Creating & Scheduling Private Cohorts

Private cohorts allow your engineering team to progress together through an aligned curriculum with structured deadlines, peer reviews, and optional live mentor check-ins.

1. Creating a New Team Cohort

To schedule a dedicated cohort for your engineers:

1. Log in to your Corporate Admin Portal (/admin/{company}).
2. Navigate to Academy & Cohorts > Scheduled Cohorts.
3. Click New Cohort.
4. Complete the cohort configuration parameters:
   • Cohort Name: e.g., "Fintech Engineering Q4 Cloud Migration".
   • Automated Slug Generation: The platform automatically creates a clean, URL-safe slug (e.g., fintech-engineering-q4-cloud-migration) used for cohort tracking and deep-linking.
   • Start Date & End Date: Define the official training kickoff and capstone submission deadline.
   • Drip Interval: Define how frequently new curriculum modules unlock (the standard interval is 7 days for weekly modules).
   • Reactive Track & Course Scoping: Select the primary Technical Track (e.g., DevOps & Cloud Architecture). The course selection menu reactively scopes and filters to display courses belonging to that track, allowing you to select specific modules or include the entire track curriculum.
5. Click Create Cohort.

2. Content Drip Release Cadence

The Drip Interval prevents learner overwhelm and ensures your engineering team advances through complex concepts together:

[Start Date: Day 1]  ──► Module 1 unlocks immediately
[Day 8 (+7 days)]    ──► Module 2 unlocks automatically
[Day 15 (+14 days)]  ──► Module 3 unlocks automatically
[Day 22 (+21 days)]  ──► Capstone Project Phase begins

• Unlocked Modules: Once a module's unlock date arrives, it remains permanently accessible to all enrolled team members for review.
• Locked Modules: Subsequent modules remain locked with a countdown timer indicating when they will become available.
• Flexibility: Corporate administrators can adjust the cohort start date or drip interval at any time prior to kickoff.

3. Assigning Engineers to the Cohort

Once your cohort is created:

1. Open the cohort details page.
2. Click Assign Learners.
3. Select team members from your active seat pool.
4. Assigned team members receive an automated email invitation notifying them of the cohort start date, curriculum syllabus, and weekly milestone expectations.