Use the side panel on the left to get around HowNow; it only shows what your access level and workspace allow, so a colleague's may look different.
The menu/side panel
The menu panel on the left, is how you'll navigate your HowNow workspace. Based on your Access Level, it will only show some of the following pages (anything not within your Level will be hidden)...
Home: learning picked for you, plus your Mandatory learning, Announcements and Events.
Search: allowing you to find all the necessary internal and external content, plus Spaces and shared files.
Inbox: tasks waiting for you, such as Learning Requests pending approval, or Skill Reviews. Read Only users don't have an Inbox.
Learn: your own assigned learning see what's In Progress and what you've already completed but may want to revisit.
Grow: your Skills and the Job Role you're working towards.
Manage: a series of main pages that allow Managers and Admins to control the content, teams, Rewards and more across their own Groups or the entire business.
Insights: reporting dashboards, exclusively for Admins. Covering data from performances to skills gaps.
Apps: HowNow+ content library and your organisation's connected tools. Admins have access to this page.
Your lists
Below the main menu options, are the following further learning additions...
Favourites - select the star icon on the content in your Recents section to copy it here, as a shortcut, to go to quickly at any point that you like.
Spaces - the subject matters you, and other team members can discuss, consume content on, and share learning about, via the Space's feed.
Gurus - all of your assigned AI Gurus will be housed here.
Recents - the most recently opened internal content (no Gurus or external material), will be listed here with the most recent at the top of the list. You will be shown the top 8 most recent. You can click the star icon to save a shortcut of the content, under Favourites.
Create content
On the menu panel, the plus icon (+) will open to reveal the full list of internal content, and Gurus you can create...
Create a Nugget
Create a Pathway
Create a Guru
Create a Course > Blank/SCORM/Easygenerator
Host a Session > Event/Live Class/Webinar
My Profile, Theme & Settings
Select your name at the bottom of the side panel for access to...
My Profile - to view your Learning History, Skills, Achievements and Budgets, or edit your chosen language and Theme.
Help - to open the HowNow Support Centre.
Theme - change between light/dark or system-default modes of screen
brightness.
Messages - to head to your inbox and catch-up on any unread messages.
Request Learning - submit a Learning Request from here.
Settings - change your branding, apps, security settings, etc.
Log Learning - make a record of any learning completed outside of your workspace.
Sign out
Notifications
To access your Notifications for updates on assignment, messages received, Learning Budget changes, and much more, select the bell icon, next to your name.
The red dot next to the bell indicates that there are unread messages, waiting for you.
Learn, Guru, Grow and Manage
Manage | Who sees it |
People, Groups | Admins and Managers |
Budgets | Admins and Managers, if budgets are turned on |
Skills, Roles | Admins |
Team | Line Managers |
Content, Learning | Admins, Managers and Contributors |