Create and Manage Learning Paths

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Learning Paths

New Learning Path

Clicking the button on the top right corner of the Learning Paths box performs the same functionality as clicking “New Learning Path” from the Learning Paths page.

Name – Name of the Learning Path. This can only be seen in the Catalog, and, once the Learning Path is completed, in the Transcript Widget on the user’s dashboard, under the Learning Path tab.

Catalog Short code – Giving a Learning Path a catalog short code generates a unique link to the Learning Path as viewed from the Catalog. This link will be in the following format, with {portal name} replaced with your portal hostname and {catalog short code} replaced with your chosen shortcode.https://{portal name}.acendre.com/catalog/?type=learning path&sc={catalog short code}

Cost – Charge users to self-enroll in the Learning Path if you have a payment gateway set up in E-Commerce.

Avatar – The image you upload appears as the background for the Learning Path tile in the Catalog, and as an icon next to the Learning Path title on the Learning Path enrollment page.

Published – When published, the Learning Path is visible and able to be enrolled in by users. When unpublished, the Learning Path is not visible and users are not able to enroll themselves. The Administrator (non-user) and users with certain privileges may still enroll users into an unpublished Learning Path.

Closed – When closed and published, a Learning Path is visible to users, but users are unable to enroll in the Learning Path, and where the “Enroll” link would be, there is a graphic indicating that the Learning Path is closed, and a lock icon appears in the top right corner of the Learning Path tile. The Administrator (non-user) and users with certain privileges may still enroll users into a closed Learning Path.

Short Description – Use this plain text only box for a brief description of the Learning Path. If you need graphics or need to go into more detail about the Learning Path, use the Description WYSIWYG box.

Search Tags – Put in this plain text only box any words you would like to be associated with the Learning Path for your users to be able to search for it in the search bar on the Catalog page. The search bar only pulls search results based on the Learning Path’s Name and Search Tags, so put any keywords from any of the Description boxes that you want your learners to be able to search for in the Search Tags box.

In the Courses Tab, select the courses that will be part of the Learning Path. You can arrange courses by clicking and dragging a course name. Checking the option for forcing courses to be completed in order would not allow the user to start any other course in the Learning Path while one of the courses is incomplete. Once the user completes a course, they will only have the option to start the next course in the set order. 

Learning Path Dashboard – View a summary of the Learning Path’s information, enrollments and stats. You can also create new Learning Path material, certificates, email notifications and enrollments for the Learning Path from the shortcuts listed under “Actions”.

Learning Path Properties – View and modify Learning Path properties and courses set during Learning Path creation. Documents can be uploaded for a Learning Path in the Materials Tab, which will be listed on the Learning Path enrollment page, and be able to be downloaded by all users, or only enrolled users, depending on the material’s settings. To update the properties of existing Learning Path material, click on the name of the Learning Path material in the list.

Certificates – Users who complete all courses in the Learning Path will be awarded any certificates in this section. You can either create a new certificate, or you can build a certificate based on a certificate template, found in the Certificate Templates section of Learning Assets.

New Certificate Name - The name of the certificate. Recipients can see this name in their account if they receive the certificate.

Issuing Organization – You can include in the certificate data where or which organization the recipient got the certificate from.

Credits – Indicate how many credits this certificate is worth. Note that Course Credits and Certificate Credits are separate, and never totaled together.

Code – Assign the certificate a code for your own internal tracking purposes, as well as for the Import Certificate Data function.

Status – If this box is unchecked, the certificate will not be awarded upon completion of all courses in the Learning Path.

Award – Whether or not this box is checked controls how the certificate is awarded if a user re-takes and passes the courses within the Learning Path again.

• Checked – The certificate’s award date will reflect the date that the Learning Path was most recently completed and passed.
• Un-checked – The award date will reflect the first time that the Learning Path was completed and passed before the certificate expired. If the Learning Path is re-taken and re-passed before the certificate’s expiration date, the award date will be the date upon which the Learning Path was first passed. If the Learning Path is re-taken and re-passed after the certificate’s expiration date, the award date will reflect the date upon which the Learning Path was re-taken and re-passed.

Expiration – The certificate will be revoked upon the date of expiration, if there is one.

Description – Use the WYSIWYG box to describe the certificate (its significance, what it means, etc).

In the Certificate Builder tab, you can modify the appearance of the certificate. To change the certificate’s image, click “Upload Background Image”. Click the red “Menu” button, and type text into the “Static Label” box, and then click “Add” when you want to put it somewhere on the certificate. Click and drag the “Data Fields ”to have data fields pulled from the recipient’s profile when they are awarded the certificate. New Certificate from Template Select a template created in the Certificate Templates menu to use as the Certificate for this Learning Paths.

Email Notifications – Set up email notifications related to events linked to this specific Learning Path here. These notifications function just like those found in the Email Notifications section of the System menu, however when created from the Learning Path page, the notifications only pertain to events related to the Learning Path.

Note: The system prioritizes Learning Path email notifications over System email notifications. If there is an email notification in the system and one in a Learning Path’s settings that both trigger upon the same event (i.e. Learning Path enrollment, Learning Path completion, etc), the system will ONLY send the Learning Path email notification. Do note that if there is an email notification for a course in a Learning Path, as well as an email notification for the Learning Path it self, the user will receive both emails.

Enrollments – Set up a one-time enrollment ruleset for a Learning Path here. A few things to keep in mind...

• When enrolled in a Learning Path, the user will see each course in the Learning Path listed out in their Enrollments Widget. If the courses need to be completed in the order in which they are listed in the Learning Path course list, the user will be able to launch the first course, and the others will be visible but locked.
• Enrollments in Learning Paths cannot recur.