Learning Paths is the functionality where we have implemented the course grouping functionality and assign the “User Groups” functionality to the group of courses. As a manager user, you can access the Learning path functionality from the Navigation Bar and Dashboard.
From the Dashboard, the manager user can access the Learning path from the courses tab as mentioned in the image below:
This option to access a Learning Path is also available on the side navigation window.
On the caregiver side, the learning path is displayed in a different view. This is displayed on the Dashboard itself for a caregiver.
On the LMS Manager side, Once they click on manage learning path, they can add, view, update, and delete the Learning Paths available.
On the action items available for the Learning Path the eye icon represents the option to hide/make available the learning path to the assigned user(s)/user group(s). The next icon is the option to assign courses to a Learning Path. The settings icon represents the option to edit the learning path. The User icon represents the setting to add users to a Learning Path. The card icon represents the option to associate multiple (or single) user groups to a Learning Path. The copy icon represents the option to duplicate the learning path. The last action item is to delete the Learning Path.
Let’s discuss the Options available on the Learning Path now.
Add New Path: While adding a new learning path, the agency manager needs to add “Name” and “Description” for the learning path. Into the “Active Field”, we can leave the option to “No” while creating the learning path. This is for the sake that till the “Learning Path” is not having courses, it is not visible to any of the users to whom this is assigned. The picture field is for the Learning Path image and is not mandatory. Only the field with the red exclamation sign are mandatory fields.
Adding Courses to A Learning Path: Once a “Learning Path” is created successfully and is visible on the “Learning Path” listing to the manager user(s), they can add the courses to that “Learning Path”. Once you open the screen to add the courses for a “Learning Path”, this will be visible to you as in the screenshot below:
On the right side of the above image are the prospective courses which you can add to a “Learning Path” and on the right-hand side are the courses that are added to the learning path.
For adding a course to a learning path, you can either click on the + icon which will simply add the course to the bottom of the list. You can also drag and drop a course from the prospective course list to “Course Included In Path” to add a course to the learning path and vice versa to remove a course from the learning path. You can also change the sequence of the courses by dragging them into the course list up or down as per the sequence required. For removing a course from the learning path, you can also click on the “delete” icon over the “Course Included In Path” list.
You can also name the group of the courses in the learning path and can also select if the courses are required to be completed in sequence. For doing this you need to click on the settings icon as highlighted in the image below:
Once you click this button, you will be navigated to a new screen where you can add the name of the course group as well as select if the courses are required to be completed in sequence or not. This screen will be as shared in the screenshot below:
Once the course group is completely set, the next step is to add the user(s) and/or the user group(s) to the course.
Adding User(s) and/or User Group(s) to Learning Path: There are two ways via which user(s) are added to a learning path. These are defined below:
Adding a user to a Learning Path: You can add an individual user to a learning path by clicking on the “Assign Student” icon.
Once you click on this icon, you will be navigated to the list of users to assign this learning path. You can simply click on the user’s name in the prospective student list to add that user to a learning path and to remove a user from the learning path you need to click the name of the student in selected student assignments.
Adding a User Group to a Learning Path: To add a user group to a learning path you need to click on the assign cohort icon.
You will see the list of user groups available, and you can click on the checkbox for the user group(s) you want to add to the learning path.
Once you select a user group from the available list you need to click on the assign button to add that user group to the learning path. All user(s) added to those user group(s) will be added to the learning path once you assign those user group(s) to the learning path.