Activity types — what to add to a journey
Guides for choosing and configuring the activity types you can add to a learning journey.
9 articles
- Assignment vs Micro trainingUse a Micro training to teach with slides; use an Assignment when participants must submit work. Only an Assignment can hold a required submission or manager approval.
- Assignments: asking participants to submit workUse Assignments to have participants submit work in Knowly. Covers starting from a saved template or a copy, submission-to-completion, and manager approval.
- Direct messages: an activity that just sends informationUse a Direct message activity to send participants or managers information at a specific point in a learning journey without asking them to complete anything.
- Editing assignment settings after activities have been sentOnce an assignment is sent, its submission type, manager approval, and audience lock. Name, description, and instructions stay editable — duplicate it to change a locked option.
- Knowledge tests: retake rules and pass levelsSet a knowledge test's Pass level (a percentage, default 70%) and Retake policy (no retakes, 1–10, or no limit) under Test settings. A retake shows the latest score, but a…
- Manager registration formThe activity that asks participants to register their manager — and how to make it mandatory with the Require manager registration setting.
- Micro trainings: building a multi-slide lessonHow to build a Micro training: add and arrange slides, add elements from the + menu (Content and layout, Questions, Advanced), what participants see, and previewing before launch.
- What activity types can I add?The activity types you can add to a learning journey: Micro training, Knowledge test, Assignment, Evaluation, Group meeting, Direct message, and Manager registration — and what each is for.
- What are knowledge tests?Knowledge tests are the activity type where Knowly grades the answers. Learn how they differ from micro-trainings and evaluations, and how participants take and submit one.