In LearnWorlds, you can allow your users to schedule a 1:1 session with you as an admin or any course creators and instructors using the built-in Calendly integration. In a similar fashion, you can also create and offer Group sessions, which will allow you to scale your offering with group sessions since the same time slot can be scheduled many times by multiple users.
Examples/Use Cases
Use Case 1: Offer a weekly group study session where multiple students can join the same time slot to discuss course materials.
Use Case 2: Schedule a group coaching session where all attendees receive the same advice and guidance simultaneously.
Use Case 3: Host a Q&A session for multiple users, where they can join a common time slot to get their queries addressed.
Use Case 4: Arrange a group demo session to introduce a new feature or product to several users at once.
Use Case 5: Conduct a group workshop on a specific topic where users can participate and collaborate in real time.
How to Create a Group Session Learning Activity
1. Create your course and the Course Sections.
2. Choose the course you wish, click on the Course outline tab.
3. Click on Add an Activity.
4. Choose the Live session tab and select whether you want to create a Group session learning activity.
5. Click on Save or Save & Edit, to immediately start editing the activity.
Navigate to Calendly to see all of the features per plan. To create a Group Event in Calendly, a specific Calendly plan is required.How to Set up a Group Session Learning Activity
After the Group session activity has been created, hover over it, and click on Settings to configure all the properties.
1. Title: Give a title to your learning activity.
2. Description: Give a description of your learning activity.
3. Icon: Choose an icon that will appear in your course player for your learning activity.
4. Account: Choose the Calendly account that has been connected with your LearnWorlds school in the Integrations → Live Sessions → Calendly.
5. Event Type: Select the event type (which you have already set up in your Calendly account) to make it available for your users for them to schedule their Group sessions.
- You can create a New event (Group Event Type) in your Calendly account.
- When setting it up, you will need to add the maximum number of invitees that can schedule a group meeting, and you can also choose if you wish to show this to your users while scheduling a coaching session (Display remaining spots on the booking page).
- Only Group Calendly events will be populated as available to select from while setting up the event type of the learning activity in LearnWorlds.
8. Password protect this activity.
How Can Users Schedule a Group session using Calendly
When users access the Group session learning activity in the Course player, they can choose a time slot at their preferred date and time, that suits their schedule based on the availability in Calendly.
Once the event is scheduled, users will see a confirmation screen in their Course player, with the information of the scheduled slot as per the Calendly event type, including the specific date and time, and event location:
At the time of the Group session, a Join Meeting button (CTA) will appear, allowing the user to join the session.
The CTA (Call to Action) button text can be altered by navigating to the Site language, and the button's color is fetched from the Brand color added to the Color palette of your school's Theme Explorer.
The CTA button appears at the time of the scheduled event when specific location types are configured in your Calendly account, such as Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Go to Meeting.
Once the user joins the Group session through the CTA button, the session is automatically marked as complete in their progress.
How can Admins/Instructors Manage the Group Sessions
If you wish to keep track of the attendees of your Group sessions, export the session report, manually mark the session as attended for your learners, and keep notes on the session topic for each user, navigate to the Group session activity you wish, and click on User Progress. Here's how to Track the User Progress for Zoom/Webex Live Sessions.
1. Go to the Course outline tab.
2. Hover over the Group learning activity and click on User Progress.
User Progress page
On the User Progress page, you can view details such as the Name, Tag, Date and Time of the meeting, the duration of the meeting, and the Status of your created events.
ÎĄou can view all users that have visited the Group session learning activity and whether they have scheduled or not scheduled, completed, or canceled the Group session. You can also search for a user and export the user report.
You can see all users who have visited the Group session learning activity and whether they have scheduled, completed, or canceled a session. You can also search for specific users and export the user report.
Show Details
Hover over the Actions tab of a specific user and click on Show Details; alternatively, navigate to the Live Sessions page and click on the same action on the specific scheduled event of your interest.
In the side form that appears, you can:
1. Mark a session as completed.
2. Add private notes for each session for the specific user.
3. Join (start) the session (applicable for when the online location types are configured in your Calendly account, such as Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Go to Meeting).
Manually Mark a Group Session as Attended
There are several ways to manually mark a session as attended for specific users:
1. Select the user(s) you wish and click on Attend.
2. Hover over the Actions field of a specific user and click on Show Details. Once the coaching side form appears, click on Mark as complete.
3. Navigate to the Live Sessions page and click on a specific event.
Live Sessions page
All upcoming and previous scheduled events are accessible under the Live Sessions administration page. The school owner can review and see the attendees, mark the event as attended, and even keep notes for the specific user in a simple and clear calendar view.
Scheduled Calendly events appear in purple, same as Microsoft Teams, Zoom meetings and webinars appear in blue color, and Webex events appear in green.
Upcoming and Previous events with all of the available information and quick action options, such as the Edit option and the Show Details side form, as listed in the calendar view, so this calendar functions as the dashboard for all your scheduled live and Group sessions.
Reschedule and Cancellation
If an event is rescheduled, the new date and time will be updated on the platform in both the Course player and the admin dashboard.
In the event of a cancellation, the event will be removed from the Live Sessions page, and the admin will be able to see the cancellation label. Once the coaching session is rescheduled, the new date and time will be updated.