A waypoint is a stop on a learning path. It holds a small set of related items and a goal the author set for them. The learning path is built from waypoints, and every circle you see on it is one.
The states
The line under a waypoint's title tells you where it stands.
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| Up ahead | It comes later in the learning path. The row is dimmed. You can start it early whenever you like. |
| Paused | You paused it. The row is dimmed until you resume it. |
| Not started | Ready for you, and you have not studied anything in it. |
| Active | You are part of the way to the goal. |
| Ready for review | You have items in it waiting to come back around. |
| Goal met | You reached what the author asked for. |
| Fully mastered | Every item in it is at the top level in every skill the waypoint focuses on. |
Goal met and Fully mastered
Goal met
The author picks a level and a share of items, for example most items at Proficient. Goal met says you got there. It does not mean you are finished with everything in the waypoint.
Fully mastered
Every item in the waypoint is at Mastered in every focus skill. This is the harder one, and a lot of waypoints stop at Goal met.
One word, two meanings
Mastered is a level a single word or character reaches. Fully mastered is a status the whole waypoint reaches. One item at Mastered does not make the waypoint fully mastered.
What each one counts toward
Goal met is what finishes a learning path: once the required waypoints have met their goals, the path is complete. Fully mastered is counted on its own and is never needed to finish a path.
The ring, the badge and the counts
- The ring is how far you have come. It only fills completely at full mastery, so a waypoint can be finished by the author's goal with the ring still short.
- The ring moves both ways. It grows as you learn, and it can dip a little when items slip, until your reviews bring them back.
- In a waypoint's details, the Mastery ring has two bars beside it: To clear and Studied. Tap or hover any of them to see what it counts.
- Mastery is how well you know everything in the waypoint. It is the same ring as on the learning path.
- To clear is how close you are to the author's goal, counted in the skill furthest behind. It fills once you reach Goal met. Its tooltip also says what the goal is.
- Studied is how many of the items you have studied at least once, in any skill and anywhere in eevy: a collection, card review or another learning path all count.
- The badge is the small mark in the corner. A check appears at Goal met and turns into a star at Fully mastered. Once it appears it stays. The Mastery tooltip says which one you have.
- The count line under the title says how many items you have taken to the author's target, and separately how many are due for review.
- Exercise types, in the waypoint's details, lists the types the author chose for it. Tap one to see what it asks you to do. Your own study settings can turn more off, never back on.
- Focus skills count toward the goal. Exposure skills are extra practice and don't. Tap either heading for a reminder.
Why a finished waypoint still lists work
The author's goal usually asks for most of the items, not all of them. When you meet it, the rest are still there. Open the waypoint and the skill bars show how many are at target so far. They keep coming back in your reviews, and the waypoint stays finished the whole time.
Waypoints you can choose between
An author can group waypoints and ask for a choice rather than all of them: any two of these four, or this named set. The ones you skip are optional branches.
- Meeting the group's rule finishes the learning path, with the rest still untouched.
- An optional branch you leave is never marked missed. You can still study it, and clearing it later earns its own Goal met.
- Full mastery of a learning path is the one thing that does ask for all of them, optional branches included.
When reviews pass their date
Reviews fall due over time, so a waypoint you finished weeks ago goes quiet and its colour cools.
- Items past their review date show as due. The waypoint tells you how many.
- Reviewing them brings the waypoint back to full strength.
- Your Goal met and Fully mastered dates never change. Forgetting a little is normal and costs you nothing you earned.
Starting early, pausing and resuming
The order of a learning path is a suggestion, not a wall. You decide what you study.
Starting one early
Tap any waypoint up ahead and choose Start early. eevy names the waypoints that normally come first and shows how far along they are, then lets you in. Nothing is lost by jumping ahead.
Pausing one
Choose Pause this waypoint to set it down for now. Learning Path Study skips it until you choose Resume. You can pause any waypoint, including one you already finished.
What pausing keeps
Everything. Your progress, your badges and your earned dates all stay exactly as they were. The items inside still appear everywhere else in eevy, and your reviews carry on unchanged.