The way I see it, everything basically remains the same, that is: you can still “ignore” words just the way you did before. The change is that, once you remove the “ignore”-flag (or “I already know this”-flag), the item will be restored as “fully learned” even if you didn’t learn it before.
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Hi @James_g_memrise, it seems that currently the only way unignored (unlearned) words can be reset to the unlearned state is by restarting an entire course using the restart button on the course’s home page.
Please could you consider changing the functionality of the “ignore” function back to the way it was previously? Thank you in advance.
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You don’t need to restart the entire course, you can restart just the level where the word you want learn is in. However, this would still be problematic in courses where each level has 50+ words.
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Hi @user6, thank you for the suggestion. I was wondering, are you a Memrise developer?
I just noticed that on the “homepage” of each level, there are three new options that are now available in the “Options’” drop-down menu, if there’s been previous learning activity that shows up in that level.
One of these new options is “Restart” which appears to restart only that particular level - and which appears to work as expected. The other two options are “Preview” and “Autolearning” but I have no idea what these do.
In the case of a level with no previous learning activity showing, only the “Preview” and “Autolearning” options appear to be available from the drop-down menu . Again, I don’t know what they do.
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Preview gives a presentation of all the learning material in a level (without the learning steps). You can do this at any time without consequences.
With autolearning you skip the learning process. All the words in that level are immediately learnt.
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Amazing, so pleased a way to “Auto-learn” is back.
It used to be really good for courses we mostly knew and wanted to skip to “review” that I am not the Creator or Contributor for.
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No, I’m just a regular user lol.
The “Autolearning” option does not appear for me on regular courses, just in the ones I made myself, maybe they are running some A/B tests to see if people like the functionality.
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We have not changed anything regarding autolearn, you probably can’t see it as it is only available for course creators.
Though as i mentioned if you want to quickly get a word to the learned state you can ignore then unignore to grow the flower.
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if you want to quickly get a word to the learned state you can ignore then un-ignore to grow the flower
Sorry I thought it was what those in the know could do in thee past.
Thanks for clarifying.
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Hi @James_g_memrise,
After unchecking “Ignore” for all the items in a particular level, all items appear in review mode even if the user has never previously learned the items.
If a user wants to change all the items in a level back to the unlearned state, clicking on Restart for that level (or the whole course) appears to be the only option. But I suspect that using Restart may mess up points, streaks and words learned, features that are valued by many users.
The good news is that Restart, for an entire course or an entire level, currently appears to be available for all courses, and is not restricted to a course creator or contributors.
Meanwhile, Autolearning (in the drop-down menu in individual course levels) appears to be restricted to a course’s creator and course contributors. It should probably be made available to all users as it appears to be a useful feature.
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No gonna lie, this sounds like it adds way more steps to something a single button could do.
I’m glad this is easier to design but as a neurodivergent learner, these steps are too excessive to be accessible to me, so it just removes a potential option of self-directed learning.
Maybe at least make it an option for paid accounts or something.
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Incidentally, in case there’s any confusion, I don’t work for Memrise. I’m just a civilian.
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