Review Status

About Review Status

The Review Status tool allows the Instructor to track user review of specific content items. Once the Instructor enables the tool for an item, each Student tracks their progress. A Mark Reviewed button appears on the item when the user opens the Content Area. After reviewing the item, the Student selects this button to mark it Reviewed. The Instructor may check the status of Student reviews on the User Progress page.

If the Review Status tool is enabled by the System Administrator, it is on by default in all Courses.

Disable Review Status in a Course

If the Review Status tool is disabled at the Administrator or Course level, the Review Status links on the Manage page disappear and the Review / Mark Reviewed buttons on the Course pages no longer appear. If the tool is later re-enabled, those links and buttons reappear and any data associated with Review Status (such as an individual user’s progress) is restored.

Follow the steps below to disable Review Status in a Course:

  1. Select Manage Tools under Course Options on the Control Panel.
  2. Select Tool Availability on the Manage Tools page. The Tool Availability page appears.
  3. A check appears in the checkbox next to Review Status. Click this checkbox so the check disappears. Click Submit.

Enable Review Status for an item

When Review Status is enabled for an item a Mark Reviewed button appears next to the item when the Content Area is opened by the user. The user must select this button to mark the item Reviewed.

Follow the steps below to enable Review Status for an item in a Course:

  1. Open the Content Area that includes the item from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Review Status. The Review Status page appears.
  4. Select Enable and click Submit. The new status appears on the Manage page underneath the Review Status link.

View the status of user reviews

Once Review Status is enabled for an item, the Instructor may check the status of Student reviews from the User Progress page or the Performance Dashboard. These pages both indicate whether or not a Student has marked an item as ‘Reviewed’.

The User Progress page allows the Instructor to see the Review Status of the item for all users in the Course. Follow the steps below to open the User Progress page:

  1. Open the Content Area that includes the item you would like to check from the Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage next to the content item. The Manage page appears.
  3. Select Review Status: User Progress. A check box appears in the Reviewed column next to each user who has marked the item as Reviewed. The time and date of the review also appear.

The Performance Dashboard allows the Instructor to see the Review Status of all currently available items for a single user in the Course. Follow the steps below to view the status of the item on the Performance Dashboard:

  1. Select Performance Dashboard under Assessments on the Control Panel. The Performance Dashboard appears
  2. Select the number under the Review Status column next to the user in question. The Review Status page for this user appears. The Instructor may check the Review Status for each item that has Review Status Enabled, either through an Adaptive Release Rule or the Review Status option. OR Click the Adaptive Release icon to open the Course Map. The Map displays the Review Status for all items in the Course for that user.

Note:  If the user changes the status of an individual item from Reviewed to Mark Reviewed, all record of the previous status is erased. The Instructor will not be alerted to the change other than by seeing the new status in the User Progress page or in the Performance Dashboard.

Review Status during Course Copy, archive and export

Review Status settings and user status information are only included during a full Course copy with users and during archive and restore operations. Review Status settings and status information are not saved during a copy of Course materials into a new Course or during a copy of Course materials into an existing Course. The same is true for export and import operations.