and I'm here with Meaghan, who leads U.S. Teacher Education.

Hi, Meaghan.

- [Meaghan] Hi, Kim.

In this video, we are going to walk you through

the Khan Academy learner or student experience.

- [Kim] So, Meaghan, who is considered a learner

on Khan Academy?

- [Meaghan] At Khan Academy, we believe that everyone

is a learner, and from the teacher perspective,

all of your students are learners and you can be as well.

- [Kim] That's great.

So where should teachers start

if they want to better understand the student experience

on Khan Academy?

- [Meaghan] To begin, you wanna log into

your Khan Academy account.

Then select the navigation button indicated by your name

on the top right of the screen.

Once you see the drop-down menu, select Learner Home.

You can now see the Learner homepage on your screen.

You can think of this as the student's homepage,

as this is what students see immediately

when they log into Khan Academy.

Also, a quick tip: if the student clicks on

the Khan Academy logo, no matter what page they are on,

assuming they are logged in, they will always be

taken back to this homepage.

On the left-hand side, any classes the student is in

and where the teacher has given them some sort

of assignment or goal is listed.

As you can see, the course mastery goals and assignments

recommended by the teacher are accessible

with a single click.

Within the Assignments tab, learners can easily see

upcoming assignments and work directly

on the assignments from there.

Within the Course Mastery tab, learners can see

the mastery goals you have given them

and their progress towards it.

By going down to the Progress tab,

students can see their activity log.

This exact same report is also available to you as a teacher

when you click into a student on your roster.

We surface the report to both facilitate accountability

and to stimulate student-teacher conferencing on progress.

By scrolling down and clicking on Teachers,

students can see all of their current teachers

and also join a new class by entering a class code.

One more thing: on this page, students will also find

a summary of their recent activity,

energy point, and badges earned.

- [Kim] That seems like a really useful place for students

to check current mastery progress, assignments,

and overall learning.

Can you walk us through what students experience when

they select their mastery goals?

- [Meaghan] Of course, Kim.

When students click on their mastery goal,

they are taken to the course page,

where they can work through the course at their own pace.

What you see here on the course page are the different units

that make up the course, as well as the student's progress

towards mastering each unit.

Below each unit name are the lessons within each unit.

By clicking into a lesson or unit,

I am taken to the unit page.

From here, students have the option to either

dive straight into practice, which they can find

on the right-hand side, or first check out

the learning material, which are the articles and videos

on the left-hand side.

There are a couple types of practice activities

in Khan Academy's mastery system.

Exercises, which are opportunities for students to learn

single skills in isolation, or assessments,

where students get mixed skill review.

The different types of assessments address

different quantities of content.

Quizzes are mixed review of skills in a lesson,

unit tests are mixed review of skills within an entire unit,

and course challenges are a mixed review of skills

from the entire course.

- [Kim] And how does Khan Academy assess

students' proficiency in the skills they're learning?

- [Meaghan] As students work through the content,

Khan Academy assesses their skill level,

giving them a designation of attempted, familiar,

proficient, or mastered.

These levels are surfaced in the teacher progress reports,

but students can also quickly understand their level

by looking at the tower visual next to each skill.

One brick for familiar, two for proficient,

and the crown is unlocked at mastered.

When students work on skills in isolation,

the maximum level they can get to is proficient.

They would need to answer all the questions

in isolated skill practice correctly to get to that level.

The only way to get to mastered is by proving

students can ace questions related to that skill

in a mixed skill context, so they need to complete

the assessments for that final level-up.

If students have tried the skill and get

70 to 99% correct, we call them familiar.

If they earn less than 70%, they are attempted.

- [Kim] I saw a banner for mastery challenges

on the course page.

What are mastery challenges?

- [Meaghan] Great question, Kim.

Mastery challenges are a way for students

to review and practice previously learned skills

in a course.

They first get unlocked after the student

has gotten to familiar on at least three skills

and continue to get unlocked every 12 hours afterwards.

They also provide another way beyond unit tests

and course challenges for students to level up or down

in already familiar skills.

Mastery challenges highlight opportunities for students

to engage in personalized, spaced repetition of the skills

students have already started practicing.

Research shows that spiraling skills over time

and across lessons is a key component

to minimizing student learning loss

and improving knowledge retention.

- [Kim] You mentioned that students can

see assignments from teachers.

How do students know which assignments to complete?

- [Meaghan] From the Learner homepage,

students can select assignments from

the left-hand panel under each class.

Students will see active or current assignments

in the order of what is due soon at the top of each list.

Each assignment will show the title of the assignment,

the class name, the due date,

and the status of the assignment.

If the assignment is a video or article,

it will show as completed or not completed.

If the assignment contains questions,

it will show the student's best score.

By clicking on the assignment name or the status,

which will show as a Start button for new assignments,

the student will be taken directly to the assignment.

If students want to revisit past assignments,

they can click the tab for Past Assignments

on the top of the page.

- [Kim] This is so helpful, Meaghan, thanks so much.

We hope this video provides a better understanding

of the student experience on Khan Academy.