Snyk Learn Assignments

Release status

The Snyk Leanr Assignments feature is in Early Access, as part of the Snyk Learning Management add-on offering. For more information, contact your Snyk account representative.

Assignments streamline training management by empowering admins to assign, track, and manage learning efficiently. The Assignments feature enhances accountability by allowing customers to set due dates for completion and seamlessly integrate with organizational goals, for example, compliance timelines, ensuring alignment across training initiatives.

Using Assignments, your company can gain:

• Efficiency: Save time and effort in managing and tracking training assignments.

• Clarity: Set clear expectations with start and due dates for completion.

• Security: Equip developers with the knowledge to write more secure code, mitigating risks and vulnerabilities.

• Engagement: Promote active participation by providing personalized learning paths.

• Compliance: Get help with meeting regulatory requirements through the timely completion of mandatory training.

Snyk Learn Assignments support Organizations with up to 5000 members.

Use cases for assignments

Onboarding new employees

Ensure new employees complete their onboarding training within a designated timeframe. Assignments can include mandatory onboarding training content. The progress reset feature allows re-onboarding by clearing previous progress.

Annual security awareness training

Mandate annual security awareness training for all employees. Assignments can span a specific year period and include relevant security education content. The admin can use the progress reset feature to reset last year’s progress for the new cycle.

Product update training for the development team

Ensure developers are trained on new product features. Admins can create assignments that include product training content on new features. If significant updates require retraining, the admin can use the progress reset feature.

Compliance training for new regulations

Ensure employees complete training on new regulatory requirements. Admins can create assignments that cover the effective period of new regulations, including content required by compliance. The admin can use the progress reset feature to reset previous progress and mandate updated training.

Who can be assigned Snyk Learn lessons?

Snyk Learn requires users to have a Snyk Account. After a user has joined Snyk, they are available in the Snyk Learn UI for assignments.

Assignments are linked to the individual user.

Who can create assignments?

By default, only Snyk Org or Group admins can create assignments. Group admins can create custom roles by using the standard Snyk workflow. Learn more about the access controls for assignments at Snyk Learn Access Controls.

Creating new assignments

1. Log in to Snyk Learn and click Assignments in the account panel dropdown.

Clicking on the Assignments link in the Home page

1. Select an Organization.

Selecting an Organization in the Assignments Dashboard page

1. Click Create new assignments.

Clicking on the 'Create new assignments' button in the Assignments Dashboard page

The New Assignments page opens, which allows you to create assignments for Snyk Organization users. On the New Assignments page:

1. Select an Organization.

   
2. Select users.

   

   Select users to create assignments for
3. Select the content to assign.

   

   Select content to assign
4. Optionally set the assignment due date. This date defines the date by which the assignment needs to be completed.

   
5. Optionally reset user learning progress. If selected this forces users to retake lessons that have already been completed.

   

   Select if you want to reset progress
6. Review the assignment details and click Submit. Users are notified of their assignment details through their registered email address.