Academies

An academy gives learners a separate way into part of your content: they pick it explicitly from the universe selector, and while they are in it they see that academy’s content and visual identity. They can return to the main account at any time. The target use case is multi-brand: several banners under one company, each with its own universe and identity.

⚠️ This is the heaviest structural tool in the foundation, and a decision, not a setting. An academy changes how your learners navigate, how your content reaches them and how your figures read. Choose it deliberately: reversing the decision is expensive.

The articles

• Understanding academies: what an academy is, how it differs from a department, and who it is for.
• Creating an academy: turning a department into an academy, giving it its identity and checking it before learners arrive.
• Switching between universes as a learner: what the learner sees, the universe selector and what switching changes for them.
• Academies, analytics and engagement: how this split shows up in your figures, leaderboards and communities.
• When not to create an academy: the needs that a department, a group or a sub-track covers better.
• Common problems: missing selector, invisible content, changes that do not propagate.

Where to start

💡 If your need is to organise content rather than to separate brands, read When not to create an academy first: it is the article that prevents the most mistakes in this section.