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# Assigning Pathways to People or Teams

# Assigning Pathways to People or Teams

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to assign a Pathway
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Assigning a Pathway puts it in front of the right learners and tracks their progress towards completion. You can assign a Pathway to individual people, to whole Teams, or to both at once — choosing when it starts, when it's due, whether it repeats on a schedule, and whether to notify the assignees. This article walks through assigning a published Pathway from the **Pathways** list.

## How to assign a Pathway
1. Go to **Pathways** and find the Pathway you want to assign. The **Assign** icon is only available once a Pathway is **Published** — if it's still a draft, publish it first.
2. Click the **Assign** (people) icon in the Pathway's row actions to open the **Assign to people & Teams** dialog. You can also open the same dialog from within the Pathway itself.

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3. In the search box, type the name of the person or Team you want to assign the Pathway to and select them. Selected entries show a **Team** badge so you can tell people and Teams apart, and you can add as many as you need.

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4. Choose when to assign it: **Assign now** to enrol the learners immediately, or **Schedule for later** to pick a future date for the Pathway to be assigned.
5. If you chose **Assign now**, set an optional **Start date** and a **Due date** if the Pathway needs to be completed by a certain date.
6. If you chose **Schedule for later**, set the **Scheduled date** instead, and you can also make the assignment repeat. Turn on **Recurring Schedule** to set a monthly or yearly repeat for a chosen number of occurrences, with the due date set as a number of **Due days after** each occurrence rather than a fixed date.

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7. Decide whether to tell the assignees. Leave **Notify people** on to email them about their new Pathway, and add a custom message if you'd like to tailor it — leave the message blank to send the default. Turn the toggle off to assign quietly.

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8. Click **Assign** to complete the assignment.

> **Tip:** Under **Advanced** you can use **Exclude users or teams** to leave specific people or Teams out — handy when you assign to a large Team but want to skip a few members.

## Things to keep in mind
* You can only assign a Pathway once it is **Published** — the **Assign** icon is disabled on drafts.
* Assigning to a Team enrols that Team's current members. For a static Team, people added later aren't assigned retrospectively; a Dynamic Team keeps its membership up to date and picks up new matching learners for future assignments.
* **For people who already have this learning** controls what happens on a repeat assignment. **Assign only if completed (default)** gives it again to anyone who finished it before and leaves anyone still in progress alone, **Always assign** gives everyone a fresh copy, and **Never assign** skips anyone who has had it. Someone who has never had the Pathway is always assigned it, whichever option you pick.
* **Notify people** is on by default. Turn it off if you'd rather announce the assignment another way.

## FAQs
**Can I assign to a person and a Team at the same time?**
Yes. Search for and select any mix of people and Teams in the dialog before you assign.

**What's the difference between Assign now and Schedule for later?**
**Assign now** enrols the learners straight away. **Schedule for later** assigns the Pathway on a future date you choose, and only then does it appear in the learners' **My Learning**. Recurring schedules are available under **Schedule for later**.

**Do I have to notify people?**
No. The **Notify people** toggle controls whether assignees are emailed. Leave it off to assign quietly, or turn it on and optionally add a custom message.

**How do I assign the same Pathway to everyone?**
Assign it to a Team that contains all your people — usually an all-staff Dynamic Team. See *How to Assign a Pathway to Everyone at Once*.

## Who can do this
**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can assign Pathways from the **Pathways** list. **People Managers**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot assign them.