The Adaptive Release feature allows instructors to set rules that specify when certain content is made available to students or groups of students. Once rules are set, students or groups of students must meet the criteria for further items to be available to them.

With Adaptive Release, instructors can do the following:

• Add Date criteria to a rule
• Make content available to specific users
• Make content available to Groups
• Make content available based on Gradebook attempt
• Make content available based on Gradebook score
• Add Review Status criteria to a rule
  

This example illustrates an Adaptive Release rule as applied to a Word document added to a course:

Step 1: Add an item to a Content Area

• Go the course Control Panel
• Click on Course Documents
• At the top of the page in the "Add" bar, click Item.
• Name the Item.
• You may add text to the Text box or leave it blank.
• Click Browse to add the Word doc file from your computer.
• Select the file, then click Open.
• Click Submit.

Step 2: Adding an Adaptive Release Rule

• Click Manage for the item to which you want to add a rule.

• Click the first Adaptive Release option (Create or modify a basic Adaptive Release rule).
  
• A basic Adaptive Release rule limits you to selecting one criteria for an item's availability.

• Select a date and time for an item's availability to students (the same feature is available when you Modify an item) or
  
• Select usernames or groups of students whom you wish to see certain content (Remember to click search to pull up members of the course, if you use the browse menu) or
  
• Select a Gradebook Item, such as an exam. Then, select a condition for the item to be visible (i.e. if students received at least an 80% on Exam 1, the Word document will become available). or
  
• Select another Item; when all students have opened that Item, this Word document will be available to them.