Learning Paths are containers for one or more activities (including SCORM/AICC content developed outside Skillcast) that can be assigned to users directly and/or via Audience groups and have a deadline date attached.
You may want to include a URL into a learning path and assign that to a user. To add an hyperlink activity to a learning path follow the below steps.
Click on Management Console at the top of your homepage and Click on Content Management from the right-hand-side menu called ‘Management Console’.
You can then use the search form to search for an existing learning path using a keyword or you choose a domain and hit search to find all learning paths in that domain. Click on the learning path code you are looking for a OR Add a new Learning Path
Click on 'edit content' under add a new activity select 'Hyperlink'.
You will be presented with options to add a hyperlink:
Position | If this is the first and only activity you wish to include in your learning path, it will default to 1. If you choose to have multiple activities within a learning path, you can use this field to choose the position. |
Pre-requisite | If you choose to have multiple activities within a learning path, you can use this field to choose whether the user needs to complete all other previous activities or a specific activity before they can complete the e-learning you are adding. |
Required | You can choose to make the e-learning activity required or optional. Setting it to required means the activity must be completed before the learning path status changes to complete. |
Name | Add a title for the hyperlink, this is what will appear to the user in the learning path |
Description | Add a description for the hyperlink activity |
Content Category | Select uncategorised or add to an existing category. Adding to a category makes it easier to find or add to other learning paths in the future. |
Estimated process time | The expected time to complete the e-learning |
Show Certificate | Set to Yes to award a certificate to the user upon completion. |
Send email on completion | Choose a template to send on completion** |
URL | Type or paste in the full URL that you want to include in your learning path |
Click the Add button to complete.
*You can click 'Add' at this point to create a blank e-learning activity to upload training records against.
** Check out this card if you want to find out more about setting up a completion email Send email on completion
***If you use the same Activity in various learning paths, once a user has completed it in one path, it will be completed in all.