Learn - Elective Lessons: give learners a choice of Lessons to complete

In this article, we'll show how to set up Elective set of Lessons, so you can offer learners a choice of Lessons for a Course. When learners complete one of the Lessons, they are exempt from completing the remaining Lessons in the set.

This can be useful for example, to give learners a choice to complete learning in person or online. A few things to know about Elective sets:

• An elective set is created from any Lessons assigned to the Course
• An elective set can consist of multiple Lessons - just one Lesson must be completed
• A Course can contain one elective set only

Watch the video or follow the steps:

Steps to set up elective lessons

1. Browse to the Course area of Learn admin:
2. Select the Course that elective Lessons need to be set against. Use the Search options if required to filter the list to find the required Course:
3. Select 'Lesson' from the administration menu:
4. Select 'Manage elective Lessons':
5. Select 'Set elective Lessons':
6. Check tick boxes to select which Lessons are to be included in the elective set. Not all Lessons linked to the Course have to be included in the elective set:
7. Select 'Create'
8. Name the elective set. This name will be displayed to learners when they are choosing the Lesson they prefer:  
9. Arrange the Lessons in the elective set using the up/down arrows to set their order. This sequence dictates how the Lessons will appear on the course tile for Users in Learn. Where many Lessons are included these will show as a carousel view for User selection
10. Select 'Save' to create the elective lesson set

So that's it and elective lessons are now set up.

User's View of Elective Lessons

In this example, Users need to finish two Lessons to complete the Course. Everyone must complete 'Finance Insights,' and then they can choose one Lesson from the elective set:

When numerous Lessons are part of the elective set, Users will pick from a Carousel view. Once they finish one elective set Lesson, they'll notice they have no more Lessons left in that set:

 

The 'Why?' button visible to Users displays the following information:

Get deeper learning in The Academy

In 'The big picture: build and curate learning' (10 min eLearning) we explore the different types of Lessons available in Learn and show how to build Courses with the perfect blend of learning. We'll also take a look at how to organise optional learning to inspire, engage, and make it easy for learners to find what they're looking for. 
Understand the different Lesson types in Learn LMS, and how they can be organised into Courses

• Understand how Categories are used to make it easy for learners to find what they're looking for
• Have a strategy for planning out Catalogues in your Learn LMS