In Tribal Habits, each topic automatically provides course participants (learners) with a journal for recording notes about the course and reviewing their contributions to certain course activities.
Learners can also use their journal to refer back to the course overview (and for topics, the overview of each part) at any time.
FAQs
When and how can learners access their journals?
Learners can access their journals while completing a course or when reviewing the content of a course they've already completed.
A 'Journal' button is visible to learners at the top-right of each topic. When clicked, their journal will slide open, revealing the course overview, and a section corresponding to each part of the topic (or just one section for short topics) where they can add notes and view their contributions to certain course activities.
At the bottom of the journal, learners have the option to download their journal as a PDF or email it to themselves.
Who can see a learner's journal?
Generally, a learner's journal and any notes added to it are private and only visible to the learner. However, if completion notifications are set up to be sent to managers or other stakeholders (via cc), they may have access to the journal content, including any notes the learner has added.
This means that, while the journal is typically private, its visibility can be extended to others depending on the specific notification settings.
What is automatically added to a learner's journal?
As a learner works their way through a topic, any insights they choose to favourite are automatically added to their journal as well as their responses to questions or polls that are switched on for the Overview and Destination modules (if these navigational features are in use).
Course creators can also configure responses to polls, Q&As and Reflect elements within topics to be automatically copied to each learner's journal.
How can a course creator incorporate the journal into the content of a course?
When creating a course, it's worth considering how the journal may be used to enhance a learner's experience when completing the course.
For example, you may wish to encourage the learner to use the journal by suggesting they add notes to it at certain points within the course which they may find useful when reviewing the course at a later time.
You may also ask them to refer back to their choice in a poll or written response to a Q&A from earlier in the course before asking a follow-up question or poll. This allows them to reflect back and consider what they've learnt.