Why do my students' progress bars change color over time—even after reaching 100%?

Any yellow progress bar can be treated as 100% complete—it reflects the same level of achievement as a fully green progress bar. The yellow color is a helpful reminder, not a sign of regression. Students can easily bring the progress back to green (100%) by reviewing the material in the “Ready for Review” section.

Here’s how the color system works in detail:

1. Yellowgreen (Learning stage): This appears while students are still learning the content and have not yet reached 100% mastery.
2. Green (Completed stage): This shows up when students reach 100% learned content.
3. Yellow (Review stage): After they've reached 100% learned content, the progress goes down according to our Spaced Repetition System (SRS), which is designed to promote long-term retention. At that time we show the yellow color so that they make it green again by reviewing it and reaching 100% again. Please note that any yellow score can be treated as 100% learned. The yellow represents their mastery level, which is different than the 'learned' level". So, their progress goes down and the progress bar becomes yellow, it doesn’t mean their work is lost—rather, it's a gentle prompt for them to reinforce their learning.

Updated on: 05/08/2025