Introduction to the course, the assessment, the training path, and the Coach Expert

When it comes to supporting the skills development of your teams, it is crucial to choose the right pedagogical format based on the desired goal to foster engagement and success. Teach Up offers four main activities to design engaging and effective training paths: the course, the training path, the assessment, and the Coach Expert. Each of these activities plays a vital role in the training of learners by offering different methods to learn, be evaluated, and follow a path tailored to their needs.

The course

When and how to use the course?

The primary goal of an e-learning course is to bring a target audience up to speed in acquiring specific knowledge and skills, enabling them to use these skills in context later on. Therefore, the course is designed to structure educational content in a clear and interactive way, making the learning process dynamic and engaging.

At Teach Up, we generally recommend e-learning courses that last between 5 and 20 minutes, focused on a specific objective that learners will need in their work environment.

Here are a few examples of how the course can be used:

To convey knowledge on a specific topic, helping with memorization or revision of essential elements.
To ensure a level of mastery on key subjects.
To share best practices.
To raise awareness or acculturate a population to a specific topic.

How to create a course?

To create a course on Teach Up, simply integrate various content such as text, images, documents, links, videos, and even audio files, all related to your educational goals. You can also easily reuse existing training content, whether Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, images, etc.

The creation experience is enriched and simplified by automation and generative AI that provide convenience to your authors, whether they are beginners or experts in pedagogy and design.

Additionally, you can encourage collaborative learning by integrating social learning into your courses. Learners will have the opportunity to share their experiences asynchronously through polls and contribution walls, which can be integrated throughout your training.

To reinforce retention and maintain learner attention, you can gamify your learning experience, adapting it in real-time to the expertise level of each learner, thanks to the Adaptive Learning. It’s simple: highlight the key points and ask questions about important topics. Teach Up, enhanced by generative AIs that act as super assistants, will handle the rest!

For more information, visit the dedicated article.

The assessment

When and how to use the assessment?

The Teach Up assessment, as its name implies, evaluates a learner’s level on a given topic through a questionnaire. It complements the e-learning course, which also quizzes learners in a formative manner.

Assessments can take different forms depending on the educational objectives of your training setup. They can be used to:

Evaluate the learner's level of mastery on a given topic at the end of a course.
Allow the learner to self-assess at the beginning and/or end of a training path to observe progress.
Recognize and reward learner success through certification, proving mastery and expertise in one or more competencies.
Animate a synchronous training session with quick and interactive quizzes.

How to create an assessment?

Creating an assessment on Teach Up follows the same logic as creating a course.

Start by creating your questions, organizing them into groups or sections for a logical or random progression, depending on your educational needs.
Then, set the minimum score required to pass the assessment, and personalize the feedback messages to congratulate learners or offer advice on areas to improve.
Finally, configure the success certificate that the learner can download to attest to their mastery of the competence.

For more information, visit the dedicated article.

The training path

When and how to use the training path?

A training path, also known as a SPOC (Small Private Online Course), consists of combining various educational formats to serve a specific objective. The goal is to guide the learner in acquiring multiple skills within a specific framework and track their progress throughout the path.

On Teach Up, a training path can include a wide range of formats to achieve a given educational goal: in-person sessions, e-learning courses, assessments, virtual classes, AFEST, videos, documents, links to websites or Cloud storage, SCORM modules produced with another authoring tool, immersive experiences, and more.

Once the elements of the path are in place, the author can create conditions between steps and define what will be optional, mandatory, or dependent on the learner’s level (Adaptive).

Teach Up also integrates Macro Adaptive Learning, which allows learning to be personalized at the training path level.

After a self-assessment (at the start of the path or at the beginning of each section), Teach Up’s algorithms define a tailored program for each learner and propose a personalized path based on the learner’s results. Depending on their level of mastery, only the relevant steps will be presented to them. The goal is to highlight the skills already acquired by the learner, save time in their learning process, and thus increase their engagement in the training.

How to create a training path?

Creating a training path is simple and intuitive:

Start by structuring your training into different sections.
In each section, add your content (courses, assessments, in-person sessions, videos, SCORM, etc.). Then, define the conditions between steps.
Work on your introductions and visuals to make your path immersive and attractive.
Finally, configure Macro Adaptive Learning: determine which courses will be mandatory, optional, or adaptive, and work on your initial positioning test.

For more information, visit the dedicated article.

The Coach Expert

When and how to use the Coach Expert?

The Coach Expert is a support assistant designed to help learners in their day-to-day work, after their training. It addresses a common problem: even after successful training, employees often find themselves on their own when they need to apply what they have learned in real situations, which are often more complex than those covered in training.

Unlike a standard assistant, the Coach Expert guides learners' thinking and helps them become autonomous. It relies only on your content to ensure reliable and secure answers.

The Coach Expert is available to all users with the "Coach Expert" feature.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a course and an assessment?
A course aims to convey knowledge and skills in an interactive and engaging way, while an assessment measures the level of mastery achieved through a scored questionnaire.

Can I combine several types of activities in the same training path?
Yes. A Teach Up training path can include courses, assessments, virtual classes, in-person sessions, SCORM files, videos and many other formats to create a complete and personalized learning experience.

What is Macro Adaptive Learning?
Macro Adaptive Learning is a Teach Up feature that personalizes each learner's training path based on their results in an initial placement test. Only the relevant steps are offered to them, recognizing what they have already mastered and optimizing their training time.