About Competences
The Competences feature enables you to create tailored learning paths by organizing relevant courses into goal-oriented sequences. In order to "achieve" the competence, the learner needs to complete all the courses in the path or paths.
Competences will help you create structured learning paths and engaging learning journeys, keeping your learners motivated to achieve their goals! 🤩
Examples of use cases:
If an employee needs to complete a set of three courses to be "certified" in a specific task, you can create a competence that includes those courses.
Provide a clear learning path for new employees by creating a competence called "Onboarding Program." This competence can include all the necessary courses for new hires.
Competences in Learnster U, with a clear learning path 👇
Note: Competences is available only on specific pricing plans or as an add-on. If you're interested, please contact your Customer Success Manager for more information.
Create a Competence
Before creating a Competence, make sure you have already created the necessary courses, then:
In Studio, in the course list, click Competences in the top-left corner.
To create a new competence, click the button New Competence (top-right corner).
Enter a title and description, and customize the badge to match your brand colors.
Add a Path name to create a learning path.
Click Add Courses to start adding courses.
❗️It’s best to use one single learning path to group courses. If multiple paths are added, learners will achieve the competence by completing just one, which may not meet the intended learning goals.
Hover over a course to:
Click the more menu (the three dots) to View or Remove a course from the path.
Click and drag the reorder icon to reorder courses in the path.
💡Tip: To quickly edit, for example, settings in a course, click View. The course will open and you can make the necessary changes.
Enroll learners in a Competence
Go to the Learners tab and enroll manually or use Auto-enrollment.
❗️Note that when a learner is enrolled in a Competence, the learner is not automatically enrolled in any courses. Each course has its own enrollment flow and settings.
Settings
In the tab Settings, you find different settings related to the Competence:
Include in catalog: Set the toggle to on (green) to include in catalog.
Catalog Access (addon feature): Give access to specific groups. By default, the competence is available to everyone.
Categories: Add one or more categories to group different competences.
Tags: Use tags to segment your competences.
Roles: Add users to a role within this competence.
❗️When including a competence in the catalog, the courses in the path are not automatically added to the catalog. Each course has its own settings.
Competences in Learnster U
Learners will find My Competences in the top menu with a clear overview of which Competences are Not started, In progress, and Completed.
When opening a Competence, the learner will get a clear overview of the learning path and the progress toward achieving the specific competence:
In the catalog
When Competences are added to the catalog (in Competence Settings), learners can easily access and explore them through the designated Competence tab within the catalog.
Course progress
A course can be added to several Competences and if a learner has completed the course in one competence, the course will be set as completed.
A Learner does not automatically achieve a Competence if the Learner completes all courses in a "path" for a Competence but isn't added/enrolled to the Competence.
Follow up on Progress
Learner progress can be found in the Learners tab in the Competence.
Teams and Competences
If permissions are set, the manager can view and assign Competences to their team members.
Track Learner Competence Progress
Managers can easily track learner progress within a competence from Teams in U. They can see which courses are included in the competence, and follow up on each learner to check which courses have been completed and which ones remain. This provides a clear, detailed overview, making it easier to support team members on their learning journey.
In Teams in U, managers can view learner’s compliance progress👇
Insights – View Competence Expiry Status in Teams
Managers can easily see if a team member's competence is about to expire or has already expired using the new Insights column. This makes it simple for managers to follow up on team members to keep the team compliant. Clear badges indicate:
Red badge: Indicates the learner was previously compliant but is no longer. This could be due to expired compliance, updated course content, or revised completion criteria.
Yellow badge: Indicates the learner has one or more courses nearing expiration.
In Teams in U and tab Competences, view expiry status in column Insights👇
For Learners: View Competence Expiry Status
We’re making it easy for learners in Learnster U to stay on top of their competences with the same clear status badges used in Teams to the Competences view. This allows learners to quickly see when action is needed.
In Competences overview in Learnster U. The yellow badge means there are one or more course approaching expiration👇
For Learners: Clear Competence Compliance Status
There are labels on compliance courses within a competences, giving learners a quick and clear view of their compliance course status.
The labels indicate:
Yellow labels: Compliance courses are nearing expiration.
Red labels: Compliance courses have expired and action is needed.
This update makes it easier for learners to identify and act on their compliance requirements at a glance.
In Competences in Learnster U. The yellow labels indicate that there are compliance courses about to expire👇
💡 Carefully plan your Competences before launching to make sure learners have a clear understanding of those most relevant to their roles.
Thoughtfully planned Competences help you create structured learning paths that keep learners motivated and focused on their goals!