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The Learning Team is beyond thrilled to announce that the newest version of Getting Started Interactive Lessons are now live in Academy!
We have heard your enthusiasm for self-paced, virtual learning opportunities, and we appreciate your help in making this training avenue a success. However, we have also heard your frustrations and suggestions, which helped us improve these lessons; we hope you agree!
As part of this new and improved experience, we've integrated the following changes:
An (Extra Fabulous) Makeover
Right away, you'll notice that the lessons have a new look! We've updated the look and feel of the lessons to create a more appealing interface and layout. With new animated segments, sleeker interactions, and improved audio recording production, we sought to provide you with the highest quality learning experience possible.
Flexible Navigation
We've tried to make the progression through the course more intuitive by designing lessons to automatically move forward through course content when an interaction has completed or the end of a video timeline has been reached. You can still pause and use the seek bar if you miss something, but now you can use the Navigation menu to gauge your progress through the lesson, see upcoming lesson topics, and re-visit content from earlier in the lesson with an intuitive navigation panel.
Resources
Every lesson includes a Resources tab, where we've compiled helpful resources to accompany the lesson's content, such as Help Documentation and Community articles. In addition, you'll find the lesson's transcript and any workflows or input files you can use to follow along with the lesson in your own instance of Designer.
Content
The content of the Getting Started lessons has been focused on building a single workflow from beginning to end. While lessons can still be taken in an ad-hoc way, the lessons are designed to sequentially build on each other to provide a continuous learning experience. The Input Data tools you will drag onto the Canvas in the lesson Inputting Data are connected to the Select and Browse tools used in the lessons Formatting Data and Viewing Data; the Sort tool you configure in Sorting Data is connected to the Join tool you configure in Joining Data. We hope that this experience not only provides you with focused training on a topic but also with context on how the pieces of a workflow fit together.
Core Certification Alignment
We've strengthened our alignment with the Product Certification Program to provide you with the resources you need to prepare for your certification exams. In addition, we've indicated which exam each lesson is geared towards with an icon on the lesson's title.
We would like to thank our Community members for their feedback, comments, and suggestions on the Interactive Lessons. We would also like to thank you, our Community, for helping make Interactive Lessons a success! As always, stay tuned for new content and updated lessons headed your way!
Never. Stop. Learning.
