Point Recapture FAQ

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Purpose of point recapture
• Point recapture and Homework
• Timing of point recapture
• Location of point recapture
• Point calculations on point recapture
• Troubleshooting: What prevents a student from being able to recapture points?

What is the purpose of point recapture?

"Point recapture" is intended to act as a hook during the transition from when students complete a Homework to when they start to review that content in the Study Path. When a student misses a question twice on a Homework assignment, they are unable to try it again until they've completed the rest of the assignment. We give them two attempts to allow them to immediately address obvious mistakes or misunderstandings, but after that we presume that the question represents a challenging concept for the student. 

After the student completes the rest of that Homework assignment, they are encouraged to head to the Study Path to resume working on missed questions. From there, they can try the question as many times as they need to figure out the correct answer (and can continue trying it after that as well for practice!).

This pause between attempts two and three serves a few purposes: 

1. It helps differentiate topics the student is succeeding on from those that they're struggling with. Topics associated with missed questions will load under Checkpoint 1, "I Should Review," whereas topics where all questions were answered correctly will cruise ahead to Checkpoint 2, "Prep Me."
2. It gives students a cognitive break so they can come back to the question with fresh eyes.
3. It (hopefully) discourages random guessing.

Does point recapture only apply to Homework?

Point recapture primarily affects Homework assignments. When a student answers a Homework question incorrectly twice, the question freezes. To "recapture points" on a frozen question the student must continue attempting that question from the Study Path so that they can identify which learning objective it is associated with and find related questions from other assignments.

Preclass and Readiness assignments are the first step in the learning cycle and are therefore intended to be very low stakes. Because of that, students simply continue attempting Preclass and Readiness questions in the assignment until they answer them correctly. Students can return to the Preclass assignment later and continue to attempt missed questions as long as it is BEFORE the due date. In other words, they don't have to complete assignments all in one sitting. 

Because assignments of any type load on the Study Path after the student has attempted each question at least once, the student could technically re-attempt missed questions on Preclass and Readiness assignments from within the Study Path and they will still earn points as long as the due and/or late date hasn't passed. However, this isn't the workflow most students take.

When can point recapture happen?

When a student answers a homework question incorrectly twice, the question freezes. The student must then finish the assignment (by answering each question at least once) to trigger the associated topic cards to load in the Study Path. Once the assignment is complete, the student can immediately begin recapturing points in the Study Path, but they must do so BEFORE the due date for the assignment, or before the late date if there is a late policy in effect. Point recapture is not a workaround for late work.

Where does point recapture happen?

Topic cards associated with missed questions will sort into Checkpoint 1 ("I Should Review") in the Study Path and will be marked with a star icon. 

After expanding the card, missed questions will be marked with a star. Students can click on them to open and reattempt them. After point recapture has expired because the due and/or late date has passed, the star icon goes away.

How are points calculated during point recapture?

The grading policy selected for that assignment continues to apply to the attempts made in the Study Path. No additional calculations are done just because the student is now working in the Study Path / doing point recapture.

How does grading and point recapture work for multi-part questions?

Students cannot submit their answer until all parts of the question have an answer selected. In the Study Path, students get a fresh start on a question, previous answers are not saved. Thus, when recapturing points, students must re-attempt all parts of the question.

See article about Grading Policies for specifics on grading multi-part questions.

What would prevent a student from being able to recapture points?

The student can find the question in the Study Path, but cannot earn points on it:

• The assignment is past the due date or late date, and therefore no points can be earned

The student can't find the question in the Study Path:

• The student hasn't yet answered each question in the assignment at least once. Questions from an assignment load in the Study Path once the student attempts every question in the assignment at least once.
• The Study Path is not published.
• The question is in a homework assignment that has not been selected for Checkpoint 1 Assessment Review. The platform automatically links assessments to Study Paths based on due date windows, but due date rearrangements or manual unlinking of assessments from Study Paths can cause an assignment to not be linked to the current Study Path.
• The question isn't tagged with any LO that has been assigned in the class.