> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://academy.synap.ac/doc/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://academy.synap.ac/doc/synap-students/synap-students.md). # Synap Students ## Creating a Synap account Depending on the portal you may need to be sent and email invite to create an account on Synap, go to the portal URL you want to sign in to and if you see a note saying 'Please contact your administrator for account details' then you'll need to get in touch with the admins of that portal for access

### Account & manage settings Use the profile icon in the bottom left hand corner and **account** to go to your settings page.

From the account page you'll be able to update your email, profile picture, password and any other attributes you have edit permissions for. This page will also let you delete your account and all associated data.

You'll also be able to modify additional settings such as: * Language options (if enabled on your portal) * Email notification settings (note there are some things you cannot disable like exam emails) * Font size * Timezone * Preferred reading font (choose the font you find easiest to read for quizzes, exams, and notes content, including accessibility options such as OpenDyslexic and Atkinson Hyperlegible. Only affects how content appears for you.) ## Using the Study Some portals have a study page enabled like the one below. The study lets you control and manage which questions and quizzes you want to study. Use the tabs on the study dashboard to view which items are in your study, remove items and add in additional items

Generating a quiz from your study and managing items

The items in your spaced learning contribute towards different mastery levels ### Spaced learning Simply Spaced Learning is a system developed by Synap to help individuals learn information and recall it in the long term. It is based on the neurological principle of *Spaced Repetition*. Spaced Learning personalises learning based on Spaced Repetition. Spaced Learning Quizzes are regenerated when there are enough questions which need answering to ensure retention of knowledge at that point. This can vary depending on the number of questions in your Study but is usually every couple of days. Unlike Self-practice quizzes you cannot manually add questions to the Spaced Learning quizzes. They are auto-populated based on which questions you are weakest/strongest on. However, you *can* change how many questions you get each day. To do this simply click on the cog icon in the Spaced Learning box:

* ⚫️ **Unseen** = questions you have never seen before, these will appear the most often in your spaced learning if they are active in your study * 🔴 **Novice** = questions you've answered before, but you haven't been answering them correctly or at big enough intervals to show you've progressed on them. You will see these very frequently in your spaced learning quizzes * 🟡 **Intermediate** = questions you've answered correctly a few times now, you're starting to answer them correctly in increasingly bigger time intervals too. You'll see these fairly often in your spaced learning quizzes * 🟢 **Advanced** = questions you've shown you answer correctly most the time, you're answering them correctly between reasonably larger periods of time. You'll not see these very often in your spaced learning * 🔵 **Mastered** = questions you've demonstrated you can always answer correctly. You'll no longer see these in your spaced learning quizzes {% hint style="info" %} Questions may move down the mastery levels as well as up if: * You are consistently answering them wrong * You've had a large break from studying * You requested a reset {% endhint %} ### Quiz settings Whether from a question bank (collections) or the study, you can configure the settings you want to take that quiz in the set up modal. Note not all of these configuration options may be made available to you

**Modes**: * **Practice**: Feedback is given after each question is answered * **Exam**: Feedback is given when all questions have been answered * **Timed exam**: Same as exam + a timer which submits the exam automatically when time runs out. **Lengths:** * **All**: every question in the quiz/quizzes * **Short**: around 5 questions * **Medium**: around 25 questions * **Long**: around 50 questions * **Extra long**: around 100 questions You may also be able to select a specific tag to include in the quiz ## Taking a quiz attempt When you've started a quiz, you're now into an **attempt** on that quiz, this is important to note as you'll see it referred to as attempts in emails, your progress history and overall stats. In the attempt player select or input your answer depending on the question type. It is really important you submit your answers as you go incase you have a drop in internet connection or device disruption. You can always come back and change your answers for questions within that section.

#### Quiz controls Use the panel on the right hand side of the quiz player to access the various controls during an attempt. Depending on your platform you may have different features enabled for quizzes / exams. Calculators, view instructions, discard an attempt, flagging questions can be found on this control panel. *Flagging a question will alert a moderator that you think there is a problem with the question such as a broken image or spelling mistake.*

User the chevron to open the quiz navigator panel, this show you where you are in the quiz, which section (if enabled) and what is the question id (helpful if you want to flag an issue with a moderator or support).

Quiz control panel opened, showing the quiz navigator in sections, and a suite of tools activated by the quiz administrator.

#### **Bookmarking** The bookmarking tool can be used on a question so you can easily come back to it during an attempt. A bookmark icon will appear on the question in the quiz navigator section of the control panel, allowing users to easily distinguish between the tabs they have/have not bookmarked.

Navigating the quiz and using bookmarks.

### **Accessibility options** The control panel also includes a set of accessibility tools to make your quiz experience more comfortable. If these tools are not available to you, they may have to be activated by your administrator.

#### **Change the font size** Use accessibility menu to increase or decrease the size of text within the quiz independently of the overall layout.

#### Change the font From the accessibility window users can select an alternative font to view the platform and questions in, including dyslexic friendly fonts, serif fonts and others.

#### **Change the colour theme** Use the accessibility menu to select a colour theme for the quiz player. Choose from the default view, a sepia tone, or a high contrast dark mode to make the quiz more comfortable to read.

#### **Highlight and change the colour** Activate the highlighter tool and select your colour of choice to click and drag over question or answer text. Highlights are temporary and will not be saved once you exit the quiz.

#### Zoom in and out of images For questions with images in the stem, select the image and use either keyboard shortcuts or buttons on platform to zoom in, out and pan the image, and close the pop up.

## Student insights page Use the student insights page (note your portal admin may have called this something different) to track your progress over time on various attempts ### **Overview** This page shows you a breakdown of your attempt history over time, focusing on performance over different key tags ![Example of a users insights page](/files/YxETiSTvVDKmXy4kyN0c) ### **Attempts** A table of all the specific attempts they've taken against different quizzes and exams. ![Attempts history](/files/pYQf23JRAldElTscLtKY) **Engagement** = The number of responses in a given time frame **Average** = Is calculated across all responses in a given time frame Students can toggle between skill and difficulty facet average scores and change the subject filters and date range. {% embed url="" %} Student insights walk through {% endembed %} Change the date ranges to see your average score progress over different periods ![Average score comparison ](/files/CXh3uEdSb6rfMPkZwLfD) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://academy.synap.ac/doc/synap-students/synap-students.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.