Releases Q&A: 2022-04-27 Account and Course Settings: Mastery Paths Location Update

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[BrettDaly]

Is this setting being on/off only relevant to courses built with MasteryPaths? For instance, is it safe to enable this setting for all courses in an account without effecting non-MasteryPaths courses? For ones already built with MasteryPath, what does this setting affect?

Thanks!

[dlyons]

This update does not change any functionality for Mastery Paths. It only moves it from a "Feature Option" to a "Setting" for consistency with the intended use of "Feature Options".

[fred_bonatto]

@dlyonsCould you please clarify what the behaviour of checking each one of these boxes actually is as the language is not clear?

If 'Mastery Paths' is unchecked, does that mean that no course within the sub-account can use it?

What if it is checked?

Depending on what it actually does, I'd suggest changing the wording of the setting so that it is clearer in its impact and consistent with the other settings, for example:

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Thank you

[dlyons]

The behavior currently in production is slightly erroneous but the description is the correct behavior (engineers are already working on correcting the observed behavior in prod.) The expected behavior is:

• If the box is unchecked at the account level no course can use Mastery Paths.
• If the box is checked at the account level and unlocked it will be available in all sub-account (default on) and all courses (default off)
  • If Mastery Paths is locked then sub-account admins cannot change the state of Mastery Paths for their sub-account
  • If Mastery Paths is unlocked then sub-account admins can optionally disabled Mastery Paths in their sub-account
• When Mastery Paths is enabled it is not automatically enabled in a course; teachers must enable the feature if they plan to use it