Every activity in a learning journey is one of a handful of types, and each one is built for a different job — teaching, testing, collecting work, meeting, gathering feedback, sending information, or involving a manager. Picking the right type comes down to what you want the participant (or their manager) to actually do.
When you add an activity to a journey, you choose from these types:
Micro training — teach something with a series of slides that can hold text, images, video, and questions to reflect on. See Micro trainings.
Knowledge test — check what participants know with multiple-choice questions that are graded, produce a score, and decide pass or fail. The only type Knowly grades. See What are knowledge tests?.
Assignment — ask participants to do something and submit, confirm, or reflect on the result. The only type where a manager can be required to approve the work. See Assignments.
Evaluation — collect feedback with a survey participants fill in, usually to hear how the training landed. See What are evaluations?.
Group meeting — bring participants together in small groups around a shared brief, so they work through something with each other rather than alone. See Create group meetings.
Direct message — send participants or managers a piece of information at a point in the journey, without asking them to complete anything. See Direct messages.
Manager registration — ask participants to register the manager who should follow and support them. See Manager registration form.
Not sure whether a task should be a Micro training or an Assignment? See Assignment vs Micro training.
Whatever the type, preview the activity as a participant before you launch — it's the quickest way to catch unclear instructions or wording that doesn't fit the rest of the journey.