Litmos Community Team (Litmos Team) asked a question.
Originally asked by a community member in the Litmos Community forum on 1 October 2025.
Hi all. I've starting using the Content Author Tool (CAT) in new training courses as it allows for a good mix of text, video, and knowledge checks mixed together on a single page. For some training content, there is a single module built with CAT with multiple pages in the module. So the entire training is the single module but for various topics like:
- Introduction
- Search for the thing
- Create a new record for the thing
- Manage the record for the thing
- Etc.
I've received positive feedback on CAT - it looks professional, it's nice to have the questions on the same page as the video, etc. But I've also received feedback that navigation through CAT is a bit wonky - people don't know the next button is at the bottom of each page, the navigation buttons at the top in the header are more apparent, so people click Exit or Previous which takes them out of the module.
Has anyone else who uses CAT run into similar navigation snafus? The only thing I've done in an effort to assist learners is to put in a navigation overview on the Intro page that illustrates how to navigate through the module, but people don't always see or read that. Thanks!
Reply from a community member, 10 October 2025
I have run into that as well, it's not always clear that the course window is within the "overall menu" with the next module buttons. It seems to work better for my learners if the page in the course is long enough that they have to scroll down and then they will see the Next button for the course. I did also make a Job Aid that maps out that screen but I am not sure that people use it. However, I am getting fewer questions so I think people have learned the interface better or are using the aid. I have also added text on the page itself that directs people to scroll down to continue which might also be helping.
Reply from a community member, 16 October 2025
Thanks for the reply! I think you're right in that people will start to learn the structure over time until it becomes natural.
I like the idea of text on the page. I could put a short Call Out at the top of each page with navigation reminders.
Reply from a community member, 20 October 2025
Yes, that definitely seemed to catch attention better - I started doing it on pages where people seemed to be getting confused and that's seemingly helped!