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Assembling learning paths

A learning path is a curated sequence of several courses that learners go through in a predefined order — from fundamentals through advanced topics to specialized subjects. Learning paths structure complex topic areas into a coherent learning journey and can conclude with their own completion certificate.

You can only create learning paths as a content manager — as a pure trainer with course-creation rights you don't see the area. If needed, you can submit suggestions for learning paths via your content manager or platform manager.

When a learning path makes sense

  • You have several related courses that learners should sensibly take not individually but in a certain order
  • There's a clear learning journey from entry to deep understanding
  • At the end there should be a confirming completion that is more than a single course certificate
  • Learners should be able to enroll in a whole learning sequence with one click

Examples:

  • "Certified Project Manager" — 5 courses: Fundamentals → Tools → Soft skills → Risk → Final exam
  • "Sales onboarding" — 4 courses: Company values → Products → CRM tool → First 90 days
  • "Data literacy" — 6 courses: Statistics basics → Data visualization → SQL → Pandas → Storytelling → Exercise

Creating a learning path

  1. Go to Learning paths in the main menu.
  2. Click New learning path.
  3. Fill in the fields:
  4. Name and description
  5. Difficulty level (Beginner / Advanced / Expert)
  6. Target group / catalog assignment
  7. Optional: cover image from the media library
  8. Optional: certificate template for the learning-path completion certificate (see Certificate templates)
  9. Add courses:
  10. select from the list of your available courses
  11. set the order via drag and drop
  12. Save and publish.

Screenshot to follow

Learning-path editor with a drag-and-drop list of the included courses

The order is binding

Learners must complete courses in the order you set. A later course can only be started once all preceding ones are completed.

This is intentional: a learning path is more than a random collection of courses — the order is part of your didactic design.

Certificate at the end of the learning path

If you've assigned a certificate template to the learning path, learners automatically receive a learning-path certificate after completing all included courses — in addition to any individual course certificates.

The template content is analogous to individual course certificates — more in Certificate templates.

Publishing a learning path vs. draft

  • Draft: only you see the learning path. Learners can't enroll.
  • Published: appears in the learning-path directory, all eligible users can enroll.

You can switch between the two statuses without already enrolled learners losing their access.

Adding or removing courses later

Updates to the learning path — inserting new courses, removing old ones — also affect already enrolled learners.

Caution with changes to a learning path with active enrollments:

  • Removing a course — learners who have already completed this course keep the status. Learners currently working on it get a notice. Learners who haven't reached it yet no longer see it.
  • Adding a course — learners see the new course as an additional station to complete. If the new course is inserted before ones already completed, learners have to catch up.
  • Changing the order — path progress can become inconsistent if learners are "further along" than the new order allows.

Better to make major overhauls rarely and with an announcement to all active enrollments.

Enrolling learners in the learning path

Three options:

  1. Learners enroll themselves — if your learning path is public in the directory.
  2. You or an administrator assigns the path — analogous to mandatory tasks, individually or in bulk.
  3. Bulk enrollment via CSV or department — enroll a whole training cohort in the path at once.

With a learning-path enrollment, the system automatically also enrolls the person in all included courses. Leaving the learning path does not mean leaving the individual courses — those remain available.

Learning path as a mandatory task

You can assign a whole learning path as a mandatory task with a due date. In this case the person is automatically enrolled only in the courses of the path marked as mandatory; the task is fulfilled once the path is completed. You set the mandatory marking per course when assembling the path.

Learners' view of a learning path

Under My learning paths, learners see:

  • overall progress of the path
  • which course is next
  • which courses are already completed

A more detailed description is in the learner docs — not further relevant to your configuration as a trainer.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use a course in several learning paths at once? Yes — a course can be assigned to as many learning paths as you like. Learners who have completed the course in one path get it marked as already completed in another path.

Can I nest learning paths (a path within a path)? Currently not — a learning path contains courses, not sub-paths. If you want a longer learning journey, build it as one large learning path with many courses.

How do I see how far along everyone is in the learning path? Analytics → Learning paths → your path — a list of all enrolled learners with progress per course and overall progress.

Learners ask whether they can do courses in any order. Within a learning path: no, the order is binding. If learners want to complete a later course in advance, they must enroll in it separately (outside the path) — the path progress is then counted when it's reached.

Can I delete a learning path when there are already people in it? Yes — the individual course enrollments remain, only the path container disappears. Already issued learning-path certificates remain valid.