Restricted Learning View From a Users Perspective

In this article:

• Overview
• The email the learner receives
• What the learner sees in Restricted View
• If the link has expired
• Things to keep in mind
• FAQs
• Who can do this

Overview

Once Restricted View is switched on for your account, the learning emails your people already receive behave a little differently: the link takes them straight into the assigned learning rather than into SuperPath as a whole. This article walks through that experience from the learner's side, so you know what your people will see before you turn it on.

To switch the feature on, see How to Activate Restricted Learning View. For a description of the feature itself, see What is Restricted View for Users?

The email the learner receives

When you assign an Assignment or a Pathway, SuperPath emails the learner as usual. The email shows the title of the learning that has been assigned, along with the link they use to open it — the difference is that this link opens a restricted view rather than the full app.

What the learner sees in Restricted View

Clicking the link signs the learner in and opens that one Assignment or Pathway on its own. The experience is deliberately stripped back:

• There's no sidebar or navigation menu, and no notifications or account menu.
• In place of the account menu there's a Your Account button. Clicking it explains: "You are in a restricted view. If you would like to access your full account please sign in." — along with a Sign In button if they'd rather use their full account.
• Learning Notes are still available, and the comments panel is still available if comments are enabled for Assignments in your account.
• The session is locked to that single item. Trying to move anywhere else in SuperPath signs the learner out.

If the link has expired

A restricted learning link is valid for three days. After that, opening it shows a Learning Link Expired screen: "It looks like this link has expired. Click the button below to generate a new link in your email."

The learner clicks Generate New Learning Link and SuperPath emails them a fresh one — "We have emailed you a new learning link" — so they don't need to come back to you for it. If a link is malformed or no longer valid at all, they'll instead see "Oh no! This link is invalid." and are asked to contact their administrator.

Things to keep in mind

• Restricted links are only used for people who sign in with a password or a magic link. Anyone using Google, Microsoft or SSO receives the normal in-app link instead.
• The link is personal to the learner and to that one piece of learning — it won't open anything else, and navigating elsewhere ends the session.
• Because the session is locked, learners can't browse the Library, Knowledge or their dashboard from a restricted view. They need to click Sign In and use their full account for that.
• If the learner hasn't actually been assigned the item, they'll see "Ohh no! It looks like you haven't been assigned this…" and be asked to contact their administrator.

FAQs

Can the learner get to the rest of SuperPath from a restricted view?
No. The session is locked to the one Assignment or Pathway in the link; moving anywhere else signs them out. They can click Your Account → Sign In to open their full account instead.

Can they still take notes and comment?
Yes — Learning Notes are available, and comments appear when comments are enabled for Assignments in your account.

How long is the link valid?
Three days. After that the learner can click Generate New Learning Link and a fresh link is emailed to them.

Does the learner need a password to use the link?
They don't need to enter one — the link signs them in. It only works for people whose sign-in method is password or magic link, though.

Who can do this

This is the learner's experience, so it applies to any person you assign learning to — whatever their role — provided their sign-in method is a password or a magic link, and Auto Login and Restricted View are switched on for your account. People who sign in with Google, Microsoft or SSO keep the standard in-app link. Switching the feature on is limited to Owners and Admins, as it lives under Settings → Security.

Updated on: 25/07/2026