Adjusting Number of Attempts & Difficulty for Challenge Phase

As the instructor, you can change the number of attempts and the difficulty for the for Challenge Phase.  To change the number of tries and/or the difficulty, please follow the instructions below:

Note:  If multiple attempts are granted for the Challenge Phase and the student submits more than one try, their overall grade will be the highest of their attempts. .

1.  Log into your instructor account.

2.  From the "Your Courses" page, select the link for the course that you wish to configure.

3.  Select the Change Course Settings link on the Course Details page.

4.  Select the Challenge Phase Difficulty according option.

The overall difficulty of the Challenge Phase is based on two factors, Number of Attempts and Goal Metrics.  Increasing the number of attempts and decreasing the goal metric will make the Challenge Phase easier, while decreasing the number of attempts and increasing the goal metric will make the Challenge Phase harder.

Additionally, these factors can be adjusted for the course as a whole, or for only one lesson.

Adjusting Number of Attempts:

By default the lessons and project challenge phases can be completed three (3) times with the difficulty setting of medium.

Adjust Goal Metric:

To change the goal metric, adjust the slider to the left or right. The level of difficulty will update up or down in the graphic.

To decrease the goal metric, making the Challenge Phase easier, adjust the slider to the left.

To increase the goal metric, making the Challenge Phase more difficult, adjust the slider to the right.

To save your changes, click the Submit button.

Adjust Number of Tries:

To adjust the number of tries, adjust the slider to the left or right.  The number of tries will update left or right in the graphic.

To increase the number of tries a student can attempt the Challenge Phase, adjust the slider to the left.

To decrease the number of tries a student can attempt the Challenge Phase, adjust the slider to the right

To save your changes, click the Submit button.

Adjusting for One Lesson:

To adjust the difficulty or number of tries for one lesson or project only, select the lesson or project you would like to change from the dropdown menu, and then update the goal metric and/or number of tries sliders accordingly. Then click Submit to save your changes.

This will update only the lesson selected.  In the dropdown, lessons with custom difficulty settings show up with an asterisk.  To keep them unique, make sure to select lessons individually when setting difficulty going forward.