Introduction
Learn365 offers the following methods of structuring learning for learners:
- Training plans
- Training recommendations
- Learning paths
In this article, we provide an at-a-glance comparison of these methods to help your organization choose when you might wish to use them.
Comparison chart
The following table offers a summary of training plans, training recommendations, and learning paths against a range of factors, including your organization needs, ownership, and editing rights.
| Factor | Training plan | Training recommendations |
Learning paths |
| Most useful when your organization wants to... |
Define a uniform set of courses for a group of learners, for example for the purposes of mandatory compliance. |
Help self-directed learners find relevant courses to meet a short-term learning need. |
Support learners as they build their own learning journey. |
| Creator, curator, owner | Catalog admin. | Learner, employee. | Learner, employee. |
| Does it link with the skills framework? |
Catalog admins create training plans to address a skills gap, often to resolve the lowest skill level in the team. |
Orbie, our AI coach and assistant, recommends training based on learner prompts, while recognizing learners' skills. |
Learners create a progressive learning path that is informed by their recognized skill gap. Learners can have one target skill-based learning path at a time. |
| Content and timeline | Learners must complete courses in the order and timeline set by the catalog admin. |
Learners can complete courses and training plans at any time and in any order they choose. |
Learners can group training using sections. Learners can add and remove training, and set their own timeline. |
| Who can edit? | Catalog and course admins. |
Only learners can request and remove suggestions. |
Only learners can access and edit their learning paths. |
| Assignment and approval |
Training plans are centrally assigned. Approval workflows can be applied. |
Course approval requirements still apply. |
No learning path assignment or approval is required. Course approval requirements still apply. |
| Reporting | Reporting via the Reports page, the Line Manager Dashboard, Power BI, and Copilot. |
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| Access | SharePoint and Teams (for everyone, everywhere, all the time), and the Learn365 Mobile app. |
SharePoint and Teams (the LMS admin or Microsoft 365 global admin enables AI recommendations). |
SharePoint and Teams (the LMS admin or Microsoft 365 global admin enables learning paths and the Skills Framework). This feature is currently available only in the new UI. |
Additional reading
- For information about learning paths and how they can help learners navigate their personalized learning journey, see this article.
- For information about how learners can get training recommendations, see this article.
- For information about training plans and how catalog admins create them, see this article.
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