How to author a Learning Path Course (Admin)

As an Admin in TORSH Talent, you can create Learning Path Courses to be completed by learners in your system. Courses are an assembly of modules that can be completed in sequential or non-sequential order depending on your settings. You can enroll your learners directly to a course and have them start on the first module as needed. You can even have your course award a digital certificate for the combined units/hours earned from all completed modules therein.

How To Create a Course

To get started, click on 'Learning Paths' in the top navigation bar.
Next, click on the ‘Modules Management’ tab.
On Modules Management, click ‘+ New.'
Then select ‘Course’ in the dropdown that appears. This will bring you to the course’s Module page.

In Edit mode, you can view the 'Module' page wherein you can title the course, give it a thumbnail, and add/arrange any previously authored modules to your course.

To add modules to your course, you must first author a Learning Path module to add. To learn more about how to author a module, read this Help Center article here.

NOTE: An individual module can only be added to one course at a time. One specific module cannot exist within two separate courses.

Sequential vs Non-Sequential

When you have your modules added to the course, you can designate whether or not the learner will progress through the course sequentially or non-sequentially by clicking on the 'Make Modules Sequential' toggle.

If a course's modules are sequential, then the modules will appear in a numbered listing, and the learners enrolled into the course will only have access to the next module in line once they have completed the current module they are enrolled into.
If a course's modules are kept non-sequential, then they will be able to be completed and enrolled into in any order by the learners enrolled into the course.

If you choose to make the course sequential in progression, you can further define if you would like to make all modules sequential or if you would like to make the sequential progress last until a certain module in sequence is completed before the rest of the modules open up to be non-sequential from thereon.

To modify this setting, make sure you have 'Make Modules Sequential' enabled. Then click on on the 'Sequential until' dropdown to select the last module in your desired sequence to be completed. You will then see all modules leading up to that module listed in numeric order. Any modules past the module you selected will be eligible for enrollment and progress in any order the learner desires once they have completed the ordered sequence of modules beforehand.

How To Add Modules via Course Settings

If you have already created a module and would like to add it to your course, click the 'Edit Course' button in the top, right-hand corner of your course's webpage.

From here, click the 'Add Modules' button found further down the page.

On the next page, check the checkboxes for the modules you would like to add to the course. When you are done with your selection(s), click 'Add To Course' in the top, right-hand corner.

Your added modules will now appear on your Course's page! You can adjust their placement by clicking and dragging the 'stacked group icon' on the left side of each module.

To remove a module from the course, click the '...' icon on the far right side of the module and select 'Remove.'

How To Add Modules via Module Settings

You can also add individual modules to existing courses via a module's Settings page. To reach this page, navigate to your module and click 'View.' This will take you to the module's 'Contents' page. Click on the 'Settings' tab.

On the module's Settings page, scroll down to the 'Course' setting. Click 'Add To a Course.'

This will take you to a page with all of your system's courses listed. Select the course you would like to add the module to. Then click 'Add To Course.'

The course name will now appear in your module's Course setting. If you would like to remove this module from the course, click the 'Remove From Course' button.

Award a Certificate For Completing the Course

In the course, click on its 'Settings' tab. Then scroll down to its Course Outcomes section. To enable the module to award a certificate, click the toggle for 'This Course awards a certificate' to display as GREEN/ON.

To display the cumulative units awarded for completing the course on your certificate, click the toggle for 'Show earned units' to display as GREEN/ON.

Starting out, your certificate for this module will displays as the Default Certificate for Courses assigned in your system. To assign a specific certificate template to a module, click on the dropdown list and select a different template.

If you would like to modify the certificate template currently selected, click the 'View template' option to immediately be routed to the specific template in the Learning Paths settings of your system's Management Panel.

Feel free to use the text editor below your digital certificate selection to add extra details about the Learning Path to the certificate. These details may include course ID numbers, training levels, or credit information that your organization requires for the completion of the course.

Your details will automatically display in the preview of the template further down the Course's Settings page.

Scroll past the preview image of your course certificate to modify the Award Criteria. Here you can designate which specific modules within the course need to be completed in order to award the digital certificate. By default, this will be set to 'Select All.'

Otherwise, you can choose to award a digital certificate if a set amount of units have been awarded in completing the completing the course, or you can choose to award a certificate if a set amount of modules have been completed.