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 trainingDecide whether a task should be an assignment or a Micro training.
Assignments: asking participants to submit workUse Assignments when participants should submit work in Knowly. Covers how submission becomes completion, and the optional manager-approval flow that gates an assignment from being marked completed.
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 sentUnderstand why some assignment settings lock after participants receive an activity.
Knowledge tests: retake rules and pass levelsUse Knowledge tests to check understanding and decide how retakes should work.
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 lessonUse Micro trainings to teach, explain, and ask short questions across multiple slides.
What activity types can I add?Choose the right activity type for the job you want participants or managers to do.
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.