Use individual learning journeys when people should complete the same journey, but not on the same dates. You build the journey once, and each participant gets their own timeline from their anchor date.
Start with the anchor date
Choose one event every participant will have, such as a contract signing, a first day at work, or a certification start date.
Use that event as the anchor date, and rename it so it's clear for admins, participants, and managers. See What are individual learning journeys?.
Build once and reuse the setup
Add the activities that should be part of the journey.
Schedule them relative to the anchor date instead of fixed calendar dates — before or after, by days or weeks.
That gives you one reusable structure you can use again every time a new participant joins. See Scheduling in individual learning journeys.
Add participants when the journey is ready
Add participants one by one, through import, or through self-registration if your organization has access to those options.
Each participant gets their own schedule from their anchor date.
That's what makes individual journeys easier to run than scheduling every mailing for every person by hand.
Good fit use cases
Journeys that start when someone joins a role or program
Reusable journeys with the same structure for every participant
Automatic enrolment when someone joins your directory — see Automatic onboarding with a dynamic list