What is Checklists and how is it helpful? – Apty Support

What is Checklists used for?

Checklists is a powerful tool for creating a set of tasks for new users to get accustomed to the features and procedures offered by the hosting application. The list of Checklists tasks may consist of going through previously created Workflows or referring an end user to a piece of related Knowledge Content (such as a video or a link to an external article). Checklists feature acts like a tutor that guides an employee through a set of exercises necessary for completing initial training, forming consistent usage patterns of a hosting application, and helping them to focus on their key responsibilities without triggering anxiety of not being able to cope with technical specifications of the system they use.

A new employee may start the checklists process with watching a couple of educational videos followed by step-by-steps instructions on how to complete tasks related to their daily activities. An example of an Checklist procedure for a Data Analyst starting to work with a new platform my consist of the following components: a couple of introductory videos, Importing Data Workflow, Generating a Graph Workflow, Setting Alerts Workflow, Generating Reports Workflow, and links to more articles that may contain more details that are not covered in other resources. As a powerful product adoption feature, checklists accelerates training pace and helps end users focus on their primary goals.

Dependencies with other Apty Assist features

Workflows:

Checklists is essentially a list of instructional materials put together in a consistent way to help an employee to comprehend how specific elements of a hosting application function or remembering the sequence of steps required for achieving specific results; for example, steps for exporting data from a system, generating specific types of reports, etc. Workflows guide a user through each step required to achieve the required result by pointing to the elements of a hosting application and giving instructions on how to interact with them.

For more details refer to: What is a Workflow?

Knowledge Store:

Knowledge store links an end user to external knowledge content in the form of videos and URLs to articles or other instructional resources.

For more details refer to: Add Knowledge Content

User Segmentation:

Combined with User Segmentation which allows delivering instructional materials to specific user groups with respect to their scope of responsibilities, Checklists becomes more targeted and organized by distributing various sets of training elements to various types of users.

For more details refer to: What is Segmentation and how is it helpful?

Apty Analytics:

Analytics tracks and compares the amount of started checklist procedures vs completed, shows the dynamic of their usage, and creates a list of top used checklists. These insights allow polishing the checklist procedures for smoother training's, retrieve the feedback on how helpful certain checklists are, and see how many users follow the predefined training steps.

How does Checklist look to an end user?

Sets of Checklist tasks are available to the end users in the Assist Client (formerly known as Player) which is displayed as a widget on a hosting application. The list of Checklists also displays the number of tasks added to each checklist and user's progress on working their way through the checklists assigned to them specifically. The progress of tasks is specific to the logged in user and depends on his user ID, machine and local storage along with the browser being used. Once certain checklists are completed, they are stricken out and new tasks appear in the Assist Client. The progress will persist until any of the above is not changed.

When of the checklist is clicked, the list of tasks that are part of the checklist are displayed as shown on the screen below.

NOTE: If no checklist procedures have been created for this application, the Checklist tab is not shown in the Player. Checklists can be created in the Admin site, for more instructions refer to this article.

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