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Graphic Progress or Activity Mastery Summary Report on Reading Explorations shows zero mastered and zero total modules

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Substitute a learning path in the assignment to allow mastery to be reported:

If a learning path contains mastery tests or masterable lessons, but no modules, the system will report that the learning path has zero modules and will not show mastery progress in either the Graphic Progress Summary or Activity Mastery by Progress reports.

You can use an alternate assignment strategy that uses assignments at the module level or higher so that the assignments lend themselves to module mastery reporting.

To show module mastery on the Graphic Progress Summary or Activity Mastery Summary report on a learning path that does not currently contain modules, add module-level activities to the assignment or to a new custom learning path and then assign that custom learning path in place of the original one.

Example 1: If the original assignment consists of the separate lessons Subtracting Integers: Tutorial, Subtracting Integers: Application and Subtracting Integers: Mastery Test, substitute the Subtracting Integers module for the 3 separate lessons in the assignment.

Example 2: If you have assigned Reading Explorations E (or F or G), these learning paths contain lessons directly instead of modules that contain lessons. Each of the lessons has a tutorial, practice, and quiz, and the quiz score is used to determine mastery of the lesson; in a sense, each functions as a module. You can create a module for each lesson so that there is a way to track mastery progress, as follows (example is Reading Explorations E):

1. In Learning Resource Tools, select Create a New Learning Path; give it a title like Reading Explorations E - Module 1.
2. Just below the title, check the box next to Module - Count this Learning Path as a "Module", then click Submit below.
   
   
3. On the upper section of the screen, open PLATO Library > Reading Explorations E until you see the list of lessons. Next to the first one, click Add to my Learning Path so that it is added in the Learning Path Editor at the lower section of the screen.
   
   
4. Repeat Steps 1-3 for each of the 8 lessons in Reading Explorations E, so that you create a total of 8 learning paths, each of which contains a single lesson, then select Home, then Learning Resource Tools again to clear the screen.
5. Create another learning path and name it something like Reading Explorations E Modules. Do not check the module box this time.
6. In the upper section of the screen, open My Custom Learning Resources and select Add to my Learning Path next to each of the module-type learning paths you created in Steps 1-4. You will end up with all 8 modules in the Reading Explorations E Modules learning path.
   
   
   
7. Assign the Reading Explorations E Modules learning path to groups, classes, or individual students as you normally would. If students have already completed some of the lessons, you may need to manually edit the status of the modules containing those lessons so that the mastery and completion are reflected, but any student who masters a lesson going forward will automatically show mastery on its parent module.
   
   Here is a sample report using the new structure containing modules:
   
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Example 3: A custom learning path contains one or more offline activities, which do not set mastery or completion automatically.

You may decide either to set the learning path to be counted as a module, then edit students' mastery and completion status manually in Review Learner Performance, based on offline work that they hand in, or to not count it as a module, which removes it from the total number of modules in the assigned learning path. To change the setting that determines whether a custom learning path is counted as a module, do the following:

1. In Learning Resource Tools, navigate to the specific custom learning path you wish to change.
2. Select Properties next to the title.
3. At the bottom of the screen, select Edit next to the title of the learning path (not the Edit next to the sub-activities)
4. Click the box next to Count this learning path as a module, then click Submit. If the check is in the box, it will be counted as a module; if it is empty, the learning path will not be counted as a module.
   
   
   Note: You cannot change settings of published learning paths, only of custom learning paths.

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