Extending the Academy
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The Layer5 Cloud Academy is a modular learning management system (LMS) designed for building learning paths and interactive, hands-on cloud-native challenges. It is deeply integrated into the Layer5 cloud ecosystem and Kanvas — a visual designer for cloud-native infrastructure. This integration allows you to embed live visualizations, interactive designs, and contextual experiences directly into your courses.
This approach transforms learning from passive reading into active, hands-on practice.
Who Can Create Content 🔗
The ability to create, manage, and publish private content is available to organizations on our Enterprise Plan. This plan includes full support for:
- Multi-tenancy: Your content, users, and data are securely isolated from all other organizations.
- White-labeling: You can brand the Academy with your own logo and color scheme.
- Customization: You have complete control over the learning paths and challenges you create.
You can learn more about our subscription plans on the Layer5 Pricing page.
Your Content, Your Control: A Git-Native Workflow 🔗
We believe you should always own your content. That’s why the Academy is designed around a Git-native workflow that avoids vendor lock-in.
Instead of using a restrictive web UI, you manage all your learning content within your own Git repositories. This gives you the full power of version control, collaboration through pull requests, and a workflow that your developers are already comfortable with.
The entire experience is powered by Hugo, a powerful static site engine, but we’ve abstracted away the complexity. You and your team only need to write in simple Markdown.
No Web Development Skills Needed
You don’t need to be a web developer to create beautiful and effective learning content. The provided theme handles all the layouts, styling, and complex components, letting you focus solely on the quality of your material.Organizing Your Learning Paths 🔗
Your content is structured hierarchically to create a clear and logical learning experience for your users.
At the highest level, you have a Learning Path, which serves as a container for a specific specialization or topic. Each Learning Path is made up of one or more Courses, and each Course is further broken down into logical Chapters and individual Lessons. This modular structure makes your content easy to navigate, manage, and update.