Design Engaging Pathway Course

Some course design tips for you to make your Pathway course more engaging:

At the beginning of the course:

Record a course walk-through video and include it in the course Introduction. This will help course members navigate through the course and understand learning expectations and requirements.
create an activity to let course members build a basic version of their ePortfolio, such as uploading a profile picture, adding a bio, completing basic information, and adding a few skill tags. This will help them get to know their peers and interact with each other throughout the course. Here is the tutorial on building a CN ePortfolio https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006596567
create a Post activity to let course members introduce themselves to the class. Encourage them to share pictures and/or use the CN Recorder to include a 1-minute self-intro video. Course instructors may create the first post as an example.
create a background survey using the Poll tool to help course instructors know their students and help course members know their class.

use the Post and Poll activities to keep members engaged and interact with each other
award lesson completion badges to give incentives and recognitions along the way
for a major project or deliverable, ask students to create a Showcase on their ePortfolio https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115007087087 and then share their Showcase URL or ePortfolio URL with the class through a Post activity.
the HTML editor activity type gives you more format options, such as embedding images and videos, and interactive learning contents.

set up a course completion deadline in Basic Course Settings
set up course completion rewards: badge or certificate (for licensed institution course only). This is a very important mechanism to increase course completions.