Evaluating a student's progress and understanding different motivational and instructional design techniques are essential to help students succeed. A student's progress needs to be monitored, and an assessment approach needs to be identified. Different motivational methods and instructional strategies can help improve a student's progress and increase motivation. The ability to evaluate a student's progress is vital and instrumental in helping to encourage and motivate students. Different motivational techniques are necessary, as one type of motivation does not work for all students. If instructors understand what motivates students, various instructional strategies are required to work with different learning styles and intelligences. These factors are essential to understand and apply with instruction to achieve positive outcomes.