Get started
This section describes how personalized learning tracks work and how to build your first learning track.
Overview
To build a personalized learning track, start by describing your learning goal in an AI-powered conversation. Answer a few questions about your background, the AWS services you already know, and how much time you have. Based on your answers, Skill Builder builds a learning track of lessons organized into milestones. Each lesson offers multiple ways to cover material, so you can choose the formats that you prefer. Each milestone ends with an assessment that requires a score of 90 percent or higher to pass, and you can retake it as many times as you need.
Step 1 — Sign in
Sign in to AWS Skill Builder at skillbuilder.aws
Step 2 — Get started
Choose any of the following entry points to start a conversation to build a personalized learning track.
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From your Learner Dashboard, choose Build your track
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Enter your goal in the chat box at the bottom of various Skill Builder pages, including your Learner Dashboard, Exam Prep pages, and role-based training pages
Step 3 — Build a personalized learning track
Work with an AI assistant to start building your learning track by describing your goal—what you want to learn. You can build a personalized learning track for one of these types of goals:
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Get started — Explore AWS or a new topic area when you’re just beginning.
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Build on AWS — Create a specific project or solution on AWS.
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Build role skills — Develop skills for a specific AWS job role.
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AWS Certification — Prepare for a specific AWS Certification exam.
After you describe your goal, the AI assistant asks a few questions about your background, what you already know, and how much time you have.
Step 4 — Review your personalized learning track before saving it
As you review, remove lessons you don’t need. If you already know some of the content on your learning track, share more about your background and the AWS services that you know in the AI conversation. You cannot change your learning track after you save it. Your AI-assisted conversation will disappear when you choose Save and start, or when you navigate away from the page.
Step 5 — Save and start
After you save your personalized learning track, choose Start on any lesson to see every available format for that lesson. Choose a format. Then work your way through each milestone of your personalized learning track.
FAQs
What if my goal doesn’t fit one of the types listed above in Step 3?
If a personalized learning track can’t be built for your goal, the AI assistant tells you and might suggest another way to frame your goal.
Can I combine more than one goal in a single learning track (for example, a role goal and an AWS Certification goal)?
No. If your goal covers more than one area, the AI assistant asks you to choose one. You can start another conversation to build a learning track for the other goal.
Can I build multiple personalized learning tracks at once?
Yes. There is no limit to the number of personalized learning tracks you can save.
If I build multiple personalized learning tracks, does the same lesson appear on more than one track?
It depends. If you have not yet completed a milestone assessment, a lesson within that milestone might appear on another personalized learning track. After you complete a milestone assessment, lessons in that milestone don’t appear in future personalized learning tracks.
What if I want to make changes to a personalized learning track after I save it?
You cannot change your personalized learning track after you save it. If you want a different personalized learning track, start a new conversation.
Will my conversation with AI assistant be saved for me to refer to later?
No. When you navigate away from the page or choose Save and start, your conversation with the AI assistant to build the personalized learning track will disappear.
What kind of content or learning formats will my personalized learning track include?
It depends on your goal and what’s available for that goal. Your learning track can include a mix of 15-minute lessons, Digital Training, AWS Builder Labs, and AWS SimuLearn assignments. For AWS Certification goals, your learning track is built around the exam domains and includes official AWS practice exams and question sets.
How do I prove what I’ve learned?
A personalized learning track consists of lessons organized into milestones, and each milestone ends with an assessment. You need to score 90 percent or higher to pass and for the milestone to be marked as complete. You can retake the assessment as many times as you need.
Is there a deadline to finish my personalized learning track?
No. Your learning track and progress are saved automatically. You can pick up where you left off and continue your learning track at any time.
