How do I navigate Assessment Mode Simulations if I use a Canvas LTI integration?

Now YOU can choose whether you want your learners to complete these master-level simulations, and here's how to do it.

Assessment Mode Simulations will be separated from its original course experience so that admins have increased agency over learner progress. Should users feel ready to make this part of learning, there are ways to add it back into the experience.

Where do I find Assessment Mode Simulations if I use Canvas? 

You will now be able to access Assessment Mode Simulations from the LTI Tool. New assessment mode courses will have the following naming convention: [Original course name + "Assessment Simulation"]. 

For more information about how to access the Assessment Mode Simulations and add them into your Canvas course, navigate to the LTI Canvas User Guide and view the section on Adding Assignments.

Q: Why are we making the change? What is the benefit?

A: The goal is to eliminate assessment mode SIMs as a barrier to course completion, without removing them completely from the platform. Courses containing them today have a 30% completion rate. If the learner cannot successfully complete the simulation, they also cannot complete the course.

Q: If a user has made progress on an assessment SIM but has not completed it, how will progress be reflected in the new course?

A: The progress made on the assessment SIM will carry over to the new course.

Q: If a user has completed/started a course with an assessment mode SIM, will the new assessment SIM course reflect this completion?

A: Yes, the completion of that course should be reflected in both versions. If the learner has made progress on the original, that same progress will be reflected in the new version once the learner logs into that course.

Q:  What happens to partial progress in the original course when an assessment SIM is hidden?

A: The user's progress should jump up in percentage when they log into the course.

Q: What will happen to course times once assessment mode is hidden?

A : They will decrease. (Est. 2 hours depending on the content and number of scenarios within the Assessment Simulation)

Q: Can I add the new Assessment Mode Simulation to my course as a test or quiz? 

A: No. The Interplay Learning LTI currently only supports adding content as an assignment or content item in a module. 

Q: I want to add the Assessment Mode Simulation to my course as a content item in a module, not as an assignment, but when I try to add it as an external tool the Interplay Learning catalog interface is not loading. How do I add it as a content item?

A: If you are not able to add content from the Interplay Learning LTI as a content item in a module, you may need to update to the latest version of the LTI by deleting the LTI in your course and reinstalling it. You’ll need admin permissions in the course and your Interplay Learning Key and Secret. Instructions for reinstalling the LTI are available in the LTI Canvas User Guide.