How to set prerequisites for a course in TalentLMS

TalentLMS lets you define the order by which your Learners complete their courses to create learning paths and lead them through your training program.

To set prerequisites for your courses, follow these simple steps:

1. Sign in to your TalentLMS account as an Instructor and go to Courses (1).

2. Locate the course you want to update and click Edit (2).

3. Select Course options (3).

4. A drawer will open on the right side of your screen. Go to Rules & Paths (4).

5. Scroll down to Learning path (5) and choose one or more courses as prerequisites from the drop-down menu.

Note: If you select multiple courses, all of them must be completed before the course becomes available to Learners.

You can also select Add alternative path (6) and make the course available to Learners who have completed either of the available paths.

6. Click Save to update the course options.

Learner view 

On a Learner’s homepage, courses that have non-completed prerequisites are labeled as Restricted.

On the summary page of each course, there’s an additional Course prerequisites section (1) if you scroll down, where all the prerequisites are listed, but also a button (2) to direct you to the specific section.

Learners now have to take their courses in the instructor-defined order. If there are alternative sets of prerequisites, learners can attend and complete either set of courses before accessing the course you are creating the learning path for.