TalentLMS lets you prerequisite conditions for a Learner to unlock a course. This allows you to link the completion of one course with access to another course.
This way, you can easily build connections between courses, allowing your Learners to take them in a predefined order. Courses organized into a learning path can be considered part of a subject or a bigger topic.
For example, if you want to allow access to course Y only if the Learner first completes course X, follow the steps below to define the learning path.
There are two ways to create such connections:
A. By specifying prerequisite courses for your course.
B. By Gamification Level.
Let’s look at both methods below.
A. By specifying prerequisite courses for your course:
1. Sign in to your TalentLMS account as an Administrator or Instructor and go to Courses (1).
2. Locate the course you want to update and click Edit (2).
3. Select Course options (cog wheel) and click on Limits (3).
4. A drawer will open on the right side of your screen. Scroll down to Prerequisites section and choose one or more courses as prerequisites (4).
Note: You can select more than one course as a prerequisite. Learners will be able to complete the prerequisite courses in any order before they are able to take the one you are creating the learning path for. |
5. Click Save to save your changes.
If you wish to set more than one prerequisite options for a course, click Add alternative path (5) and enter an alternative set of courses. The Learner can now attend and complete either set of courses before accessing the one you are creating the learning path for.
Note: You can select up to four alternative paths. |
The Learner should now attend and complete the courses one by one, even if they have been registered to all of them.
If Learners try to access a course without having completed the previous one(s) they will not be able to start it. Instead, the Learner will see an icon (6) indicating there are prerequisite courses .
By selecting any course, the Learner will see information about its content, along with a section mentioning any prerequisite courses (1) and a button (2) to direct you to that section.
B. By Gamification Level:
Another way to create learning paths is to use the Gamification feature. If you enable Levels, then Learners will need to reach the gamification level specified for your course to take it. Otherwise, it’ll show up as restricted, with a Level X required / Unlocked on Level X message.
To configure the level setting for your course:
1. Sign in to your TalentLMS account as an Administrator or Instructor and go to Courses.
2. Locate the course you want to update and click Edit.
3. Select Course options (cog wheel) and click on Limits (1).
4. A drawer will open on the right side of your screen. Scroll down to the bottom and type the level of your choice in the Level (2) field.
5. Click Save (3).
If the Learner’s gamification level is lower than the level required to access a course, a Level X required (4) message will appear next to a lock icon when a user opens the course. The option to Start the course will be greyed out.