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# Authoring Settings

## Authoring Settings

### **Scoring / Grading Mode**

Choose your preferred method for appraising user interactions.

* **Evaluate.** Users can answer incorrectly and do not need to repeat until correct.
* **Teach.** Users must repeatedly answer/ complete  activities until correct.
* **Survey.** There is no correct answer - all answers are accepted.

### Sequence

Determine the order in which content should be completed.

* **Open.** Users can complete the chapters/sections in any order.
* **Linear.** Users must complete the chapters/sections sequentially.

### **Allow Activity Skipping**

* **On.** Option to skip activities. 
* **Off.** No activity skipping - users must complete an activity before proceeding.

### Enable Reviews

* **On.** Always ask users to review once completed. 
* **Off.** Do not ask users to review content after it has been completed.

### **Allow Multiple Attempts**

* **On (Default).** Users can go through the content multiple times.
* **Off.** Users only have one chance to go through the content. 

{% hint style="info" %}
 **The Multiple Attempts setting is ideal for formal assessments.** If set to off, users won't be able to re-do the content once they have completed it - meaning they only get one chance. If necessary, you can reset a user's attempt via the logs in Analytics.
{% endhint %}

### **Publish to Pathway Only (Experimental)**

* **On.** Content will only available on the Pathway(s) to which it has been added, and will not be available on the Discover section of the app.
* **Off.** Content will be available on the Discover section of the app and on the Pathway(s) to which it has been added.

### **Time Limit in Minutes**

* **No time limit.** By default, this is set to zero (0) and users can complete the content in their own time.
* **Specify time limit in minutes.** Enter a number greater than zero (0) to apply a time limit. Users will be subjected to the time limit when completing the content.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Activity time limits.** Limits may also be applied to selected activities.
{% endhint %}

### Required Pass Mark

* **No minimum required pass mark.** By default, a 0% pass mark is required and all users pass regardless of their score.
* **Minimum pass mark required.** Specify a require passmark  between 1% - 100%.

### **Completion Certificates**

* **On.** Users will be awarded a certificate after completing content.
* **Off.** Users will not be awarded a certificate after completing content.