Placement tests save time by assessing existing knowledge and skipping employees past what they already know. Review sessions target individual mistakes to help learners close their knowledge gaps faster.

Placement tests assess a learners ability by answering questions, allowing them to personalize their journey, saving time and ensuring that they are not overwhelmed or bored by material that is too easy. If a learner demonstrates mastery of certain topics, they can skip ahead to more challenging material.

This approach not only saves time, but also helps to build learner confidence and motivation.

Firstly, the author of the course must turn on placement tests in a modules settings (see our step by step below).

Once enabled a learner taking the course will will see a pop-up window at the beginning of the same module, they will have two options:

Personalize Module

If a learner chooses ‘personalize module’ they will be prompted to answer the first question of the placement test.

Once a placement test has been completed the window will close and the learner must click next.

Depending on the results of the test the following will happen:

Give me an example from a Learners perspective

Let's say there are 4 questions within a module. The learner answers the questions as follows:

How is the course personalized?

When they click next they will be taken to the next module.

Start from scratch

Choosing this option skips the test, closes the window and the learner will proceed through the module from the start.

The author can enable placement tests and personalized reviews within the course editor:

💡 When creating questions with a placement test in mind, it is especially important to ensure that the questions are designed to accurately assess the Learner's knowledge and are appropriately challenging

All placement test questions are drawn in order of their position from the module.

💡 When creating questions with a placement test in mind, it is especially important to ensure that the questions are designed to accurately assess the Learner's knowledge and are appropriately challenging

When will a Learner see a placement test? A placement test occurs at the start of a module if the author turned this feature on. However, for a placement test to work there must be questions within the module

What if there are no questions within a module? If there are no questions within the module the Learner will not see a placement test.

What if a Leaner starts the placement test and changes their mind? The Learner always has the option to close the placement test window. Any questions they answered correctly will mark sections of the module complete

What if the Learner answers questions correctly but still wishes to review the module content? Personalizing the module and answering questions correctly will only mark cards as complete, the Learner has the option to review the full module by using the navigation tool in the top left

If a Learner answers a question incorrectly will they have a chance to answer it again

Sana's personalized reviews are highly effective at targeting individual knowledge gaps and allowing learners to reinforce their understanding of the material.

Firstly, the author of the course must turn on personalized review in a modules settings (see our step by step below)

Once enabled a Learner taking the course will will see a pop-up window at the end of the same module if they have answered a question incorrectly in the module

💡 If there are no questions in the module the Learner will not be presented with a personalized review

You can enable personalized reviews within the course editor:

What questions will be asked?

Any questions the Learner answered incorrectly within the module

What if a Learner gets a question wrong in the personalized review? The Learner is unable to proceed until they answer all questions correctly. If they answer a question wrong, they can retry an unlimited amount of times

What if the Learner answered a question incorrectly in a placement test and answered it correctly when they went through the module? This question will not be in the personalized review