This article explains what Learning Communities are in Udemy Business accounts, their primary function, and how learners or admins can create and access them.
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Table of contents
- What is the main functionality of the community?
- How can someone create and access a learning community?
- Can anyone in the company create a learning community?
- Are learning communities visible to all users in an organization or only to those who are members?
- Can people outside the company be part of these learning communities?
- Who can see questions and comments that are posted in learning communities?
- Can there be more than one admin or moderator for the space?
- Can a user be a part of a community and have the option to hide their lecture/course completion from others?
- Is there a limit to how many communities you can have and a limit to the number of learners in a community?
- What languages are supported for learning communities?
What are Learning Communities?
A feature in Udemy Business where learners and admins can collaborate in a dedicated space, inviting others to join and work towards common learning objectives. Whether it's certification prep, skill development, or team-wide initiatives, Learning Communities provide a platform to connect, share, and learn together.
What is the main functionality of the community?
Learners and admins can set a community goal, add the skills they want to focus on, and manage members. Learners can see relevant courses, view the learning activity of members within the community that is relevant to the skills selected for the community, and post messages within the community.
How can someone create and access a learning community?
Learners and admins with a valid Udemy Business license will be able to access the “Learning Communities” from the logged-in home page of their Udemy Business instance.
Creating a community is a simple two-step process.
1. Click on “Create a community” and input a name, as well as an optional description for the community if you wish.
- Tip: Provide interesting and inspiring names for the community, and a good description so that members know what this is about. You can include the name of a Slack or MS Teams channel in the description if you plan on using them to facilitate deeper conversations between community members.
2. Pick from a predefined list of reasons (or enter your own reason) for creating the community, and choose up to 10 skills that the members in this community should focus on.
- Note: In the beta version, once you’ve selected a set of skills and created a community, you won’t be able to edit the skills later. You can, however, delete the community and create a new one.
Once the community is created, the creator of the community can “Add members” to the community. The added members will receive an email with a default message, which can also be customized by the creator of the community.
Admins and group admins can search for and add user groups when creating communities.
The members of a learning community (including the creator) can access their communities from the logged-in Udemy Business homepage.
Can anyone in the company create a learning community?
Yes, anyone with an active license can create a learning community and add others.
Are learning communities visible to all users in an organization or only to those who are members?
Currently, learning communities are private and can only be viewed by their members.
Can people outside the company be part of these learning communities?
No. Learning Communities are exclusive to Udemy Business accounts. Participation is restricted to learners with an active license within the account. In other words, only those holding active licenses can join and engage in a learning community.
Who can see questions and comments that are posted in learning communities?
Questions and comments that are posted in learning communities are only visible to people who are members of that specific community. As noted above, learning communities are exclusive to Udemy Business accounts. As a result, people outside of your organization, including instructors, will not be able to view any comments or questions posted in the learning community.
Can there be more than one admin or moderator for the space?
Currently, there are no specialized roles and permissions. The community creator has access to add people to a community, remove members, and edit the name/description of the community, and then the community member can see the learning activity and access relevant courses.
Can a user be a part of a community and have the option to hide their lecture/course completion from others?
No, this is not possible at this time.
Is there a limit to how many communities you can have and a limit to the number of learners in a community?
Currently, there are no restrictions on the number of communities an individual can establish within an organization, nor are there limitations on the number of users/members within each community. However, when adding members to a community, there is a limit of 25 users at any one time. So to add 100 users, you’ll need to add them in 4 batches of 25 each.
What languages are supported for learning communities?
Learning communities can be created and accessed in any language supported for Udemy Business accounts. Please note, however, that any text that is entered by a user will not be translated.
For example:
- A person who has their Udemy Business account language set to English creates a learning community, and any text they enter, including the community’s description, is in English.
- A person who has their account language set to Spanish accesses this learning community. The community template (page) will appear to the person in Spanish. However, any text entered by the creator, including the community description, will appear in English.