10-000 Course Design
What you need to know
When creating a new course, you can choose between different course designs. The course design determines how participants navigate through the course, how learning progress is displayed, and how visibility of and access to course content are managed.
The following overview will help you choose the right course design.
A comparison of course designs
| _ | Learning Path | Course with learning progress | Classic Course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Completion criteria and exceptions | Completion criteria and exceptions | Visibility and access rules |
| Helpcard | Create a learning path (1) | Create a learning path (2) | Create a course (3) |
| Navigation | Guided | Free | Free |
| Course type | Learning Path Course | Learning Path Course | Traditional course |
| Guest access | No | No | Yes |
| Progress in learning | Progress on the course is shown as a percentage. | Progress on the course is shown as a percentage. | No progress bar |
| Order | Sequential | Free | Free |
| Suitable for | Sequential learning activities, self-study courses, preparation and follow-up work | Courses with free navigation and visible progress status | Courses with guest access, multiple groups, different access rules or more complex course structures |
| Several groups | Yes, group-dependent branching is possible | Yes, group-dependent branching is possible | Yes, with fine-grained control over visibility and access |
(1) Learning path
(2) Learning path
(3) Create a course