View Spaced Repetition analytics

Learn how Spaced Repetition works and how to view its analytics via the web app.

How does Spaced Repetition work?

Spaced Repetition is a feature in SafetyCulture Training that helps your team retain important knowledge through short, personalized quizzes. These quizzes are automatically sent 24 hours after a team member answers a question from a course you’ve selected for Spaced Repetition. The goal is to strengthen memory by reviewing information just before it’s likely to be forgotten.

The timing of each quiz is based on the SM-2 algorithm. If a team member answers a question incorrectly, they'll see it more often. As they continue to answer correctly, the question will appear less frequently, helping them build long-term retention. The table outlines how the interval between repetitions increases with each correct answer:

No. of the times a questions is answered correctly in a row	When the question will appear again
0 times	The next day
1 time	3 days after the last quiz
2 times	10 days after the last quiz
3 times	30 days after the last quiz
4 times	60 days after the last quiz
5 times	It will no longer appear

You can also view your team’s Spaced Repetition analytics to see how well they’re retaining information and engaging with quizzes over time.

What you'll need

Spaced Repetition data can take up to 30 minutes to sync and refresh. We are committed to enhancing the syncing process over time, with the aim of reducing the data refresh time in the near future.

View Spaced Repetition analytics

Log in to the web app.
Select Training in the sidebar or select it in More.
Click Analytics at the top of the page and select Spaced Repetition.
On this page, you can view your data in two different ways:
- Retention: This gives you an overview of which courses have the highest and lowest knowledge retention among users, as well as the average scores and streaks.
- Engagement: This shows each user's interaction with every Spaced Repetition quizzes.