Manage Spaced Repetition quizzes
Learn about Spaced Repetition, how to enable or disable it for your organization, and how to manage Spaced Repetition questions 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.
Enable Spaced Repetition
Select
Training in the sidebar or select it in 
More.Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.
Click I want to improve retention.
If you have existing Quizzes, click Enable in the "Spaced Repetition" section.
Click Next on the upper-right of the page.
On the left panel, select a course.
On the right panel, check the box next to each question you want to add.
To add questions from other courses, repeat step 6.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.
In the pop-up window, set a maximum number of questions per quiz.
Click Publish.
Each Spaced Repetition quiz supports a maximum of 15 questions.
Reselect questions for Spaced Repetition quizzes
Select
Training in the sidebar or select it in More.Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.
In the "Spaced Repetition" section, select Reselect questions.
On the left panel, select a course.
On the right panel, reselect questions by checking or unchecking the box next to each question.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.
In the pop-up window, set a maximum number of questions per quiz.
Click Publish.
Disable Spaced Repetition
Select
Training in the sidebar or select it in More.Click Content at the top of the page and select Quizzes.
In the "Spaced Repetition" section, select Reselect questions.
On the left panel, click a selected course.
On the right panel, click Clear all.
If multiple courses are selected, repeat from step 5.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page.
In the pop-up window, click Publish.
Frequently asked questions
Your team will start receiving Spaced Repetition quizzes 24 hours after they answer a question from a course you’ve selected for Spaced Repetition.
Spaced Repetition quizzes include a mix of new questions and ones the user previously answered incorrectly. These come from the questions you’ve selected for Spaced Repetition in each course. As users answer more questions, either in the same course or in other Spaced Repetition-enabled courses, new questions are gradually added to their quizzes.
Spaced Repetition 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, Spaced Repetition scores don't count towards leaderboards.
Was this page helpful?
Thank you for letting us know.