Activities + Learning Paths
SCORM elearning courses, instructor-led, assessments, surveys and more...
Thinking Cap supports many distinct learning activities. We also have a system of equivalencies to track when different activities can substitute for one another in your curriculum. If you use only one type of activity, you won’t be overwhelmed by seeing activities you don’t need. If you need to grow beyond one activity, we can easily give you what you need when you need it.
Elearning courses
Thinking Cap is a SCORM 1.2 and 2004 Certified learning management system (LMS). Your SCORM packages will work as you expect them to in Thinking Cap, no matter which authoring tool you use. If you don’t have a SCORM package, Thinking Cap can take your PDF, video, and PowerPoint files and automatically convert them into courses for you.
SCORM Compliant
Thinking Cap is a SCORM 1.2 and 2004 Certified learning management system (LMS).
Video Courses
Upload videos (MP4s) and Thinking Cap will convert it to a SCORM-compliant elearning course.
Document Courses
Upload PDF documents and Thinking Cap will convert it to a SCORM-compliant elearning course.
External Courses
Link to external courses without losing the ability to track progress.
Studio Courses
Courses authored in Thinking Cap Studio can be published inline.
Revision control
View previous versions of your courses and either demo or download the package.
Instructor-led training
You can conduct your instructor-led training (ILT) courses at a location or through a webinar. You can customize your training with: maximum class sizes; wait-listing; optional or required sessions; any number of sessions, and; several different modes of attendance management.
Webinars
Integrated with Adobe Connect, Gotomeeting, Gotowebinar, WebEx, Zoom.
Face-to-face sessions
Manage locations and rooms, around the world.
Session credits
Award continuing education credits after each session.
Session certificates
Award certifiates after each session.
Optional or required
Flexible attendance requirements to allow for missed or make up sessions.
Attendance tracking
Many options for marking attendance.
Assessments
You can create assessments in any tool and bring them in as SCORM packages. Or, if you prefer, you can create stand-alone tests and quizzes with choice and matching questions using Thinking Cap’s internal editor. You can also save questions to our question bank for reuse and have question groups that are randomized and weighted. You can also create assessments that you can add onto the end of any other learning or comprehension activity, which allows you to test learners after an ILT session.
Question Bank
Create a bank of assessment questions to be used across .
Question types
Multiple choice, matching and yes or no types of questions.
Randomize questions
Group questions to allow for unique assessments using a selection of questions.
Summary options
Show assessment results as detailed as you wish.
Delay results
Hold back results and correct answer feedback until a later date.
SCORM assessments
Build your SCORM-compliant assessment using the LMS or upload your own SCORM package.
Surveys
Add a Survey as a Learning Activity. Less formal than an Assessment use this tool to teach as you gather value feedback from your Learners.
Stand alone surveys
Enrol learners into a survey activity.
Attach to an activity
Prompt learners to submit feedback at the end of an activity
Question types
Multiple choice, single choice, likert scale, ranking, dropdown, date, comment box, document upload, and yes/no types of questions.
Branching questions
Depending on how learners answer a question, prompt them to answer additional questions.
Relevent questions
Automatically include questions that are relevant to the type of activity.
Reuse surveys
Build reusable surveys across many activities.
Compare results
Compare feedback across several activities.
Delayed feedback
Delay when a learner is asked to submit the feedback a set amount of time after the activity is completed
Attestations
If none of the above cover your needs, there are always attestations.
Compliance
Learners review media (videos, documents) on policy or completion regulations and certify they understand.
Demonstration
Learners demonstrate a skill to a proctor/supervisor who certifies the requirements were met.
Portfolio
Learners completing training outside the LMS upload evidence of the work to meet the requirements for completion.
Attach documents
Present learners learners to review a video, document or other key materials and content.
Learning paths
Learning paths organize your different learning activities into a curriculum that supports your larger learning goals. This helps your learners also see a broader context about how time invested in learning benefits them and your organization. Learning paths map the best sequence of learning activities to provide the best learning in the shortest possible time. The best learning paths combine structured learning activities with real work experiences.
Discover hidden pools of competency
Thinking Cap reports on learners who are close to achieving a learning path that they are not enrolled in. This helps you find hidden skills and competencies that can give learners additional learning credits and opportunities for changing or expanding the scope of their role in your organization.
Design paths that are flexible and accommodate your learners
Learning paths provide many flexible options to define which learnings are required and which are optional. You can use equivalencies to define multiple learning activities that will fulfill the learning requirements.
Build Your learning paths with an easy drag-and-drop tool
Our easy-to-use editor lets you draw from your entire library to build paths quickly and with as many layers and options as you want. Once you have your paths, you can use the editor to make any changes just as easily.
Track progress and manage learners as they make their way along the path
Settings to allow for learners to be issued either the maximum credits or a smaller amount of credits.
Customized display
Layout the learning path activities in a custom format.
Sequential orders
Require learners to complete the activities, or group of activities, in order.
Custom types
Looking for something more? Create your own types of activities based on the types above, with your own twist.
Descriptive types
Describe your types of activities using your terminology, such as"Modules", "Skill Demonstration", "Task", "Scenario".
Divide core types
Split up the types of activities into sub-types, i.e. Instructor led could be split into "Webinar" and "In-person Session".
Filtering
Every activity type filter in the LMS would filter by your custom types.
Presets by type
Pre-select settings based on your custom types to simplify the creation of activities.
