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 a Finish by due date when you set one, receive invitation email when the requirement is new, and appear correctly in Analyze—including Overdue after the due date if they have not finished.
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 turn Mandatory on — Enrollment and Notifications.
- Set Grace period and optional Complete by so each person gets a clear due date — Mandatory Due Dates. Optional visibility window: Time-Restricted Access.
- Confirm learners see it on Home (Mandatory row) and in Learn (filter Requirement → Mandatory), with Finish by when a due date applies.
- Optionally enable workspace Mandatory Content Reminders for incomplete items.
- Check status in Progressions (User results). Filter Enrollment → Overdue for people past their due date.
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 use the same Visibility and targets setup, including Mandatory.
- Visibility end hides the content; it is not the same as Complete by / Finish by.
- 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.
