Use Cases
Assign Mandatory Content
Make a course visible to a group and mark it Mandatory.
Situation
A group (or set of users) must complete specific content, and you want it to show as Mandatory in Learn and Home—not only as optional visibility.
Outcome
Targeted users see the content under Mandatory, get invitation email when the requirement is new, and progress appears correctly in Analyze (Invited / Not started until they start).
Who
Administrators and course collaborators with access in Create.
Path
- Open the content in Create (usually published before you rely on learner access).
- Under Visibility and targets, add groups or users and choose Content is mandatory — Enrollment and Notifications. Optional start/end dates: Time-Restricted Access.
- Confirm learners see it on Home (Mandatory row) and in Learn (filter Requirement → Mandatory).
- Optionally enable workspace Mandatory Content Reminders for incomplete items.
- Check status in Progressions (User results).
Tips
- Mandatory and optional are both real settings. Mandatory invites and tracks completion; optional only grants visibility. One did not replace the other.
- Mandatory stays Mandatory after completion—it does not flip to optional for that user.
- Meetups cannot currently be marked Mandatory.
- New requirements send batched email (usually within about 15 minutes)—see Automated Course Notifications. Duplicate sources for the same course do not send another invitation.
- Visibility is separate from Academy sales and content licenses. If learners also need a paid license, see Sell With Content Licenses and Visibility in Learn.
