Prerequisite: To allow learners to create and upvote a learning need, the learning needs feature must be activated on your platform, and admins must add the learning needs widget to either:
- The homepage (See: Configure the layout of the homepage)
- A group page (See: Configure the layout of a group page)
Upvoting a learning need allows group administrators to prioritize learning needs.
You can upvote any learning need linked to a public or a private group to which you belong.
- On the homepage or your group page, next to the Learning Needs section on the right, click See all.
- For the relevant learning need, click
Upvote.
To cancel your vote, click Withdraw vote.
You can also comment on a learning need.
Ranking & order of learning needs
By default, learning needs are ordered according to a score that takes into account the interest of your peers, the number of upvotes, and the time since creation.
You can change the sorting order by clicking Most relevant on the top right. Learning needs can be sorted by:
- Most relevant (ranking score explained above),
- Most recent (learning needs created last at the top)
- Oldest (learning needs created first at the top)
- Most upvotes (learning needs with most upvotes at the top)
- Most comments (learning needs with most comments at the top)