As seen in the introductory article, Learning Programs are a new level, above courses and pathways, designed for longer-term training that users can complete step by step, over a longer period of time. And just like courses and pathways, they must first be created as new content in the corresponding section, so that the training can be created and users can be added. In this article you will also see how to create a Learning Program and configure its pathways to mark the students's path. Where to create a Learning Program To create a new Learning Program, access to the LMS Admin and deploy the Contents menu on the left side. There you will see a new section called Learning Programs. It displays an similar interface to the previous ones, when entering you can see a list of the Learning Programs already created, with a series of columns that show you the related information: Name. Status, it can be Published, Unpublished or Draft (not yet published). Catalogue, as you will see below, Learning Programs can also be assigned to one or more Catalogs, so that of its members have access to it. Default Language, as you will see below a Learning Program can contain pathways in several languages. Author. Date of creation. Last Modification date. The box with the eye icon shows a Preview of the Learning Program information. The three-dot menu with the Options: Edit Learning Program Details. Publish or Unpublish it. Create training from this content, available if it is published. Delete it, available if it is not published. You also have the Search box, Open filters for content, the possibility to create a New view and apply Mass actions. For more information on these tools check the List View article. How to create a Learning Program To create a Learning Program click on the New learning program button at the top of the list. A new side menu is displayed to enter the Learning program details: Learning program name, this is the title displayed in the LMS. Default language in which the contents will be, or most of them. This parameter is informative, it is not exclusive, as you will see below it is possible to add pathways in other languages. Catalog/s, you can register the Learning Program in one or several existing catalogs, so that all its members have access to it. Select badge to award a medal to the user when he completes the Learning Program. Description, a short text presenting the content displayed in the LMS. Add image to select the image displayed in the LMS as the background of the Learning Program carousel. The name, language and description fields are mandatory, the rest can be left blank. Click on Save button to create the new Learning Program and it will be displayed at the top of the list. Adding content to a Learning Program Once you have created the Learning Program, click on it to access the Structure page. Click on the + Add Pathway button to start adding content to your Learning Program. A side window appears with the list of the published pathways, ordered by date of modification. You can filter the list by entering keywords in the Search box in the upper corner. Or reorder the list by Name, Status or Modification date by clicking on the header of these columns. Mark the flag on the left to select the pathway you want. You can select several ones at the same time, they will be added in the order in which you have selected them. Once you have the content selected, click on the Save button in the right corner. Learning Programs are composed only of pathways. No courses or events can be added. You'll go back to the Structure page where you can edit the list of pathways and set the student's progress through them. Clicking on the dotted lines on the left you can change the pathway position in the list, so that it is displayed earlier or later in the Learning Program carousel. This option is disabled if you add a milestone to any of the pathways, as you will see below. The information icon next to the name warns you that this pathway has a default language different from that of the Learning Program itself. Activating or deactivating the Required flag you make it mandatory to complete that pathway in order to finish the Learning Program.. The padlock icon tells you that this pathway has one or more milestones marked, that is, in order to access it the user will have to obtain some badges or pass certain pathways before, as you will see below. The number inside the padlock represents the number of milestones that this pathway has, which you can see in a small information window if you put the pointer over it. Clicking on the three dots on the right you can see the options: Manage requirements to set the milestones necessary to access that pathway, as you will see below. Delete the pathway from the list. This option is deactivated if this pathway is marked as a milestone in order to access another one. Setting the milestones of a Learning Program Clicking on Manage requirements on each pathway displays a side window with the milestones options. Awards: you can make the pathway only accessible to the user if he has achieved a certain medal in a previous training. Clicking on Select badge displays a side window with a list of all the badges available in the instance. Mark the one you want with the flag to its left and click the Save button in the right corner. Only one badge can be selected per pathway. Pathways: you can also blocked it until the user has completed one or more of the previous pathways. In this screen you see the list of previous pathways in the list, only pathways that are before in the list can be marked (therefore the first pathway can only have a badge as a milestone). Select the flag next to them and click on the Save button in the right corner. You can make a pathway have milestones badges and other pathways as milestones at the same time, they are not exclusive. Once you have set the milestones, go back to the Structure page and see that the pathway shows the padlock icon, and that the option to reorder the list has been disabled. In the three-dot menu in the right corner there are two other options related to milestones: Set linear requirements: selecting this you will set a milestone in all pathways sequentially, which means, to access the next pathway the user will have to complete the previous one first. Careful, selecting this option will delete any milestone configuration you have previously marked. Delete all the requirements: this option deletes any milestone configuration you have marked, and the Learning Program will return to its initial status. Other options available in this menu are: Edit the Learning Program Details. Publish or Unpublish the Learning Program. Create a training directly without accessing the Trainings section. This option is active only if the Learning Program is published. Delete the Learning Program. Manage translations to access the multi-language window. Here you can enter the title and description of the Learning Program in other languages, to be shown to the user if he has set up the LMS in that language. This option is not shown if the Learning Program is published. Once you have added all the contents and marked the milestones, click on the Publish button to start creating a Learning Program training.

Once you have created and published your Learning Program from the Contents section of the LMS Admin, the next step is to create one or more Trainings from it. Through them you can check the progress of the users in the Learning Program in general, and in each pathway in particular. Remember that in order to open the training, the status of the Learning Program must be Published, as it happens with the Courses and Pathways. If it has not been published yet, or is unpublished, it will not appear in the list of Learning Programs available for a training. Where to create a Training for a Learning Program To open the training, access the LMS Admin and go to the Trainings section. There you will see a new section called Learning Programs. It shows the same interface as the rest of the trainings, you can see a list of the trainings already created, with some columns that show you the related information: Name. Status, it can be Open, Closed or Planned (an upcoming start date). Dates in which it takes place. Last Modification date. The box with the eye icon shows a Preview of the training information. The three-dot menu with the Options: Edit Details. Open or Close the training, not available if Planned. Delete the training, only available if the training is Open. You can also use the Search box, Open filters of content, the possibility to create a New view and apply Mass Actions. For more information on these tools check the List View article. How to create a Training for a Learning Program To create a training, click on the New training button at the top of the list. A side window is displayed to enter the Training details: Training name. Learning Program on which you want to create the training. Clicking on the box opens a side window with a list of all the Learning Programs. You can filter the list by entering keywords in the Search box in the upper corner. Or reorder the list by Name, Status or Modification date by clicking on the header of these columns. Select a Learning Program by checking the flag on the left and click on Save. Trainers, you can use this option to assign users with trainer role. Dates, the start date is mandatory, although it can be for later (Planned status). If no end date is selected, the training will remain open until you close it. Public training to show the training to all users in your LMS, with the option to enroll. Microsoft Teams to integrate the Learning Program with this communication app. When creating the training, a new chat room will also be created in MS Teams, which will be automatically joined by all the users enrolled in the training, through the email address associated to the LMS account. Reviews to allow the user to rate the content from 1 to 5 and leave a comment after completing the training. Comments to allow the user to leave comments on the activities, and see what other users have written. Ranking to create a ranking with the particular scores of the users in the Learning Program. Permanent access to content to allow the user to go back to the content once the training has been completed. Click on Save to create the new training and it will be displayed at the top of the list. To edit, change the status or delete it, click on the three dots menu on the right and select one of the Options. Unlike the courses and pathways, you do not have the option to add a Learning Program to the Featured carousel because the Learning Program is already shown in an independent carousel in a highlighted way. How to Enroll users to a Learning Program Once the training has been created, click on it to access the content tree. Here you can see at a glance the list of all contents in the Learning Program, both pathways and courses. They are shown as a tree on the left side, and in the central area you can see the training content, with the training in detail and the progress data of the users. When entering the page, the Learning Program training is shown, clicking on any of the sections of the tree you can see the data of each pathway or course in particular. There are also several tools: The training title in the left corner, next to its status: Open, Planned or Closed. The Enrollment button that takes you to the Student enrollments page. Here you can manage the list of users in the same way as in the rest of the contents. If the training is Closed, the list of enrolled users cannot be modified, so the Enrollment button is not shown. The Options menu, which allows you to edit the Details of the training or Delete it (only if it is Open). The title of the content together with a shortcut to See the learning program. The Structure tab, where you can see the pathways of the Learning Program and the number of students who have Completed them, those who are In Progress, and those who have Not started the training yet. The Progress tab, where you can see the list of users enrolled in the training. And how many Pathways they have completed; the Status of their training: Not started, In Progress or Completed; and the last date on which there were changes in their progress (Last modification), remember that progress reports are generated every 24 hours. Clicking on any of the contents of the tree shows the data of that pathway or course. The interface is the same you can see when creating a course or pathway training separately.

You have already created the content of the Learning Program, and then generated the Training to enroll the students. Now, how do they access this Learning Program and how is it displayed in the LMS? In a particular and more visible way than the courses and pathways, as you will see next. Remember that a student can be enrolled in four different ways. Depending on that, the access to the content and the window displayed will change. For more information check the article on Types of Trainings. Where to find the Learning Programs Unlike the rest of the contents that are included in other carousels (Recommended, My Learning...), each Learning Program is shown as an independent carousel itself. Access the LMS and you will see it in the header, under the Featured slideshow. Each Learning Program carousel shows: The cover image. The content title. Beginning of the description. + See More button to open the pop-up information window. Number of completed pathways. The pathway carousel. You can scroll through them by clicking on the side arrows. Clicking on each one you can access its content. In each thumbnail you can see: If it is necessary to pass the patway to complete the Learning Program, it is marked with the Required banner. If one or more milestones need to be completed to access the pathway, it is displayed shaded and with a padlock icon. The progress bar shows the percentage of the pathway the user has completed. If the user has completed the pathway, it is shaded and marked with a check. Clicking on the button brings up the pop-up information window that displays: The cover image. The content title and the number of pathways. The button to Enroll in the training (if you are not already enrolled). Clicking on Info you can see the dates of the training and the complete description. Clicking on Awards you can see the badge awarded for completing the Learning Program. If the training administrator enrolls you in a new Learning Program, an alert will appear in your Notifications section, highlighted with a number over the profile picture. How to complete a Learning Program When you are enrolled in a Learnin Program, to complete it follow the same dynamics as in courses and pathways, since essentially a Learning Program is a collection of pathways, formed by courses. Go to the carousel and click on any available pathway to access the content and start the training, following the order of stages and milestones marked. Once you have completed this pathway, go back to the carousel on the main page and continue with the next one. When you have completed the required pathways, you will have passed the Learning Program and will be awarded a badge, if any. If any of the pathways is marked with one or more milestones (shaded thumbnail and padlock icon), clicking on it will bring up a pop-up window showing the requirements to unlock it. Once you have completed the Learning Program, it will still be shown in your LMS until the end date of the training. If it does not have any, it will continue to be displayed until the training administrator closes the training in the LMS Admin. If the Permanent access to content option is enabled, users will be able to enter and review the content even if they have already completed it.

If you are enrolled in several Learning Programs, they will be displayed according to the start date of the training, starting from the most recent one.