Course-Learning Track Navigation
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Jake Lamb
When you're viewing a course page, such as https://academy.smartsuite.com/course/introductiontoformulas it would be really helpful to have some improved navigation to...
- The next course in the learning track.
- The previous course in the learning track.
- Back to the main page of the learning track.
As well as some information on how much you've progressed in the learning track overall.
As someone who's done a lot of these trainings and tracks over the past week, I've found myself having to go back to the top nav every time to get back to the track. Very much a nice to have feature but would improve the experience in my mind!
Excellent training content, by the way. :)
EDIT: Also I've found a minor bug, also with the navigation. When you finish a certification course, you are only given the options to retake, view results, and download certification but there is no way to go back to the main courses screen!
Jon Darbyshire
Hiya Jake Lamb, thanks for this post! I have a few more questions for you:
- Can you provide more details on how you envision the progress tracking feature? For example, would you like to see a percentage of completion, number of courses completed, or something else?
- Could you clarify what you mean by 'the main page of the learning track'? Is this a summary page of all the courses in the track, or something else?
- Regarding the issue you found after finishing a certification course, could you tell us more about where you would like to be redirected? Would you prefer going back to the main courses screen, the learning track page, or somewhere else?
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Jake Lamb
Hey there Jon Darbyshire, thanks for the quick response and just wanted to say I'm really enjoying the product you and your team have built!
- I was thinking a simple percentage - ideally of the minutes of completed courses divided by the total minutes in the track. For example, in the Accelerator track that I'm working on now here: https://academy.smartsuite.com/accelerator if I were to have finished just the first course (Advanced Formulas), it would be 15 mins completed / 86 total minutes in track = 17% complete. Alternatively you could do a simpler version of 1 course completed / 5 total courses in track = 20% complete.
- By the "main page of the track" I was referring to this: https://academy.smartsuite.com/accelerator. In most Learning systems I've used, they make this the hub page for students that are currently working through this track, where you are expected to come back to after finishing a course to select the next course and review your progress so far. I'd also really love to see the Certifications included in these tracks as a last step, since the Certification tests seem to be roughly aligned to the three learning tracks you have (Beginner/Essentials -> Pro Cert, Intermediate/Supplementals -> Expert Cert, AdvancedAccelerator -> Consultant Cert). It could be included as an optional step but would be good to encourage learners to go ahead and attempt the test while the knowledge is fresh!
- I should have grabbed a screenshot - I will get one when I finish my last certification test so I can visually show what I'd expect that screen to have. It would be great to have a few options, like "Go to the next learning track" (if applicable), "Return to Courses" (routing here: https://academy.smartsuite.com/courses), or "Return to Certifications" (routing here: https://academy.smartsuite.com/certifications).
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Jake Lamb
Here is the screen for the end of the certification test - each time what I've wanted to do is go back to the courses or certifications pages to continue my learning journey, but there's not an option I can see to even get out of this page at all.
Just a "Back to Courses" button at the bottom that leads you back to https://academy.smartsuite.com/courses would be awesome. Or to the main page here: https://academy.smartsuite.com/home-logged-in.