Math Course and Assignment Settings

The Math course A series of lessons within a curriculum. Courses are default or customized courseware that is delivered via licensing to a district or school and that contains content defined by the SuccessMaker product and the Math or Reading subject. and assignment A lesson or set of lessons that a student is expected to complete. Once a default or customized course is assigned to students or groups, they are referred to as assignments. settings display when:

Viewing course details.
Making a copy of a course to create your own custom course.
Editing a course.
Assigning a course or assignment.
Editing an assignment.

Depending on the status and type of course or assignment, you can modify one or more of the settings.

Fields	Defaults	Descriptions
Session Length	20 minutes	Sets the length of time from 5-180 minutes that a student is allowed to work in a course for each session. When the session ends, the Progress Report displays and the student must sign in again.
Idle Time	5 minutes	Sets the elapsed time limit for student inactivity. The Idle time can be from 2 to 6 minutes. One minute prior to the idle time elapsing, a warning indicator appears. When the idle time elapses the student is signed out.
Show/ Limit Progress Report	3 times per session	Sets the number of times from 0-10 that a student can view the Progress Report within a session. When set to 0, the Progress Report is deactivated. When the setting is deactivated or the student has reached the limit, the Progress Report icon is unavailable.
DEFAULT TRANSLATION LANGUAGE	None	Enables the ability to translate instructions in the language selected for all students or groups in the assignment that have been set to default.
Initial Placement (IP)	On	Activates or deactivates IP Initial Placement; the first level of entry into a course. for the student/group. If students begin the course with Initial Placement set to Off, they cannot be placed into it later. If the starting point for the course is manually set using the Course Level control, the Initial Placement setting defaults to Off. After the starting point is set manually, you can modify this setting to activate IP.
Calculator	Off	Controls access to the Calculator. The Calculator always appears if it is required by a learning object, regardless of how this option is set.
Display LO information	On	Controls the display of the LO Learning Object - A learning object is a collection of shared content objects related to a skill. ID to the student.
Scratchpad	On	Enables or disables the Scratchpad feature at any time as often as necessary. When the Scratchpad setting is turned Off, the icon is unavailable to the student. If the Scratchpad setting is changed while an assignment is in progress, the change will be visible to the student the next time the course is launched.
Show Answer	On	Activates the Show Answer button, which provides the answer to a question or exercise with both visual and audio support. When Show Answer is used, the question is counted as incorrect to ensure an accurate accounting of the student’s abilities and to prevent the student from intentionally skewing the score. The student can select Show Answer once per LO or once per page of a multiple-page LO. In either case, the LO is scored as incorrect. If the LO repeats, Show Answer can be used up to three times in the current session.
share at district level?	Off	Enables or disables sharing of the course at the district level. By turning this option on you enable the Admin to share the course with other organizations in the same district.
Speed Games	On	Enables or disables speed games for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Speed Games time per Question	3 seconds	Sets the number of seconds a student is allowed for each question during a speed game session. The time allowed can be set to 6 seconds or less.
Speed Games Total Time	1 minute	Sets the total number of minutes for a speed game session. The speed game session can be from 1 to 3 minutes.
Manually set course level	Off	When set to On, overrides the demographic grade level and enables you to manually set the Course Level control.
Course level	NA	Adjusts the course level. If Manually set course level setting is On, adjusts the Course Level by clicking and dragging it with the mouse pointer. The value changes in increments of 0.25, up to maximum limit of 9.25. The Initial Placement setting affects the Course Level setting. You can either set the course level manually or rely on IP.