Synaptica Learning
Mastery Check-ins

See the strugglebefore it becomes a grade

Ungraded Mastery Check-ins surface academic risk early. Instructors get recommendations; GPA stays with faculty-graded coursework.

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LEARNING TRAJECTORY

Early academic risk signals, mastery trajectory, and Mastery Check-ins.

Mastery ScoreOn Track (80%)At Risk
10080604020Jun 15ActiveJun 16Support AssignedJun 21Recovered
72%
58%
86%

Mastery Check-in

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The product

Mastery Check-ins are ungraded by design

Adaptive Mastery Check-ins catch growth and misconception issues in motion. Retrospective Mastery Check-ins catch retention slip later. Both flag instructors with recommendations. GPA stays in the gradebook.

How Mastery Check-ins work

How it works

From learning signals to student success

Synaptica watches the learning trajectory leading up to a grade, so educators can respond while there is still time to change the outcome.

1

Learning

Will the student master this?

Concept mastery, gaps, learning velocity, and tutor patterns surface while support can still help.

  • Mastery trajectory
  • Concept gaps
  • Tutor interactions
2

Course

Is the student on track in this course?

Signals accumulate into course progress, so academic risk shows before a final grade is the first warning.

  • Assignment friction
  • Assessment trajectory
  • Repeated difficulty
3

Institutional outcomes

Can earlier support change what campuses measure?

Over time, learning and Mastery Check-in data can connect to course success, progression, and persistence (the outcomes institutions already track).

  • Course completion
  • Persistence & retention
  • Check-in effectiveness

Prediction matters only if there is still time to act.

Signal to Mastery Check-in to instructor flag to measured response, without punishing struggle in the gradebook.

Dual-sided adaptive engine

Adapt support, surface insight, and close the loop

Student support and instructor insight stay connected, so Mastery Check-ins fire with enough time to act.

Student side

Adaptive support

  • Adapts explanations, examples, practice, and pacing
  • Grounded in the instructor's actual lesson
  • Supports students when homework gets hard at home

Educator side

Actionable insight

  • Surfaces learning patterns and concept gaps
  • Highlights where a Mastery Check-in may matter most
  • Keeps instructors in control of outreach and judgment

Continuous feedback loop

Student interaction
Learning signals
Educator insight
Mastery Check-in
Adapted experience

Unlike dashboards that mainly report historical outcomes, Synaptica turns learning behavior into earlier Mastery Check-ins, then measures whether the trajectory improves.

One platform

Built for everyone on campus

Undergraduates, faculty, and student-success teams share one learning stack. Early signals become Mastery Check-ins, not another export to reconcile after grades are locked.

For Students

Stay on track between classes

  • Lesson-grounded tutor with Socratic help from your instructor's materials
  • Agenda, assignments, and class hubs in one shell
  • Mastery journey with Mastery Check-in markers
Student technology

For Instructors

See struggle early, then support with judgment

  • Priority queues from mastery, tutor, and grade signals
  • Mastery Check-in flags with specific support recommendations
  • Gradebook that keeps GPA separate from the mastery diagnostic
Instructor technology

For Institutions

Connect learning signals to student success

  • Earlier academic-risk visibility for student-success teams
  • Adaptive and retrospective Mastery Check-ins while outcomes can still change
  • Aggregate exports that relate checkpoint response to metrics campuses already track
Institution technology

Institutional value

Connect what happens during learning to the outcomes institutions measure

Institutions already track GPA, course completion, credit accumulation, persistence, retention, and graduation. Synaptica is designed to illuminate the learning trajectory that comes before those outcomes change.

Synaptica's earlier signals

  • Mastery
  • Learning velocity
  • Concept gaps
  • Assignment friction
  • Tutor interaction
  • Mastery Check-in response

Today's outcome metrics

  • GPA
  • Course completion
  • Credits earned
  • Retention
  • Graduation

Synaptica does not replace institutional metrics. It helps campuses see what is happening in learning before those metrics move, and over time connect early signals and Mastery Check-in response to longer-term student success.

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