Course+ hub

Course+ is currently in Beta and certain features within it may be subject to change up until the final release.

The Course+ hub is located on the side navigation and allows you to create new lessons, access all the lessons you have created, access the lessons that other users have created, and organise lessons into folders so that they can be found quickly and easily. You can also adjust certain content settings from the Course+ hub related to how users interact with lessons, how lessons are graded and scored, branding, AI settings, and some account settings.

Accessing the Course+ hub

To access the Course+ hub, on the side navigation in the platform, click Course+ hub.

The Course+ hub opens.

Creating new lessons

You can start creating new lessons in the Course+ hub by clicking the New Lesson button in the top-right corner of the screen. When you do this, you are taken to the Create a new lesson screen. For more information on this and the various ways you can create lessons, see Creating lessons in Course+.

Accessing and editing lessons you have created

You can view and edit a lesson you have created by clicking on it. Simply click on the tile for the lesson and it will open. Once open, you can make alterations to it, as well as create different versions, and collaborate with other users on that lesson. For more information, see .Editing, collaborating on, and versioning lessons in Course+

Accessing and editing lessons other users have created

When you are in the Course+ hub, you can edit the lessons other users have created, and other users can edit the lessons you have created. It is important to always ask the lesson creator before making edits to their lesson, and if you have created a lesson, it is highly recommended that you create different versions for a lesson as go along, so that if your lesson does get altered either purposely or accidentally, you can easily revert back to a version of the lesson prior to those changes. For more information, seeEditing, collaborating on, and versioning lessons in Course+.

Organising lessons into folders

You can organise lessons into folders so that they are easier to manage and locate. For example, you might have multiple lessons related to a particular subject area, such as communication skills or health and safety, and you might want to add these into a single folder so that you can and other users who may need to access or collaborate with you on a particular lesson in that category can easily find it.

Creating a folder

To create a folder:

At the top of the screen, click New Folder.
The Create a Folder popup appears.
In the Create a Folder popup, enter a name for the folder. For example, if it is a folder that will contain lessons on communication skills, you might call it “Communication Skills” so that other users know which lessons are housed there and where they can add lessons related to that subject area in future.
Click Create.
The folder is created.

Adding lessons to a folder

To add lessons to an existing folder:

Locate the lesson you would like to add to the folder and click the ellipsis (…).
From the menu, click Move to.
A list of folders appears.
Click on the appropriate folder and then click Move.
The lesson is moved to that folder. If you navigate to the FOLDERS section at the top of the screen in the Course+ hub and open the folder, the lesson is present in the folder.

Settings

You can adjust certain settings in the Course+ hub related to how users can interact with lessons, how lessons are graded and scored, branding, AI settings, and account settings.

The following settings are found in the Settings section of the Course+ hub.

Content

The following content settings can be configured:

Default Settings

These settings in the Default Settings section apply to all new lessons created in your platform.

Category	Setting	Description
Learning	Restart Lesson Button	If this setting is selected, learners can restart lessons which they are currently taking.
	Completion Dialog	If this setting is selected, a dialogue message is shown when a user successfully completes a lesson.
	Mobile Navigation Mode	This setting determines the scroll direction when learners are navigating lessons when viewing them on mobile devices. You can select one of the following: Left and Right: The learner navigates lessons by scrolling left and right on the screen. Up and Down: The learner navigates lessons by scrolling up and down on the screen.
	Narration Autoplay	If selected, and a narration has been added to a lesson, the narration will play automatically as soon as the learner starts the lesson. Note: The narration can be disabled by users on a lesson by lesson basis.
	Collect Names from Learners	If selected, learners are required to enter a name to view a lesson which can be viewed in analytics.
	Collect Email from Learners	If selected, learners are required to enter an email to view a lesson which can be viewed in analytics.
	Exit Button in SCORM	If this setting is selected, an exit button is displayed in the lesson, allowing learners to exit the lesson.
	Enhanced SCORM Integration	If selected, this setting allows you get the name of the learner, and other preferences from the LMS and associate those details with the learner in when the are shown in analytics.
	Navigation Freedom	This setting determines whether or not learners can freely navigate between screens in lessons or if they must follow a linear progression, one page at a time, in the correct order. Restricted: Learners must navigate through a lesson based on the ordering of the pages, in a linear progression. Open: Learners can navigate through a lesson and view any pages they like within it, in any order.
Grading	Passing Percentage	The minimum percentage required to pass the lesson.
	Question Retries	The number of times a learner can retry a question.
	Completion Criteria	The requirements for learners to complete the lesson.
	Require Interactives	If selected, learners are required to interact with all interactive tiles in the lesson, such as flashcards, accordions, hot buttons, and so on.

Branding

Setting

Description

Default Theme

Set the default theme for your lessons so that they conform to a certain style. For example, you might choose a specific theme, such as one you have created, so that all your lessons to match your company branding.

Lesson Logo

Manage the default logo shown on all lessons. For best results, use an image with a transparent or white background and no margins. For example, this might be your company logo.

Translation

Glossary

In the Glossary section, you can add a list of words or phrases and then specify how they should be translated when added to lessons in different languages. For example, these might be brand, industry, or company-specific words and phrases that may need to appear in a certain way irrespective of the language a lesson has been translated into.

To create a glossary for words and phrases that need to be translated from one particular language to another:

Click the + Glossary button.
The Create Glossary popup appears.
From the Source Language dropdown, select the source language for the original words and phrases in the glossary, for example, if the words and phrases in this particular glossary are originally in English, select English.
From the Target Language dropdown, select the target language for the words and phrases in the glossary. For example, if the words and phrases in this particular glossary are going to be used to determine how these words and phrases will be presented in Spanish translations of lessons, then select Spanish.
In the Glossary Terms section, enter each term in the original language, then add press the Tab key, and then enter the term as it should be displayed when translated into the selected target language.

For example, if you were dealing with English terms being translated into Spanish, you would enter the English word or phrase first, then press the Tab key, and then enter the Spanish version of that word or phrase, as shown below. For example: Learning Academy(press Tab key)Academia de aprendizaje. Each new term should be added on a new line.
When you have added all the terms to this particular glossary, click Create Glossary.
The glossary for the specified target language is added to the list of glossaries, with a label indicating the original and target languages for the terms listed within them.
To edit a particular glossary, click the Edit icon, and to delete it, click the Delete icon to the right of it.

AI settings

The AI settings section contains settings related to the AI features used in lesson creation, such as the writing style, interactivity of lessons, and images.

The following AI settings can be configured:

Writing Style

In the Writing Style section, you can create a writing style that can be applied to lessons you create in the platform so that the language conforms to it when specified. This can be based on a combination of instructions and information in attached files. When your writing style is saved, it can be selected in the Writing Style dropdown when configuring a lesson. For example, you might create a writing style called Upbeat and informal, which you and other users can select when configuring lessons:

Creating a new writing style

To create a writing style:

From the Select Writing Style dropdown, select a Create New Style. The style you choose depends on the audience for the lesson which this style will be applied to.
In the Upload a writing sample section, you can:
- Upload a file that contains a piece of writing that conforms to the style you want to use.
- Upload some detailed instructions for how you want the style to be.
In the Writing Style Name section, enter a descriptive name for the writing style you are creating, ensuring that it is obvious what the style is. This is so that when you or another user selects the writing style, they know exactly what style will be applied to the lesson they are creating.
In the Define your writing style section, specify some additional details for how the style should be. For example, you might want the style to be technical but not necessarily serious or rigidly formal, so you might enter: The style should be technical but also engaging, conversational.
Click Save Writing Style.
Your writing style is saved, and can now be selected from the Writing Style dropdown when configuring a lesson.

Editing an existing writing style you have created

You can add additional details, such as files, as well as edit some details for existing built-in writing styles and those created by other users, by selecting a writing style from the Select a writing style dropdown and then editing it.

Generation

In the Generation Settings section, you can determine the baseline configuration for certain lesson settings found on the Configure your lesson popup, presented to users when they are creating lessons. You can set the default selection for various settings, including interactivity, lesson language, image source, style and provider, page length, and so on. When users go to create a lesson, these settings will be set based on what is configured here in the Generation Settings section, which users can then readjust as they please on a lesson by lesson basis.

Example: You might want Interactivity to be set to None by default, or the Images setting to be set to Web, so that images are sourced from the web by default, unless changed, when users land on the Configure your lesson popup when creating lessons.

Setting	Description
Images	Determines the default selection for the Images setting in the Configure your lesson popup, used to determine what type of images will be added to a lesson. Example: If you select Web, this option will be selected automatically for the Images setting in the Configure your lesson popup for all users when creating lessons. The following image sources are available to be used as the default: AI Generated: The images used in the lesson output will be generated using AI, and will be based on the information you have specified while configuring the course, including the information in any files, such as documents you may have attached. If you choose this option, you can also select the AI provider that is used to generate the images further below, include from Google’s Gemini, Flux, and OpenAI. Web: The images used in the lesson output will use existing images online. If you choose this option, you can also select if the images being used are free to use, in that they’ve been licensed for personal use, or if they are free to use commercially, in that they are licensed for use in commercial scenarios. Stock: The images used in the lesson output will be sourced from an online library of stock images. None: No images will be added to the lesson output by Course+. You might choose None of you want to manually add your own images to the lesson afterwards because you have a set of images already decided and you have an idea of where you’d like them to go in the course.
Interactivity	Determines the default selection for the Interactivity setting in Configure your lesson popup, used to configure how interactive a lesson should be and determines whether or not certain interactive elements, such as tiles, drag and drops, and short assessments are added to the lesson. Example: If you set the slider to none, the Interactivity setting in the Configure your lesson popup is automatically set to contain no interactive elements in lessons for all users.
Language	Determines the default selection for the Langauge setting in Configure your lesson popup, used to configure the default selected language for lessons. Example: If you set the Language setting to English, this setting in the Configure your lesson popup is automatically set to English for all users ny default.
Length	Determines the default selection for the Length setting in the Configure your lesson popup, used to determine the default number of pages in length a lesson should be. Example: If you select 15 pages, this option will be selected automatically for the Length setting in the Configure your lesson popup for all users when creating lessons.
Images	If Web is selected as the default source for images in the Images setting above, you can select if the images that are sourced from the web are one of the following by default: All images (web): Uses the most relevant images from the web, even if licensing is unknown. Free to use (web): Uses images that are licensed for personal use. Free to use commercially (web): Only uses images that are licensed for commercial use.
Page Length	Determines the default selection for the Page Length setting in the Configure your lesson popup, used to configure the length of the pages within a lesson. Example: If you set the Page Length setting Medium, this setting in the Configure your lesson popup is automatically set to Medium for all users.
Include Page Types	Determines the default selections for options in the Include Page Types setting in the Configure your lesson popup, used to select which page types are included in a lesson output. Example: If you select Introduction, Core Content, Assessment pages, these options will be selected for the Include Page Types setting in Configure your lesson popup automatically for all users.
Include Tiles	Determines the default selections for options in the Include Tiles setting in the Configure your lesson popup, used to select which elements are included in the lesson output, such as images, text and interactive elements, such as accordions, flashcards, tabs and so on.
Image Style	Determines the default instructions for how images added to lessons should be. The instructions specified here are automatically added in the Image Style setting in the Configure your lesson popup automatically for all users. This can be altered by users when configuring each lesson.

Account

The following account settings can be configured

Profile

In the Profile section, you can adjust various personal details, including your profile picture, display name, and language within Course+, as well as whether or not you get notifications when people leave comments on lessons you are working on and when lessons are completed.

Account Security

In the Account Security section, you can adjust password related settings or delete your Course+ account.