Put your staff or member handbook in one private place
A handbook is a course of kind handbook: sections instead of lessons,
read in order, living at /handbook/<its-handle>/ and saying “For our team”
on its door.
The prompt
“Turn these policies into a staff handbook on my site: [list or paste]. For our team only, by invitation. Draft it.”
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Setting it up
- Create it on your courses page with “What are you making?” set to Handbook, or ask Bernard.
- Write each policy or how-to as its own section (Add a lesson to my course). Group sections into parts if the handbook is long.
- Leave the introduction open to everyone if you want it findable.
- Set access to by invitation. Most handbooks need no term.
- Publish, then approve the draft.
Who can read it
Once you have approved the draft and the handbook is live, invite each member of staff or each member by email (Enrol a student myself - they paid elsewhere); they get a link, not a password (Let learners in without accounts or passwords). Invite nobody before you approve: the email goes at once, and the link would open a page that is not live yet. Remove someone when they leave and their access ends.
What a reader sees as they go
A section with a film or a recording shows the reader a tick once they have watched or listened to it, and the next section is offered when it ends. A written section is read, not tracked: it gets no tick and no next-section card. A handbook has no certificates and no quizzes. See Course, library, client hub or handbook - which to choose for the other kinds.
Questions people ask
- Does a handbook track who has read what?
- Not for written sections. A section with a film or a recording shows the reader a tick once they have watched or listened to it, and the next section is offered when it ends. A written section is read, not tracked: it gets no tick. There is no I have read this confirmation for the owner to see. The handbook lands in your draft and goes live when you approve it.
- Can new starters get it automatically?
- Not by themselves - you invite each person by email, which takes a moment, once you have approved the handbook so it is live. Access does not expire unless you set a term.
- Does a handbook have quizzes or certificates?
- No. A handbook has no knowledge checks and no certificates. Approve the draft and it is live.