Course navigation for learners

Q: How do learners get back to a collection?

When a course is opened from a collection, a home button (Go back to collection) takes learners back to the collection.

How learners move back through a course, restart it, and jump between screens (slides), and how this differs between Classic and the new builder.

Learners move through a course in order. In both builders they can go back a screen with the back arrow, and restart the course from the finish screen or from the Welcome back! prompt when they return. In courses built in the new builder, learners can also open the course outline and jump to any screen they've already reached. Classic courses don't have a course outline.

How do learners navigate a new builder course?

Course outline: the menu button (Open course outline) shows every section and screen, with what's been completed. Learners select a screen to jump to it. Screens they haven't reached yet show as Locked.
Go back a screen: the back arrow at the bottom (Go to previous screen).
Back to the start: select Start in the course outline, or Restart course on the finish screen.
Returning to a course: the Welcome back! prompt offers Resume to carry on where they left off, or Restart to begin again.

How do learners navigate a Classic course?

Go back a screen: the back arrow at the bottom, on every screen after the first.
Back to the start: Restart course on the finish screen.
Returning to a course: the Welcome back! prompt offers Resume or Restart.

Classic has no course outline or menu for jumping to a particular screen. Learners use the back arrow to return to earlier screens. If you want learners to have the outline, move the course to the new builder with Try in new builder on the course card's menu or at the top of the Classic builder.

Can I let learners skip ahead or move freely through a course?

Not with a setting in either builder: learners always move through a course in order, and can't jump ahead of the furthest screen they've reached.

If you embed new builder courses in your own product, your developers can unlock navigation with the Course Player embed options. Setting lockSteps to false lets learners open any screen with Next, Back or the outline, and hideOutline hides the outline button.

Frequently asked questions

Why did my course open in the middle?

Learners whose progress is saved pick up where they left off. The Welcome back! prompt lets them choose Resume or Restart.

Does restarting record a new completion?

No. Restarting lets a learner go through the content again, and their original completion stays on their record.

How do learners get back to a collection?

When a course is opened from a collection, a home button (Go back to collection) takes learners back to the collection.