Journeys & Pathways

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Overview

This guide explains how teachers can use Journeys & Pathways in Exercise Creator to build guided learning sequences for students.

In Slingui:

• A Pathway is an ordered list of exercises.
• A Journey is an ordered list of Pathways.

This is different from assigning individual exercises one at a time. When a student is assigned a Pathway, Slingui guides them through the exercises in sequence as they earn points and level up on the platform.

When building a Pathway, you can use:

• Slingui’s official exercise library
• exercises created by your own school in Exercise Creator

What You Can Do

With this feature, you can:

• create a new Journey
• add one or more Pathways to that Journey
• add exercises to each Pathway
• reorder Pathways within a Journey
• reorder exercises within a Pathway
• combine Slingui exercises with your school’s exercises
• edit or delete existing Journeys and Pathways
• mark a Journey as the default Journey

Before You Start

It is worth deciding the following before you start:

• which learning objective the Journey should support (e.g. one of your school’s textbooks)
• how many Pathways you want to include (e.g. one Pathway per textbook lesson)
• which exercises students should complete first, next, and last

Important rules:

• A Journey must have a title.
• A Journey must contain at least one Pathway before it can be saved.
• A Pathway must have a title.
• A Pathway must contain at least one selected exercise before it can be saved.

Open Journeys & Pathways

To open the feature:

1. Go to the Exercise Creator page.
2. Open the menu in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Pathways.

This opens the Journeys & Pathways management screen.

Understand the Main Journeys Screen

On the main screen, you will see:

• a Create a new Journey card
• cards for existing Journeys
• a Default control on each Journey

Each Journey card also shows a summary of:

• how many Pathways it contains
• how many exercises it includes in total
• how many questions it includes in total

Click any existing Journey card to open and edit it.

Create a New Journey

To create a Journey:

1. Click Create a new Journey.
2. Fill in Journey Title.
3. Add a Journey Description.
4. Add one or more Pathways.
5. Click Save Journey.

Tip: choose a clear title that will help you recognize the Journey later, such as the textbook name, class level, topic, or term.

Add Pathways to a Journey

Inside the Journey editor, you will see a Pathways section.

To add a Pathway:

1. Make sure the Journey already has a title.
2. Click Add new Pathway.
3. Build the Pathway.
4. Save the Pathway.

You can also:

• click the edit icon to update a Pathway
• click the delete icon to remove a Pathway
• drag Pathways to reorder them

The order of the Pathways controls the sequence within the Journey.

Create a Pathway

Inside the Pathway editor, fill in:

• Pathway Title
• Pathway Description

You can also add an optional content description for:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary

To add grammar or vocabulary tags:

1. Click the tags field.
2. Type a term.
3. Press Enter or type a comma.

These tags help describe the Pathway’s learning focus.

Understand the Pathway Editor Layout

The Pathway editor has two main columns:

• Available Exercises: the library you can search and filter
• Selected Exercises: the exercises already added to the Pathway

At the top of the editor, you will also see an indicator showing:

• the total number of selected exercises
• the total number of selected questions

Find Exercises for a Pathway

Use the Available Exercises column to build the Pathway.

You can:

• search by keyword in Search exercises...
• review exercise cards before selecting them
• open an exercise in the Playground for a closer look

The available list may include:

• Slingui exercises
• exercises created by your school

If an exercise belongs to your school, it will display a visual label with the school’s name.

Use Filters to Refine the Exercise List

The Pathway editor includes filters for:

• Language
• Skill
• CEFR
• Grammar
• Difficulty
• Type
• Vocabulary
• Author
• Pictures
• Open Questions

You can combine filters to refine the list.

Examples:

• show only B1 reading exercises
• show only exercises with images
• show only exercises created by your school
• show only grammar exercises for a specific structure

Use Clear all to remove all active filters and start again.

Important note: when the Pathway editor first opens, the language filter starts with two English options selected. If you are looking for exercises in another target language, update the Language filter first.

Review Exercise Details Before Adding

Each exercise card may show useful information, such as:

• level
• difficulty
• number of questions
• grammar tags
• vocabulary tags
• whether the exercise includes images
• whether the exercise includes open questions

This helps you choose exercises that match the Pathway’s level and focus.

Add Exercises to the Pathway

To add exercises:

1. Find an exercise in Available Exercises.
2. Select its checkbox.
3. Confirm that it appears in Selected Exercises.

To remove an exercise later, click that exercise’s remove icon in the selected list.

You can add as many exercises as you need.

Reorder Exercises

The Selected Exercises column is ordered.

To change the sequence:

1. Drag an exercise using its drag handle.
2. Drop it in the new position.

This order matters because students will follow the Pathway in the sequence you define.

Save a Pathway

When the Pathway is ready:

1. Make sure the title has been filled in.
2. Make sure at least one exercise is selected.
3. Click Save Pathway.

When you save a Pathway, Slingui saves it within its parent Journey and returns you to the Journey screen.

Save the Journey

After building your Pathways:

1. Review the Journey’s title and description.
2. Make sure the Pathways are in the correct order.
3. Click Save Journey.

If the Journey does not contain at least one Pathway, it cannot be saved.

Edit an Existing Journey

To edit a Journey:

1. Open Pathways from the Exercise Creator menu.
2. Click the card for the Journey you want to update.
3. Edit the Journey details, Pathways, or Pathway order.
4. Save your changes.

You can update:

• the Journey title
• the Journey description
• the Pathways within the Journey
• the order of the Pathways
• the exercises within each Pathway
• the order of the exercises within each Pathway

Delete a Journey or a Pathway

Delete a Pathway

Inside a Journey, click the delete icon for the Pathway you want to remove.

Delete a Journey

Inside the Journey editor:

1. Click Delete Journey.
2. Confirm the deletion.

Deleting a Journey is permanent.

Set a Default Journey

On the main Journeys screen, each Journey has a Default control.

To mark a Journey as the default:

1. Open Pathways.
2. Select the Default control on the desired Journey.
3. Save the Journey changes.

If your team uses a default Journey setting, this makes it easier to identify which Journey should be treated as the main one.

Best Practices

To create a smoother experience for students:

• keep each Pathway focused on a topic, lesson, objective, or set of skills
• start with easier exercises and move on to more challenging ones
• use clear titles for both Journeys and Pathways
• combine Slingui content with your own exercises when you want a more personalized sequence
• review the total number of questions to keep the Pathway manageable
• use grammar and vocabulary tags to make the Pathway’s objective clearer

Common Problems

I cannot add a new Pathway

Make sure the Journey already has a title. The system requires a Journey title before opening a new Pathway.

I cannot save the Pathway

Check that:

• the Pathway has a title
• at least one exercise is selected
• the parent Journey already has a title

I cannot save the Journey

Check that:

• the Journey has a title
• the Journey contains at least one Pathway

I cannot find the exercises I want

Try these steps:

• clear active filters with Clear all
• check the Language filter
• use the Author filter if you want only Slingui exercises or only your school’s exercises
• try a broader search keyword

Quick Start

If you want the short version:

1. Open Pathways from the Exercise Creator menu.
2. Create a new Journey.
3. Add a title and description.
4. Add a new Pathway.
5. Search and filter the exercise library.
6. Select and reorder the exercises.
7. Save the Pathway.
8. Save the Journey.