It’s no secret that you will have your fair share of learning, quizzing, remediating and testing in nursing school. One of our favorite tools within the ATI student portal is Learning System. This quiz bank is a great way to practice. After all, practice makes perfect.
What is Learning System, when should you be using it, and how can it help you throughout nursing school? We answer all of those questions, plus more, below.
What is Learning System?
Learning System is a versatile quiz bank that is jam-packed with questions from various content areas. While using Learning System, your comprehension and retention of core nursing school content will be tracked along the way. This is helpful so you know which areas are your strengths and which areas you have room to improve and remediate.
Learning System includes over 3,000 unique questions, including alternate format questions, and allows quizzes to be taken in a standard, adaptive, or customized mode. Below is a breakdown of the content areas.
Learning System underwent an update in December 2020. What is new?
You will notice some changes to Learning System’s user interface. Here’s what you can expect:
- You can access Learning System via the student portal > Test The card will have a consolidated view.
- You will have access to a new dashboard view that shows your performance as well as your ranking compared to your peers.
- You can take quizzes one of three ways: timed or untimed (NEW!), study mode, or adaptive. In the “Create Quiz” view you can choose which questions you want to quiz yourself on.
- You will see a new view during the quiz itself.
- The results view now includes a performance timeline which provides a visual representation of your progress and performance.
When do most students use Learning System?
Nursing students use Learning System throughout their nursing school journey. Most commonly, your instructor will assign you a standard quiz or a quiz by content area.
Certain quizzes may be locked until you are enrolled in a specific class. Be sure to check with your instructor if you have specific questions about how you will be using Learning System throughout nursing school.
How will Learning System help me throughout nursing school?
There are many ways that Learning System will help you throughout nursing school.
- Added practice: This one is a biggie! Sometimes it seems as though there are not enough practice questions to prepare you for your next ATI exam or even the NCLEX. Learning System will allow you that added practice in so many formats.
- Practice in a timed environment: Timed testing can be nerve wracking for many students. This tool will allow you to truly practice in a setting that is similar to test day – timed and without rationales. If timed testing is something that you struggle with, check out this article, Test Anxiety? Here’s How to Handle a Timed Exam.
- Practice in an adaptive environment: Like we mentioned above, the NCLEX exam takes place in an adaptive testing environment, adapting to the way you answer questions throughout the exam. Practicing this style of testing on the content you need to know during school will help you prepare for the future.
- Opportunity to build quizzes: Learning System will provide you the opportunity to build quizzes in various categories, allowing you to remediate in specific content areas.
Ready to get started? You can find Learning System in the Test tab of the ATI student portal.