How to Add a Pathway to a Pathway

In this article:

• Overview
• Add a Pathway inside another Pathway
• Add a Pathway to other Pathways from its editor
• Things to keep in mind
• Who can do this

Overview

You can nest one Pathway inside another to build a more comprehensive, modular learning experience — for example combining several smaller Pathways into a single overarching one. This lets you reuse existing Pathways as building blocks rather than rebuilding their content each time.

Add a Pathway inside another Pathway

1. Open the main Pathway — this is the one you'll add another Pathway into.

2. Decide where it should go. You can add a Section to group the embedded Pathway, or simply add a Step. This guide uses a new Section.

3. In the new Section, click the + icon and choose Add Content.

4. Select the Pathway content type, then choose the Pathway you want to add.

5. Once the Pathway is added, click the settings button to configure it.

Add a Pathway to other Pathways from its editor

You can also work the other way round: start from the Pathway you want to nest and add it to one or more other Pathways in one go.

1. Open the Pathway you want to nest in the Pathway editor.
2. Click the + (Add to Pathway) icon in the top bar.
3. In the Add pathway to pathway window, tick each Pathway you want to add it to. Use the search box to find them quickly. The Pathway you're editing isn't listed, and any Pathway that already contains it shows a tick instead of a checkbox.
4. Click Add to pathway (or Add to pathways if you've ticked more than one).

The Pathway is added as a step at the end of each Pathway you chose. To see every Pathway it's already part of, click View used in in the same window. See How to See Where an Item Is Used in Pathways.

Things to keep in mind

• You can nest a Pathway either directly as a Step or inside a Section — a Section is useful for grouping the embedded Pathway with a heading.
• The embedded Pathway keeps its own content; adding it here doesn't duplicate or alter the original.
• Adding a step to a published Pathway sets it back to unpublished, so publish it again when you're done.

Who can do this

Owners, Admins, Managers, Content Managers and Instructors can add a Pathway to another Pathway. People Managers, Employees, Members, Volunteers and Restricted users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot.

Updated on: 06/10/2026