Mastery Learning and Learner Pathways in Ultra courses 

The Mastery tab enables students to: 
• Access a visual display of their mastery performance 
• View specific skills and competencies that they need to master; this insight helps students understand where they should concentrate their efforts and leads to more targeted and effective learning 
• Access their performance as it relates to each specific criterion which allows them to identify areas for improvement and work towards mastery 
• Focus on key areas where mastery was not achieved, which fosters a growth mindset and a deeper understanding of the course content
Goals tab 
Students can drill down on the Goals tab to individual content items to see how goals align with their mastery progress. 
Achievements is a new capability for Ultra courses to help keep students motivated and congratulate them for their participation in a course. With Achievements:
• Instructors can create course badges and set criteria for students to earn those badges  
• Instructors can view which students earned a course badge
• Students can review the requirements to earn a course badge
• Students can view both earned and unearned course badges
• Leaders can use Achievements in Ultra organizations
Achievements support learning in many ways:
• Supports self-directed learning pathways
• Instructors can give learners tasks, goals, or quests with clearly defined criteria
• Learners have more flexibility in how they approach their activities; they might choose to focus on a particular area of development before moving on to another, and this flexibility can replace a set sequence to personalize learning
• Engages and motivates learners
• Some learners respond to extrinsic motivations; they feel accomplishment when they complete tasks
• Teaching methods can use Achievements to add game mechanics to a course
• Adds transparency to learning
Course badges that define the skills and competencies in a course can help students:
• Follow how they’re developing competencies
• Understand and articulate to others what they’re learning
by Szymon Machajewski