Learner Capabilities

For a Learner whose account is connected to an institution, a sidebar menu element is added to the AMBOSS web platform: Assignments.
Selecting Assignments from the sidebar menu of the platform takes learners to the assignment overview page. This page shows all assignments that have been assigned by an institution to the Learner as individual cards. Learners can search for assignments by keyword via the search bar on the top right corner. There are tabs separating Upcoming and Active assignments.

Active Assignments

Active Assignments are sorted by:

• Active incomplete assignments with end date sorted by end date going from closest end date to most far-out end date
• Active, incomplete assignments without end date sorted from newest to oldest
• Active, completed assignments sorted from newest to oldest
• Closed assignments sorted by end date going from most recent end date to the oldest end date

Each assignment card includes the assignment title, the number of questions in the assignment, the mode (exam or study mode), information regarding the availability, a progress bar, and a call to action.

• Availability:
  • Coming soon: assignment has been assigned to start at a future time;
  • Due date: assignment with a due date and time;
  • Closed date: assignment has an end date that lies in the past;
  • No date: assignment is active and does not have an end date.
• Call to action;
  • Start: assignment has not been started yet and is still available;
  • Continue: assignment has been started and is still available;
  • Review: assignment has been completed or is already closed;
  • Analysis: go to the analytics of an assignment after completion or closed.
    • If selected in exam mode,  it also shows the time limit, expected passing score, allowed attempts, and whether passed or failed with the % correct.

When a user clicks on an assignment notification/reminder email for an assignment that is already closed, the link will take them to an AMBOSS page stating “ this page cannot be found.”

Upcoming Assignments

Upcoming assignments note when an assignment starts in days, hours, minutes, seconds format. After the countdown reaches 0, a Learner can start the assignment. Within 30 seconds of the assignment becoming active, it will automatically be moved to the “Active assignments” tab where it can also be started.

Qbank App

Assignments set up in study mode will also be available to Learners on mobile via the Qbank app, though only once the assignment has been previously opened on web. 
They will appear as a regular Qbank session with the session title = assignment title, for as long as the assignment is active. Assignments that have been downloaded on the Qbank app can be completed even after an assignment has closed.
Assignments set up in exam mode will not be available on the Qbank app, meaning they can only be completed on the web (including web-on-mobile).

Question progress for a time period

Learners can track their progress towards a specific objective set by their institution via the Analysis and score prediction > Study summary section of the platform. 
How to use:

1. Enter the dates for a desired time period:
2. Click “Apply” to filter the study summary metrics based on question activity of the given time period, including recommendations. 
3. You can then “Reset” to go back to the overall study summary without any time period filtering, or select a new time period.