Learning pathways version 4.0 feature updates

The following article includes feature updates for learning pathways version 4.0.

September 2021 feature updates

March 2021 feature updates include:

• The SharePoint look book communication site package was updated with v4.3 webpart.
• The tabs in Dutch language issue was fixed.
• Learning pathways playlist descriptions were enhanced in the learning pathways 4.3 web part to provide additional details about a playlist. The description UI enables user to expand the description area for longer descriptions. For instructions on how to update the learning pathways web part package to version 4.3, see Updating the solution.

March 2021 feature updates

March 2021 feature updates include multilingual support for Dutch and the availability of the learning pathways web part code as open source.

Multilingual support for Dutch

Multilingual support for learning pathways now includes Dutch. The list of supported languages includes:

• English
• Chinese (Simplified)
• French
• German
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese (Japan)
• Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Russian (Russian)
• Spanish
• Dutch

Learning pathways Web Part is now open source

The learning pathways Web Part is now available as open source. For more information, see the Contributions guide.

July 2020 Version 4.0 feature updates

The following new features were added to Microsoft 365 learning pathways version 4.0.

Multilingual support for learning pathways

Multilingual support for learning pathways now includes Dutch.

• English
• Chinese (Simplified)
• French
• German
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese (Japan)
• Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Russian (Russian)
• Spanish
• Dutch

For more information, see Learning pathways multilingual overview.

Sort subcategories and playlists

Now you can sort subcategories and playlists in learning pathways. For example, if you add a custom playlist to a subcategory, you can sort the playlists so that the custom playlist appears first in the sort order.

For more information, see Sort subcategories and playlists.

Image picker for learning pathways custom subcategories

Learning pathways now provides an easy-to-use image picker for custom playlists and subcategories. In past versions, you could change the image for a playlist, but not a subcategory.

For more information, see:

• Create a custom playlist.
• Create a subcategory

November 2019 Version 3.0 Feature Updates

Based largely on customer feedback, the following new features were added to Microsoft 365 learning pathways version 3.0.

Content updates and editorial calendar

One of the promises of learning pathways is up-to-date content. To this end, we provided our first November 2019 quarterly content update with various new subcategories, playlist, and assets. Content updates are communicated in our Content Update articles in our What's New/What's Changed playlist. Learning pathways quarterly content updates can also be found here: For general Office help, see November 2019 content updates.

Learning pathways Admin Success Center

We've added a Microsoft 365 learning pathways Admin Success Center to help admins and site collection owners get the most out of learning pathways. The Admin Success Center provides links to planning and adoption resources and offers guidance on planning, customizing, driving adoption, and measuring impact of learning pathways. For more information, see Admin Success Center.

Playlist navigation

Based on customer feedback, we've made navigation more obvious with Next and Previous buttons. We've also added a table of contents within the navigation area to enable users to easily see the full list of items in a playlist and to navigate directly to an asset in a playlist.

Toggle full-screen mode

In some cases, the video in a playlist asset appears below the display area of a window, so we've added a Toggle full-screen mode feature in the navigation bar to enable users to navigate through a playlist with enough visible screen area to display the video.

Copy a playlist

Many customers have expressed the need to modify just a few simple things in a Microsoft-supplied playlist, without the need to create a new playlist. For example, a common customer request is to remove a step from the Start with Six Simple Steps playlist. Now you can copy a playlist from an existing playlist, including a playlist from the Microsoft catalog, and then modify that playlist. For example, you can now copy six simple steps, delete three steps, and turn the playlist into three simple steps. For more information, see Copy a Playlist.

Multi-Content Pack support

Designed for Microsoft 365 learning pathways partners and administrators with experience administering web content, multi-content support enables a partner or administrator to integrate a custom content set into Microsoft 365 learning pathways. For more information, see the Partner Guide.