Validate skill assessments

This feature requires the Skills solution. For more information, contact your Customer Success Partner (CSP).

Admins can validate the skill mastery level of a user in their group. Managers can validate the skill mastery level of their managees.

They can validate it either after users have assessed themselves or edit the skill mastery level directly in the user’s profile.

Each skill can be validated up to 500 times.

If several users validate the same skill for the same user, each validation is recorded in the skill history. The most recent validation determines the current skill level.

Configure who can validate the skill assessment

Platform admins can choose which role can validate the skills assessment.

1. In the left sidebar, hover over the platform group (the one with a golden crown), then click Settings.

• If Settings doesn’t appear in your sidebar, click on the platform group first, then click Settings in the top right of the main section.

2. In the left column, click Skills.
3. Under Who can assess or validate skills, select Admins, Managers, and/or Learners
   • If you select Admins, group admins will be able to validate skill assessment for the members of their group.
   • If you select Managers, managers will be able to validate skill assessment for their managees.
   • If you select Learners and uncheck all other options, only platform admins will be able to validate skill assessments.

Validate skill assessment

This is the recommended workflow because it allows users to participate in their assessment.

Until you’ve validated all skills for your managees (if you’re a manager and you have the permission) or group members (if you’re an admin and you have the permission), you will have a permanent notification in the notifications center.

You can also open the skills dashboard by clicking at the top right on Notifications → N Skills to validate (N is replaced by the number of pending skills to validate).

Validate skills individually

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
   • Managers: click General analytics in the left sidebar, then click the Team’s skills tab.
2. In Skills to validate, click on a user.
3. Click on a skill with the status Pending validation (you can filter by status by clicking Filter on the top left).
   • You can click on the section Completed trainings to display the courses and paths tagged with the skill that the user has already completed. Read more →
4. If you agree with the level, click VALIDATE on the bottom right.
5. If you disagree, select another level, then click VALIDATE → CONFIRM.

Validate skills in bulk

This method is useful when you’ve already agreed on the assessment level for each skill with the user in a live meeting beforehand.

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
   • Managers: click General analytics in the left sidebar, then click the Team’s skills tab.
2. In Skills to validate, click on a user.
3. On the top right of the list, click VALIDATE ALL PENDING SKILLS (there must be at least one skill pending validation).
4. Click CONFIRM.

Edit skill assessment

In some cases, you may want to edit the skill mastery level directly, without waiting for the user’s self-assessment.

Admins can directly edit the skill mastery level of a user in their group. Managers can do the same for their managees.

1. At the top of the homepage, click Users.
2. At the top, click the Current section.
3. On the right side of the user's row, click View profile.
4. Click the Skills section.
5. Click on a skill.
6. In the right sidebar, edit the assessment.
7. At the bottom right of the sidebar, click REVIEW, then CONFIRM.
   • If the skill wasn’t previously assessed, click ASSESS.