Microlearning

Microlearning

Overview

Microlearning is an educational approach that delivers content in small, focused chunks—usually designed to be completed in a few minutes. Microlearning is an ideal instructional approach for many situations such as on the job training.

The platform supports the ability to create micro courses, which are a quick and efficient format for microlearning. 
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Note - Before creating micro courses, ensure your administrator has installed the Micro learning app from the App center.

Adding micro courses

A micro course is a lightweight course that offers a reduced set of features. In all other aspects, micro courses are the same as conventional courses. They can be part of a learning path and can be sold via the course catalog.

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Please note the business platform uses the term 'course' and the academia platform uses the term 'class'. The terms 'course' and 'class' are interchangeable in this article. 
To add a micro course:
  1. Click Courses from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click + Add.
Courses menu active with the Add button highlighted

The Add course pop-up displays.

  1. Click Course.

Add course pop-up with Course highlighted

The Add a course pop-up displays.
  1. Enter the name of the course.
  2. Select Micro course from the Style drop-down.
  3. Enter an optional duration for the course.
  4. Click Save.

Add a course pop-up with Micro course selected as the Style and the Style and Duration sections highlighted

Building a micro course is very similar to building any other course type. After the micro course is created you can add modules and sections. To learn how to add modules to a course, visit the Module and lessons for instructors article.

Much like conventional courses, micro courses are not automatically published to the course catalog. To publish your micro course:
  1. Access the micro course.
  2. Click Publish in the Admin widget on the right panel of the course landing page.
Micro course, Admin, Configure page with the Publish section highlighted in the Admin widget

In the Course catalog, micro courses display 'Micro course' on the course tile.  

Course catalog tile with the course style and duration highlighted

Access codes

An access code is an unique code that is automatically generated for every course. To find a courses's access code:
  1. Access the course or class.
  2. Locate the Admin widget in the right panel of the course dashboard. The access code is displayed in the Admin widget for instructors and administrators.
  3. Click reset if you would like to change the course access code.
Course Admin widget with the Access code highlighted

Learners can use the access code to quickly enroll in the course. To enroll in a course using an access code, learners:

  1. Click the more  menu in the top right corner of the Courses widget.
  2. Click Enroll from the drop-down menu. 
  3. Enter the course access code.
  4. Click Enroll.
The Courses widget with the more menu active and Enroll highlighted on the menu and the Enroll in a course pop-up with the Access code entry box highlighted

Leaners can also enroll through the course catalog. To enroll in a course with an access code from the catalog, learners:

  1. Click Catalog from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click a course tile.
  3. Click Enroll or enter access code, depending on the setup of the course.
  4. Enter the access code.
  5. Click Enroll. 
The Course catalog, course page with the or enter access code button highlighted and the Enter access code pop-up with Enter access code highlighted

Configuring micro courses

To configure which tabs are available for a micro course:

  1. Access the micro course.
  2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
  3. Click Features from the fly-out menu.
  4. Select the features you would like to enable for the micro course.
    1. Note that a smaller set of features are available for micro courses. The following features are available for micro courses:
      1. Dashboard, Modules/Lessons, News, Calendar, Groups, Welcome, Scores/Grades, Mastery, Parents, TAs, Games, Automation, and Purchases.
Other than a reduced set of features, configuring a micro course is same as configuring conventional courses. To more about configuring courses, visit the Configure courses and classes article.

Micro course, Admin, Features page with multiple features selected

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