Decisions about Suspend Data

Decisions pertaining to the use of Suspend Data should be made prior to the development of the content. During the analysis phase of the design, the Instructional Designer determines if the learner will be able to suspend learner attempts at the content. For most content, it is advantageous for the learner to have the data available upon re-entry, but there are some exceptions dependent upon the project requirements. An exception could be in an assessment SCO, where each attempt is new without information from a previous attempt at an assessment. Another exception could be if the SCO is being timed. By allowing previous information, the timing would not give correct information for the attempt, from an instructional perspective. After the decisions have been made, the Content Developer will implement the decisions by using Suspend Data.