Modules are powerful; they’re usually the first thing our end users engage with and are an important bridge between sign-up and mentor interaction. If used effectively, they can bring cohesion to the various platform features and encourage users to return while offering your audience relevant insights and valuable information.

Focus on learning outcomes:

When considering your modules and the information they hold, always stay focused on learning outcomes. This is the essential groundwork to cover before you get typing.

Ask yourself what you want your users to:

· Understand

· Appreciate

· Feel

· Action (for example, apply for a job at your business)

To achieve this, you could experiment with storyboarding. The is a universal technique used by learning creators to map out a learning journey. There’s no need to use technical software or a particularly scientific approach, using a good old pen and paper can be useful for brainstorming theme and topic ideas and mapping how the information can be broken down using Connectrs various functions.

Here's a good introduction to Storyboarding:

Modules, tasks, parts- what are these?

You might be puzzled by our ‘modules’, ‘tasks’ and ‘parts’ terminology and what they mean in practice.

So, let’s break it down.

Modules: A module is a topic or theme. The title and summary should capture the general gist of what the user can expect to learn about. Examples might include: ‘Application Guidance’ or ‘Welcome to our Company’. We’re talking broad themes that can be broken down into subtopics (or tasks).

Modules should include 3-5 tasks.

Top-Tip! If you’re releasing your modules gradually, you can create ‘coming soon’ module tiles. This feature can help bolster engagement as users can see what’s coming up in the future.

Tasks: A task is a subtopic. Think of them as mini lessons or upskilling bites that sit under the umbrella of the wider topic. So, sticking with the idea of ‘Application Guidance’ as a module title, a task within that could be ‘writing an impactful personal profile’.

Tasks work best when they’re concise; try to avoid covering too many subjects within a task otherwise the messaging becomes conflated and the user journey weak. If you start writing a task about ‘preparing for an interview’ and find yourself talking about ‘workplace etiquette’ you’d ideally break those down into two separate tasks.

Tasks should be around 5-6 parts long.

Top-Tip! If you want to draw attention to certain tasks or ensure users do tasks in a particular order, make use of the ‘mandatory’ or ‘locking’ functions.

Parts: The reason they’re called parts is because the structure of Connectr’s modules is linear; users click from part to part almost like they’re reading a book. One part is essentially one page of information that can be presented in a few different functionality formats. They are:

· Written copy (with or without images)

· A video

· A quiz- there are 5 different quiz styles to choose from

· Document upload page

Users can also download relevant resources such as worksheets on a written copy part.