For learners
Everything you need to find, take and track your learning, grow your skills and connect with colleagues.
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Home and Learn
Recommendations, mandatory learning, saved items and your learning history.
- How your Home recommendations are chosenEach row on the For You tab follows its own rule, based on your assignments, progress, skills and job role, and only appears once it has enough to show.
- How the Learn page is organisedUnderstand the different tabs on your Learn page
- See learning assigned to youUse the Assigned Learning tab on the Learn page ot see what you can get started on.
- What each filter on the Learn page doesFilters to zone in to your learning.
Search and browse
Find learning, Spaces, experts and files.
Take courses and pathways
Start, continue and complete courses and pathways.
- What's on a Course or session landing pageWhat can you find on a landing page?
- What lesson and assessment statuses meanGet a clear idea of what statuses in an Course mean for Assessments and Lessons.
- When a Course counts as completeUnderstanding how completion is defined for Courses.
- Start and complete a pathwayUnderstand how best to navigate through a Pathway, from beginning to end.
- Leave a review on a course or eventHelp improve the quality of content shared with you and your Peers.
Assessments
Take, submit and retake assessments and see your results.
- Take an AssessmentUnderstand how to go through your Assessments within a Course.
- Take a timed AssessmentHow to complete an Assessment that is time sensitive .
- Upload a file as your assessment answerDrop your file into the answer box or select the box to choose one, then save with the arrow; each question accepts one file of a set type, up to…
- Choose who marks your AssessmentSelect from a designated list of Users who can mark your submitted answer.
- See your assessment result and feedbackUnderstand how your results are given.
- Retake an AssessmentWhen you need to try again, this option is made available by the Author.
Live classes, webinars and events
Book, join and cancel sessions.
- Book a live class, webinar or eventHow to easily book on to the session you want to attend.
- Join a Live Class or WebinarGet a clear picture of how to join any Live Class or Webinar.
- See your upcoming bookingsGet insight into which sessions to attend, via your bookings
- Cancel a bookingLearn how you can cancel your existing booked slots, at any time.
Badges and certificates
Earn, view, download and share your rewards.
- How Badges and Certificates are earnedWhat you need to do to get a Reward for completing content.
- Claim a Badge or Certificate in a PathwayRewards can be collected by following the steps outlined here.
- Download a certificate or share a Credly badgeGet your Rewards for completing learning.
- Export your achievements to CSVGet the data you need for your reporting needs.
Log learning
Record learning you did outside HowNow.
- Log the learning you completed outside of HowNowRecord a course, book, workshop or other learning you did outside HowNow so it sits in your Learning History.
- Which fields each type of logged learning needsSee which fields you'll need to complete depending on your chosen Logged Learning content type.
- Edit or delete Logged LearningYou can amend the external learning that you've logged to your Profile.
- What happens when Logged Learning expires?Understanding how Logged Learning works for learning that has a Renewal/Expiry Date.
Your skills and career
Your skills profile, focus skills and target role.
- How your Skill Level is calculatedUnderstanding how Skill Levels are given based on reviews.
- Where your Skills come fromUnderstand where your Skills originate from, and how this best helps to build on them.
- What are Focus SkillsYour Focus Skills explained.
- Add Skills to your ProfileAdd the skills you have or want to develop, so HowNow can suggest learning for them and track your progress.
- Add or remove a Focus SkillFocus Skills can be changed at any time as part of your personal and professional development goals.
- Remove a Skill from your ProfileRemove a skill you added yourself when it's no longer relevant to you.
- View a Skill's details, reviews and suggested learningAn overview of the Skills sub-page.
- See your Skills Activity historyKeep a track of the Reviews and other changes to your Skills in real-time.
- Choose a Target Role to see the skills you needMake that important career switch by checking which Skills you'll need for a new Role.
- Work on the Skills for your Target RoleHow a Target Role can be achieved by recognising the Skills needed.
Skill reviews
Rate yourself, ask for reviews and review colleagues.
- Rate yourself on a skillOn Grow, select ⋯ on the skill, then Update Review (or Add Review), choose a level from 1 to 5 and select Submit Review.
- Ask someone to review your skillHow to improve your Skills Review rating.
- Review a peer's Skill when they askYou can submit a review of one of your peers, when they've requested one from you.
- See who reviewed your SkillKnowing who reviewed your Skill allows you to discuss it with them later.
- Which Skill emails and notifications users receiveWho is told when skills are reviewed or changed, and how.
Learn with Guru
Chat, practise and get coached by your AI Gurus.
- Find and open a Guru you've been assignedHow to easily find and access a Guru assigned to you.
- Chat with a GuruThe first steps on getting started with your AI Guru.
- Take a Deep Dive on a topic with GuruWork on key areas of a topic to become a subject-matter expert using Guru.
- How Guru shows the sources it usedWhat exactly are the sources Guru uses to answer your questions?
- Take a quiz with GuruGuru will help you to level-up your knowledge with a series of relevant questions on the desired topic.
- Practise a conversation with a Guru role-playA role-play lets you rehearse a real conversation, such as calming an upset customer, with the Guru playing the other person.
- How Role play scores and feedback work in GuruUnderstand more about Guru's ability to provide feedback after a Role play.
- Rate your Skills with a Guru Skills reviewSkills can be improved by using the review option within your Guru chat.
- Talk to a Guru using Voice ModeHow to use Voice Mode with Guru.
- Which language Guru replies inGuru can be multi-lingual if need be.
- How Guru remembers your conversationKeep topics going, days or weeks later, so your skill-growth journey stays consistent throughout the quarter or year.
- Clear your chat with a GuruRefresh your learning experience with Guru.
Spaces
Join Spaces, post, comment and use shared resources.
- Find the Spaces you belong toHow to find your Spaces.
- Join a public SpaceGet the most out of your Spaces by becoming a part of them.
- Leave a SpaceWhen you no longer want to be part of a Space, you can leave it at any time.
- Post, comment and react in a SpaceHow to start threads and create discussions within a Feed.
- Browse and use resources in a SpaceFind extra information and learning materials, shared on a Space.
- Who gets notified about Space activityHow notifications for Spaces work.
Request learning budget
Ask for funding, track requests and add receipts.
- See your Budgets and remaining balanceCheck which learning budgets you can request funding from, how much you have left on each, and who approves your requests.
- Request learning using your BudgetAsk your organisation to pay for learning outside HowNow, such as a course, conference or book.
- Request learning for a Bursary or QualificationGet funding for a Bursary or professional qualification that proves you've upskilled in your role or for a future role.
- Request learning for paid content in HowNowYour organisation may keep some content behind a pay wall. Learn how to access it via a Request.
- Which cost fields each learning type asks for
- Track your learning requestsSee which requests are still pending review and chase your Budget Owner
- What Learning Request statuses mean
- Edit a pending Learning RequestMake changes to a request should the price change or for any other reason.
- Cancel a pending learning request
- Resubmit a declined or cancelled request
- Ask for more budget on an approved request
- Add receipts or invoices to an approved request
- Mark a bursary or qualification as completed