Complete an Assignment in Simulator
Learners work through an Assignment by opening the Lesson badged Up Next, picking a mode, and tapping Begin Learning. Progress saves as you go, so an Assignment can be finished a few minutes at a time rather than in one sitting.
What is an Assignment?
An Assignment is the training you have been assigned. It is grouped into Modules and broken into Lessons, and each Lesson covers one task you will do on the job.
Most Lessons offer more than one way through that task, called modes. You might watch it, be guided through it, try it yourself, or be checked on it. Which modes a Lesson offers depends on how it was built, and the Lesson is finished once you have worked the ones it offers.
You do not have to keep track of any of it. Skyllful Simulator counts what is left and always shows you the Lesson to open next.
Where do you pick up?
Open the Assignments tab and look at the card for the Assignment you are working on. Lessons Remaining and Time Remaining tell you what is left before you open anything.
Inside the Assignment, one Lesson is badged Up Next. That is where you stopped. If you only ever tap the Lesson marked Up Next, you will work through the whole Assignment in the right order without thinking about it.
How do you work through an Assignment?
Step |
Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the Assignments tab, tap the Assignment you want to work on. |
| 2 | The Assignment opens as a list of Modules. Each Module heading carries its own Time Remaining and Lessons Remaining, so you can see how much of that Module is left. |
| 3 | Find the Lesson badged Up Next and tap it. Lessons are numbered by Module, so 1.4 is the fourth Lesson of the first Module. |
| 4 | Read the start screen. It gives you the Lesson name, how long it should take, and what you will be able to do afterwards. |
| 5 | Tap the first mode you have not completed. The available modes sit under the start card, each with its name written underneath, and they are worked in order, left to right. |
| 6 | Tap Begin Learning to start. On a Lesson that is only a video, the button reads Play Video instead. |
| 7 | Work through the mode to the end, then come back to the Lesson. A mode you have finished is marked with a green check. |
| 8 | Repeat until Lessons Remaining reaches zero. |
Note: Nothing here has to happen in one sitting. Your progress is saved as you go, and Up Next moves along with you, so you can put your phone away mid-Assignment and come back to the right place tomorrow.
Note: If your next few Lessons are going to happen somewhere without a reliable signal, download them before you leave coverage. Downloading is part of the Skyllful Simulator app, and Download Content to View Offline covers how. Content you have not downloaded still shows in your Assignment, but it will not start until you are back online, which is the part that catches people out.
What are the Lesson cards telling you?
Every Lesson in an Assignment is a card, and the card tells you its state at a glance.
What you see |
What it means |
|---|---|
| Up Next, with the card outlined | This is where you left off. Start here. |
| Time Remaining, with a number of minutes | You have not finished this Lesson yet, and this is roughly what is left of it. |
| Completed, with a date and a green check over the thumbnail | You finished this Lesson on that date. |
Note: A completed Lesson still opens. Tapping one takes you back to its start screen, where you can run a mode again. Doing that does not undo anything you have already finished.
What are the modes?
A mode is a way of working through the same task. Which ones a Lesson offers is decided by whoever built it, so you will not see all of these in every Lesson.
Mode |
What it is like |
|---|---|
| Video | You watch. The video opens full screen with its own play, pause and progress controls. |
| Talkthrough | The Lesson talks you through the task and shows you what happens, without asking you to do it yet. |
| Walkthrough | You do the task, guided, with prompts showing you where to tap next. |
| Practice | You do the task with less guidance, with a hint if you need one, to see whether it has stuck. |
| Knowledge Check | You do the task on your own, with no prompts and no hints, and your result is recorded. |
Complete the modes in the order they are listed, from watching to doing it on your own. Each one assumes the one before it, so taking them in order is both how the Lesson is meant to be worked and what makes it easiest.
How do you leave a Lesson?
At the top right of a Lesson, Close Module takes you back to your Assignment. In the full-screen video player, the same control reads Close Mode.
Leave whenever you need to. You keep the progress you have already made, and you do not have to finish a mode to keep it.
How do you know if there is a deadline?
Most of what you are assigned has a deadline behind it, set by whoever assigned it to you. Reference material is the exception. It sits on its own Reference tab and is there whenever you need it, with nothing to finish by.
For most Assignments, Skyllful Simulator does not show you the date. What it shows is what is left to do, Lessons Remaining and Time Remaining, so if you need to know when one is due, ask your manager.
Time-sensitive Assignments are the exception, and they are easy to spot. On those, the Assignment card shows Due in with a countdown in days and hours, in place of Time Remaining, and a Time Sensitive badge underneath it. That is the one case where the clock is on your screen. If you see the badge, work that Assignment first.
Note: If somebody has told you about training that is not in your list at all, pull down on the Assignments list to refresh it. A new Assignment can take a moment to reach your device, and if you are working in a browser, reload the page instead. If it still is not there, it may not have been issued yet, which is one for your manager.
How do you know your work has counted?
Two places tell you.
Inside the Assignment, Lessons Remaining and Time Remaining drop as you go, and finished Lessons pick up their green check and a completed date.
Outside it, History holds the permanent record: every activity you have completed, with the date, how long it took, and which mode it was. Your work also reaches your manager, who sees your progress in Skyllful IQ.
Note: Your activity is recorded when the app can reach Skyllful. If you have been working somewhere without a signal, your most recent Lessons may not appear in History until your device reconnects. Nothing is lost while you wait. Work you completed offline still counts, and it reaches Skyllful once you are back in coverage.
FAQ
Do I have to finish an Assignment in one sitting? No. Progress is saved as you go and Up Next always shows you where to resume.
What does Up Next mean? It marks the Lesson you should do next, which is usually the one after the last one you finished.
Can I skip a mode, or do them out of order? No. Work the modes in the order they are listed. Each one assumes you have done the ones before it.
Can I do a Lesson again? Yes. Open it from the Assignment and run a mode again. Redoing a Lesson does not remove the completion you already have.
Why does one Lesson have four modes and another only one? Because that is how each Lesson was built. A short update might only need a video, while a task you have to perform accurately gets the full set.
Somebody told me about training I cannot find. Where is it? Either it has not started yet or it has not been published. Neither is something you can fix from the app. Ask your manager.
I finished a Lesson but it still says Time Remaining. Why? You have probably finished one mode and not the others. Open the Lesson and look for the modes without a green check.
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