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url: /learning/daily-recall.md
description: >-
  Set up daily recall in RootWright LMS: turn on the Today view, choose what
  learners see first, set how many recall items they get a day, and turn on
  reminders and Telegram.
---

# How daily recall works in RootWright LMS

Daily recall helps learners remember what they studied. Each day, a learner gets a short **Today** session. It shows the recall items that are due, then the next lesson in their course. Each item comes back on a schedule that follows how well the learner remembers it.

You set up daily recall in **Settings → Learning → Today & recall**. You add the questions to recall in each lesson.

## Turn the Today view on or off

::: steps

1. Go to **Settings → Learning → Today & recall**.
2. Under **Today**, switch **Today view** on or off.
3. Under **Opens first**, choose what a learner sees when they open their dashboard, until they choose for themselves. The options are **Today** and **Browse (the course overview)**.
   :::

![The Today & recall settings with the Today view switched on](/images/learning/daily-recall-01-today-settings.jpg)

*Settings → Learning → Today & recall → Today. Switching Today view off removes Today for every learner. Courses and lessons are not affected.*

## What learners see

The first time a learner opens **Today**, it asks **How long do you want to study each day?** They pick 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes, and can switch on a **Daily recall reminder** email. **Start** builds the session. **Skip** leaves the goal for later.

![The Today goal picker a learner sees on first visit](/images/learning/daily-recall-06-goal.jpg)

*Today, first visit. The goal can be changed later in the learner's Settings.*

Today then builds one short session: recall items that are due, and the next lesson under **CONTINUE**. The ring at the top right counts finished items, for example "0/1".

![A Today session with the next lesson to continue](/images/learning/daily-recall-07-today-session.jpg)

*A Today session with no recall due yet. **Open lesson** starts the lesson. **Skip for today** moves on.*

## Set how much learners recall

Click **Recall** in the settings sidebar. These settings apply to every learner.

| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| **Show memory strength** | On | Shows learners a 0 to 100 score for how well they remember a course. Hiding it does not change what is scheduled. |
| **Most recall items a day** | 50 | The most items Today builds for each learner in one session. The rest wait for the next day. Nothing is dropped. A learner who chooses to keep going can do more. |
| **Most new items a day** | 15 | How many never-answered items a learner meets in one day. A learner can choose fewer. |
| **Keep recall answers for** | 24 months | How long old answers are kept. Older answers are deleted, and each learner's schedule is kept. Set 0 to keep every answer. |

![The Recall settings](/images/learning/daily-recall-02-recall-settings.jpg)

*Settings → Learning → Today & recall → Recall.*

## Turn on reminders

Click **Reminders** in the settings sidebar.

When **Daily recall reminders** is on, a learner can ask for an email reminder. Each learner turns their own reminder on and picks a time. The reminder is offered the first time they open Today, and they can change it in their settings. If you switch this off, no learner is offered a reminder, and none are sent.

To change the text of the reminder, go to **Settings → Communication → Emails** and edit **Learning reminders**.

![The Reminders settings](/images/learning/daily-recall-03-reminders.jpg)

*Settings → Learning → Today & recall → Reminders.*

## Connect Telegram (optional)

Telegram lets learners get their recall reminders in a Telegram chat, where they can answer them. You create the bot yourself.

::: steps

1. In Telegram, start a chat with **@BotFather** and send `/newbot`.
2. Follow the steps and copy the token that BotFather gives you.
3. In RootWright LMS, go to **Settings → Learning → Today & recall → Telegram**.
4. Paste the token into **Bot token** and click **Connect bot**.
   :::

RootWright LMS checks the token with Telegram, points the bot at your site, and stores the token encrypted. It is not shown again. Each learner connects their own chat from their study settings.

![The Telegram settings](/images/learning/daily-recall-04-telegram.jpg)

*Settings → Learning → Today & recall → Telegram.*

## Add recall items to a lesson

Recall items are question and answer pairs. Learners see them in the Today session when they are due.

::: steps

1. Open the lesson in the lesson builder.
2. In the left menu, click **Recall**.
3. Enter a **Prompt** (the question) and an **Answer**.
4. Click **Add recall item**.
   :::

To add many items at once, click **Import CSV**. The file has two columns, prompt and answer, and up to 500 rows. A prompt that the lesson already has is left out.

![The Recall section of the lesson builder with two items](/images/learning/daily-recall-05-recall-items.jpg)

*Lesson builder → Recall. Each saved item has an edit and a delete icon.*

## Testing out

Click **Testing out** in the settings sidebar. This controls what happens when a learner passes a skill's test.

When **Lessons of a skill passed by a test count as finished** is on, the lessons of that skill are marked done. They count toward finishing the course and its certificate. When it is off, the skill is still passed, but its lessons stay open for the learner to do.

## Related

* [Lessons](/learning/lessons)
* [Lesson completion](/learning/lesson-completion)
* [My recall questions](/learning/my-recall-questions)
* [Settings overview](/settings/overview)