In this article we'll give an overview of the different ways of enrolling users to learning activities and help you to select the appropriate process.
Different ways of enrolling users to learning activities |
When should I use this? |
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Enroll a single user manually through the user's properties. To see a tour of how to do this, please click this link. | This process should only be used when enrolling only a few users, since enrolling a larger amount of users is considered quite tedious. With that said, this process is great for troubleshooting and for testing out new learning activites. |
Enrolling users manually through the learning activities properties. | This process is great for enrolling several users (with a common organsation and learning profile) at once. This could be used for initiating a new learning activity with a customised workflow. |
Enrolling several users at once with the batch tool. The users doesn't necessarily need a common organisation or learning profile. To see a tour of how to do this, please click this link. | This process is great for enrolling several users at once. This could be used for initiating a new learning activity with a customised workflow. As mentioned above, the users doesn't need a common organisation or learning profile, which will make it easier to enroll users across organisations and learning profiles. Lastly this option has a better visual overview of users you're going to enroll. |
Setting up an automatic enrollment when users are created or join a organisation. The enrollment will be triggered by the organisational unit and learning profile of the user. To see a tour of how to do this, please click this link. | This process is great for mandatory learning activities (i.e. an introduction to your company). Can also be used with workflows and thereby completly automating the enrollment process. |
Setting up workflows that'll enroll users automatically (when triggered) to learning activities. To see a tour of how to do this, please click this link. | This process is great for linking several learning activities together (i.e. user is enrolled to learning activity B whenever learning activity A is complete). Please note that this process might require a little bit of tinkering and testing at first, but it's very very useful when mastered. |