Summary

Courses can contain as many modules as you need. You can create a course from a single module or assemble a course from multiple modules.

You set pass requirements for your modules and courses. You can assemble courses using non-scoring modules only, scoring modules only, or a mix of scoring and non-scoring modules.

Content without scores, aka non-scoring modules

Modules without scores are modules with content that does not contribute to a grade. Your users need to read, watch, or otherwise complete the modules, but the modules do not generate number scores. When a learner finishes the content of a non-scoring module, Safety Made Simple records its status as Completed. 

You can set up these module types without scores:

• text and Image modules
• document modules
• video and audio modules
• SCORM or TinCan modules with no exams
• webinar & classroom-based sessions with no exams

Scenario: non-scoring modules only

In this type of course, learners need to log in, work through the content, and reach the end of the course. When users work through a module to the end, Safety Made Simple records each module as Completed.

For documents, audio, and video modules, you can set page tracking and video tracking options, so learners need to view or listen to the content before the module reaches Completed status.   

For SCORM modules, the module developer sets the requirements for a Completed status.

Typically, the module tracks the learner's position in the course, and marks it as Completed when the learner reaches the end and selects Save and Exit to close the browser. 

Scored content: overview

For scoring modules, as part of a Completed status you set the Passed or Failed requirement, either as a raw score, or as a percentage of 100%. Scoring modules include:

• exams
• assignments
• SCORM or TinCan modules that contain exams
• webinar & classroom-based sessions that contain exams

Course pass mark

For courses with 1 scoring module, this module's score is the score for the whole course.

For courses with more than 1 scoring module, you can set an optional course pass mark. The course pass mark lets you set a Passed requirement for all the modules together. 

Note: If you do not set a course pass mark, learners who fail one exam fail the whole course.

Scenario: scoring modules only 

In this type of course, each module has a scoring evaluation of some form. In this setting you have 2 possible scenarios:

• the course has no pass mark: learners work through the modules, and pass (or fail) the individual modules. If they pass all modules, they have both Completed and Passed the course. If they fail a module, learners can keep trying until they have no attempts remaining. If the learner fails all attempts on a module, they have Completed and Failed the course
• If the course has a pass mark: learners work through all the modules, and pass (or fail) the scoring components, so the course is Safety Made Simple averages the module scores, to compare to the pass mark, and assign either Passed or Failed

Mix of scoring and non-scoring modules

This setting is the similar to using scoring modules only:

• scoring module results determine if learners Completed and also Passed (or Failed)
• non-scoring modules do not affect the course completion

When you use a mix of module formats, the course is Completed when the learner finishes the last scoring module. If you have additional non-scoring modules after a scoring module, learners can miss them, not realizing there's more content to review.

To avoid learners missing important non-scoring content, make sure you position a scoring module as the last module in a course. 

Scenario: a course with multiple modules, including 2 exams

• the course has no pass mark: the learner completes each module for a status of Completed. The results of the exams determine the Passed or Failed of the course.  As soon as the learner completes the exams, Safety Made Simple generates the Passed or Failed result
• the course has a pass mark: the learner completes each module for a status of Completed. The average results of the exams determine the Passed or Failed course status.  As soon as the learner completes the exams, Safety Made Simple generates the Passed or Failed result

Tip: In courses with mixed module scoring methods, Safety Made Simple recommends adding a mandatory survey to the end of the course. Surveys do not contribute to a score,  but the learner must finish the entire course to get a Completed status with Passed or Failed.