⏱️ The Essentials in 3 Minutes |
🧠 Understand the Pedagogical Value of Locking
Locking publications in a program is a pedagogical choice that helps your learners learn better:
Structure progression into coherent sequences, step by step.
Avoid cognitive overload in long programs with more than one hour of content.
Synchronize in-person and remote sessions in blended learning, by opening publications at the right moment.
📌 Example - Sequenced long program: you distribute a program of 4 publications. Each publication opens once the previous one is completed. Your learners progress without getting distracted. Result: deeper assimilation and higher completion rate.
📌 Example - Hybrid training: an introductory publication opens before the in-person session. The practice publication remains locked until the class ends. Result: pedagogical continuity between in-person and remote learning.
🗝️ Choose the Right Locking Mode
Two modes are available from the editing page of your program:
Mode | Ideal for | Trigger |
Manual lock | Keeping control over when each publication opens | You, at any time |
Progressive unlocking | Encouraging linear, steady progression | The learner completes the previous publication |
✋ Lock Each Publication Manually
This is the default mode for all your programs. No publication is locked at the start, but you can lock a specific publication using the 🔒 icon in the publication list.
Three actions are available:
Lock all publications at once.
Unlock all publications at once.
Lock or unlock a single publication from its card.
When unlocking, choose the notification mode to inform your learners:
Via the app only.
By email and via the app.
No notification.
💡 Useful for orchestrating a cohort at the trainer's pace, or for testing a program before its official launch.
🪜 Unlock a Publication Upon Completion of the Previous One
With progressive unlocking, each publication opens as soon as the learner has completed the previous one.
A publication is considered completed when:
For a publication without assessment: all modules are completed.
For a publication with evaluation: all modules are completed AND the evaluation is passed OR all attempts are exhausted.
💡 This mode reinforces learning effort: each publication becomes a milestone to reach before moving on, which maintains engagement and clearly marks progression steps.
⚠️ If the number of attempts for the final evaluation is unlimited and the learner never passes it, they will remain blocked on the current publication and will not access the next one.
👀 The Learner Experience
Regardless of the mode chosen, the learner immediately sees that a publication is locked:
Specific display: locked publications have a distinct presentation that clearly indicates their inaccessibility (also visible to the author from the program editor).
Evaluation to complete: if an evaluation is required to complete the publication, the label Take the evaluation appears on the relevant card.
Access outside the program: a learner can always access a locked publication in a program if it is also distributed outside the program.
💡 From a pedagogical standpoint, visible locking helps learners orient themselves: they understand what they have accomplished and what they still need to unlock.
What are the exact conditions to unlock the next publication?
The learner must meet all of the following conditions:
Complete all modules in the previous publication.
If added to the project: pass all intermediate assessments.
If added to the project: pass the final evaluation OR exhaust all authorized attempts.
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