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Manage Brain Boost quizzes

Learn how to manage Brain Boost quizzes via the web app.

This feature is currently in Early Access. If you're interested, please contact your customer success manager to check if your organization is eligible.

How does Brain Boost work?

Brain Boost 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 Brain Boost. 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 Brain Boost analytics to see how well they’re retaining information and engaging with quizzes over time.

Enable Brain Boost quizzes

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining from the menu on the left-hand side.

  3. Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.

  4. Click I want to improve retention.

    • If you have existing Rapid Refresh quizzes, click Enable in the "Brain Boost reinforcements" section.

  5. Click Next on the upper-right of the page.

  6. On the left panel, select a course.

  7. On the right panel, check the box next to each question you want to add.

    • To add questions from other courses, repeat step 6.

  8. Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.

  9. In the pop-up window, set a maximum number of questions per quiz.

  10. Click Publish.

Each Brain Boost quiz supports a maximum of 15 questions.

Reselect questions in Brain Boost quizzes

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining from the menu on the left-hand side.

  3. Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.

  4. In the "Brain Boost reinforcements" section, select Reselect questions. Reselect questions in Brain Boost quizzes

  5. On the left panel, select a course.

  6. On the right panel, reselect questions by checking or unchecking the box next to each question.

  7. Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.

  8. In the pop-up window, set a maximum number of questions per quiz.

  9. Click Publish.

Disable Brain Boost quizzes

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining from the menu on the left-hand side.

  3. Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.

  4. In the "Brain Boost reinforcements" section, select Reselect questions.

  5. On the left panel, click a selected course.

  6. On the right panel, click Clear all.

    • If multiple courses are selected, repeat from step 5.

  7. Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.

  8. In the pop-up window, click Publish.

Frequently asked questions

Your team will start receiving Brain Boost quizzes 24 hours after they answer a question from a course you’ve selected for Brain Boost.

Brain Boost quizzes include a mix of new questions and ones the user previously answered incorrectly. These come from the questions you’ve selected for Brain Boost in each course. As users answer more questions, either in the same course or in other Brain Boost-enabled courses, new questions are gradually added to their quizzes.

Brain Boost only sends quizzes when questions are due for reinforcement. If a user has consistently answered most of their questions correctly, and there are only a few questions assigned, they may go several weeks, or even months, without receiving a new quiz.

This is expected behavior and indicates that the user is retaining the information well. The better their performance, the longer the spacing between quizzes.

No, Brain Boost scores don't count towards leaderboards.

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