Public Discover Page

Introduction

The public Discover page allows non-registered users to browse and view publicly available learning experiences without having to log in or create an account. This opens up the discovery of your learning experiences to a wider audience.

Feature Functionality

On the public Discover page, unauthenticated users will be able to see key information about each learning experience.

If an unauthenticated user wants to enrol in a public learning experience after viewing it on the public Discover page, they will be prompted to log in or go through the registration flow before they can access the full learning experience.

 

Implementation Process

Pre-requisites

To get started with the Public Discover page, raise a ticket with our support desk with the following information:

1. Organisation name
2. Request to enable Public Discover page

Note: The Discover page must be enabled before the Public Discover page can be enabled.

How the Public Discover page works

Navigating to the Public Discover page

• Once enabled, non-logged-in users can access the Public Discover page by navigating to {organisationurl}/public-discover
  • Note: The Public Discover page does not have a direct link or button for access. While it can be found through a Google search, it might be more convenient to share or promote the page directly.

Setting the theme on the Public Discover page

The Public Discover Page inherits the organisation's theme colours. To change these:

• From the Admin area, navigate to Settings.
• Click on Theme.
• Adjust the following settings to affect the Public Discover Page:
  • Nav Bar Background: Changes the background colour of the navigation bar.
  • Card Header Background: Changes the colour of the promoted label.
  • Button Background: Changes the background colour of buttons.
  • Tile Settings > Corner radius (px): Adjusts the roundness of tile corners

To update the banner on the Public Discover page:

• Navigate to Settings
• Click Edit Organisation
• Expand Image settings
• Select Choose file under Discover Banner Image
• Upload the desired image
• Click Save

Note: Updating any of these theme settings will also change it site wide, including logged in pages.

Using the Public Discover page

Non-logged-in users can browse publicly available content by scrolling down the page. Clicking View more will display additional Learning Experiences.

Language can be changed by clicking on the Language picker in the top navigation bar and selecting the relevant language.

Content is displayed in a tile format consistent with the Discover page, showing:

• The Learning Experience image
• The Learning Experience type
• The Learning Experience title
• The promoted label (if it’s promoted).
• The price (if External E-Commerce is enabled and a price has been set).
• Continuing Professional Development / Continuing Professional Education (CPD/CPE) (if set)
  • Terminology for CPD will depend on your language:
    • CPD - UK English
    • CPE - US English

When hovering over a tile, you will see:

• The Learning Experience type (Undertake an Online Course, Attend a Webinar, Listen to a Podcast etc)
• The Learning Experience title
• CPD/CPE (if enabled and set).
• An Info button:
  • Clicking the Info button on a tile will display an informational sidebar with the same information as the tile, as well as the description.
• And either:
  • A Launch button: If the Learning Experience is free.
    • Clicking the Launch button directs the user to the login page. After login, they will be redirected back to the Learning Experience they wanted to launch.
    • Launch will only display given the following:
      • No currency, price or checkout link has been set on the learning experience.

• • A Buy button: If the Learning Experience has a price set.
    • Clicking the Buy button directs the user to the login page. After login, they will be redirected to the basket to complete their purchase.
    • Buy will only display given the following:
      • E-Commerce is enabled and configured.
      • The currency has been configured for the Learning Experience.
      • A price of 0.01 or higher has been set on the Learning Experience.

• • Or a Checkout button: If the Learning Experience is free but has a checkout link set.
    • Clicking the Checkout button directs the user to the login page. After login, they will be redirected to the checkout page to complete the process.
    • Checkout will only display given the following:
      • The service External E-Commerce is enabled and configured.
      • The checkout link has been configured on the Learning Experience and the currency and price has been left blank.

Content can be sorted by clicking on Sort and selecting one of the following options:

• Date (Newest): Displays content by creation date, newest first
• Date (Oldest): Displays content by creation date, oldest first
• Name (A-Z): Displays content in alphabetical order
• Name (Z-A): Displays content in reverse alphabetical order

Content can be filtered by clicking on Filters

Available Filters:

• Promoted: Checkbox field that displays only content marked as Promoted.

• Learning Experience Type: Multi-select dropdown showing available Learning Experience types created for the organisation.

• Skills: Multi-Select dropdown showing available skills.
  • Requires a Skills Builder integration.

• Provider Type: Multi-select dropdown showing available providers.
  • Requires content integration with other providers.

• Custom Learning Experience Fields: Multi-select dropdown based on custom fields created by administrators.
  • These filters can be completely tailored to your organisation. 

A search bar is available to refine content further by searching for keywords in Learning Experience titles and descriptions.

The search, sorting options, and filters can be used independently or in combination with one another. 

FAQs

Q. How is the Public Discover page enabled?

A. This requires our internal staff to enable so a ticket will need raised with our support desk with the organisation name and a request to enable the Public Discover Page. Note that the Discover page must be enabled first.

Q. Can I opt-in/opt-out?

A. Yes, this can be enabled and disabled as required. 

Q. Is there a limit to how many learning experiences are shown on the Public Discover page?

A. No, there is no limit.

Q. Are all learning experiences on the platform available on the Public Discover page?

A. Only learning experiences that have been set as ‘Public’ will display on the Public Discover Page.

Q. How can I restrict learning experiences to logged-in users only and prevent them from appearing on the Public Discover page?

A. At the moment, this can be achieved by setting the learning experience as ‘Private’ and using group visibility.

Q. Can Event Management sessions be shown on the Public Discover page like they can to logged in users?

A. Yes, if an event management resource is in use on a public learning experience, then it will display on the Public Discover page in the same way as it does for logged in users.

Q. Can any instruction text be added to the Public Discover page so instructions can be given to users on how to become a user on the site?

A. Not at the moment.

Q. Can I customise the information (title, description, author, etc) that is shown for my public learning experiences?

A. Not at the moment. The same information that is shown for users who are logged in will display on the public discover page.

Q. Will there be an approval process for making learning experiences public or can any creator make them public right away?

A. At the moment, there is no approval process so any creator can make them public right away.

Q. Can the Public Discover page be sorted into streams?

A. Not at the moment as this works in the same way as the Discover page.

Q. Can I share links to specific learning experiences from the Public Discover page?

A. You can’t share links to specific learning experiences, but any search queries, sorting options and filters will be added to the URL, which can then be bookmarked and shared.

Q. Is user activity on the Public Discover page tracked or monitored?

A. At the moment, the Public Discover page works with Google Analytics only.

Q. Can I use the Public Discover page without External E-Commerce enabled?

A. Yes, the page works with or without External E-Commerce. If using the Public Discover page without External E-Commerce, users will see a ‘Launch’ button instead of ‘Buy’ or ‘Checkout’.

Note: Users who sign up to free events, will still count as active users.