiency for that learning objective.
Why a Proficiency Score May Not Update
A proficiency score may not update immediately after completing a page because:
- The completed page may include only a small number of questions tied to the learning objective.
- The learning objective may be measured across multiple pages or assignments.
- Torus may need more student responses before it can determine proficiency.
- Proficiency depends on correctness and evidence of understanding, not just whether the page was completed.
Summary
Progress and proficiency measure different things:
| Metric | What it Measures | How it Updates |
|---|---|---|
| Progress | Whether the student has completed pages | By visiting pages, answering activities, submitted scored pages |
| Proficiency | How well the student demonstrates understanding of learning objectives | By answering enough relevant questions correctly across the course |
For participation or assignment completion, students and instructors should look at Progress. For learning objective mastery, they should look at Proficiency.
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