# Signal check-ins

URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/signal
Tab: Learning
Category: Insights
Updated: 2026-10-07

Read the Signal check-ins that show how a course is going for a student.

Signal asks a student a quick question after some of their lessons and keeps the answers, so you can see how a course is going without asking every day. It is on by default for every student with their own sign-in.

## What the student sees

When the student marks a lesson complete or submits it for review, the green confirmation sometimes turns into a check-in card. It asks **How did that go?** with five faces: **Rough**, **Meh**, **Okay**, **Good** and **Great**. One tap answers it, and the course name sits at the bottom of the card.

- **Rough** or **Meh** gets one follow-up: **What made it rough?**, with **Too hard**, **Boring**, **Needed help** or **Too long**.
- Occasionally a better rating gets a longer set, one question at a time: **How hard was it?**, **Did you get help?**, **Was it interesting?** and **Could you explain this to someone?**

The **X** closes the card at any point. Answers already given are kept. Lessons marked complete by a parent never prompt.

## How often it asks

Signal is deliberately light:

- At most three prompts a day per student, across all their courses, and the longer question set at most once a day.
- A course is not asked about until three of its lessons are done, and after a prompt the next three completions in that course go unasked.
- Only one card shows at a time. A lesson finished while a card is open is not prompted.
- Submitting a returned lesson again does not prompt; the first time counts.

## Where the answers go

Answers belong to your homeschool and are never shared with third parties. Parents see them in the **Homeschool Activity** feed on the home page, as "rated 4/5" or "skipped the check-in on" next to the lesson. Students do not see their past answers.

## Turning Signal off

Open the student's page, click the **Student Portal** tab, expand **Learning** and switch off **Signal: Curriculum fit insights**. The student stops getting check-ins. See [Permissions](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/permissions).

## Need more help?

Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.