Creating and optimising cohort creation for NextLeap
Priya Krishnan
Web Designer
Product Designer
Figma
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Creating and optimising the cohort creation experience for NextLeap’s learning experience designers
I designed the tool that helped us achieve a 500%+ increase in the number of cohorts launched in a year, as well as aided in the launch of 4 new fellowships.
What is NextLeap?
NextLeap is a learning network for new age professionals. It creates cohort based courses for industry professionals, and individuals looking into transitioning careers.
What was the problem?
In the beginning, the learners would have to use multiple tools for the cohorts -
Notion for course material
Zoom/google calendar for live sessions
Google forms for assignment submission
Slack for the community chat
This meant that the learning experience designers also had to work and co-ordinate across all these tools for each cohort, which was proving to be tedious and not scalable.
What was the proposed solution?
The solution was two-fold -
A web-based learning portal to access course material, submit assignments and projects, keep up with announcements, and more.
An internal cohort builder to enable our learning experience designers to set up the cohort information before it starts, create live events, tasks, course material, etc.
What was the impact of the solution?
500+% increase in the number of Product Manager Fellowship over 1 year
5 new fellowships launched in the same year
All because the cohort builder made it so easy to create, duplicate and iterate on course content!
The creation segment of the cohort builder contains 4 tabs.
Instructors & Mentors
This section deals with the profiles of instructors who take the course and the mentors who’ll help the learners on their learning journey.
This information is also used to determine learner groups, providing host access during live sessions, and more.
Scheduling - Events & Stages
This section deals with the stages of the cohort, from registration and course work to evaluation and interview prep.
It is also used to setup and manage all the live sessions, from the ones hosted by the instructor, to the mentor sessions and community catch-ups.
Pricing & Booking
This section deals with the pricing information of the cohort, along with any details related to discount campaigns, coupons, and group payment features.
User Management
This section deals with the information of learners who sign up for the cohort.
It’s also the place where the learning groups can be created and managed, along with returns & refund management.
Publishing configuration info to the cohort
Once all the information is set up, this flow goes through the step of publishing config details to the cohort for learners to access.
