Learning paths offer a way to link various courses, quizzes, or events to create an e-learning journey with an overall completion by using qualification codes.
This is an optional feature, as users can simply complete courses or other content alone to achieve individual completion status.
This guide will cover how to create and manage Learning Paths.
Our other guide details how users interact with a Path to complete it here.
Who can create and manage Learning Paths?
Application Administrators of Learning can select who can create and manage paths from the admin side of the application.
Admin > Learning > Learning Paths
Creating a learning path
The entered users/roles/groups on the admin side can create a new Learning Path from the front end of Learning.
Applications > Learning, and then open the Learning Path area:
Any existing Paths will be listed in this area and can be edited. The button to create a new learning path:
1. Fill out the Path details
The screen below will appear when creating a new Path:
- Learning Path Title: The name of the path you wish to create
- Qualification Code: The most important factor that will link all learning content together. The path needs its own code, and so does each step within it
- Description/Abstract: A short description/overview of the Learning Path
- Days to complete: A deadline set for users upon enrolling in the path. If users do not complete the path after the number of days specified, a daily notification will be triggered after the deadline as a reminder
- Status: The current status of the Learning Path. Users will only be able to access and interact with paths that are set to 'Live'
- Path Image: A thumbnail for the Learning Path
- Points (Optional): A required pass mark for the Learning Path. This will not be applied immediately, as you need to define points to Steps in your path before adding a required pass mark. This option will need to be revisited if you choose to add a pass mark
- Permissions: Define certain user groups/roles with varying levels of control within the Learning Path:
- Can join: User(s) can join the Learning Path
- Edit: User(s) can edit Learning Path details and add Steps
- Delete: User(s) can delete the Learning Path
- Manage Participants: User(s) can view the full list of participants and path records, as well as add participants as needed (This tab will only appear if your Learning Path is set to Live status)
- Receive Admin Notifications: User(s) can receive notifications for when a user enrols on the Learning Path
2. Add steps to the Path
Now that the path has been created, content can be added by creating steps.
Steps can be created under the 'Main syllabus' or 'Further Learning' section, depending on your preference or needs for the Path.
Click into the 'Path steps' tab and click 'Add step'
Fill out the details of the step and include the qualification code that represents the content, e.g. course, quiz, or event that you want to pull through:
- Step Name: The name of the step
- Description: An explanation or overview of the step that will appear alongside the content
- Requirement: Determine if the step is:
- Mandatory: must be completed even if the required pass mark is achieved without completing this step
- Non-Mandatory: an optional step that is not required
- Further Learning: an optional step that is not required for completion
- Qualification Code: Connects learning content to the step. Enter the code of the content you wish to pull through to the step (or create a new code, then later attribute that code to the content, e.g. course)
- Points: Set how many points completion of this step will achieve
Click 'Save' to create the step.
It will now appear listed in the Path.
Add more steps until all those you want to include have been created, and the content appears in each:
3. Manage the path over time
Once the Path creator puts the path into 'live' status, users with permissions will see it listed and can join the path to start completing the steps. Administrators can also add users to the path directly in the participants tab.
Ensure your user base knows who to reach out to if they encounter any issues completing the content.
Once users complete the path, their training record will be updated to reflect this.
Users with admin permissions can edit the Path at any time and check user sign-ups or progress in the participants tab:
