Add a Virtual Coach role-play to a course
Publish a Virtual Coach role-play as a job aid, then add it to a course so learners can access it as part of a structured learning journey.
Virtual Coach role-plays aren’t added to courses directly. Instead, you first publish the role-play as a job aid, then add that job aid to a course as a module. This two-step process lets you reuse the same role-play across multiple courses without duplicating it. Under the hood, a published role-play is added to your Content Library as an LTI module, which is how it can be deployed as either a standalone job aid or a course module. Before you start, create and publish a Virtual Coach role-play if you haven’t already.
Add the role-play as a job aid
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In the left navigation pane of the Author home page, select Job Aids.
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Select Create > Virtual Coach in the upper-right corner.
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Enter a name and description for the job aid.
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Select the Virtual Coach role-play you want to use from the Search & Select Virtual Coach field.
Search for and select the published role-play you want to turn into a job aid. -
Set visibility:
- Leave the default Shared setting to allow other authors to assign this job aid to their courses.
- Select Private to restrict access to your own courses.
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Optionally, enter the expected completion time in minutes in the Duration field.
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In the Tags field, enter keywords to make the job aid discoverable in search and the catalog.
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Optionally, assign skills and skill levels. Only skills that already exist in your Adobe Learning Manager account can be used; skills can’t be created from this screen, and assigning them isn’t mandatory.
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Select Save. The job aid is published and available to add to a course.
Add the role-play to a course
Once the job aid is published, add it to any course as a module. The role-play appears to learners as part of the course sequence alongside other content, such as videos, documents, or quizzes.
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In the left navigation pane of the Author home page, select Courses.
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Open the course you want to add the role-play to or select Create to start a new course. If you are opening an existing course, you should select Edit after it opens.
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Add the course name and description.
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Navigate to the Modules section of the course editor.
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There are three sections where you can add modules. When you want to select a virtual coach, navigate to the first section called Content, select Add Module, then select Virtual Coach.
Choose Virtual Coach as the module type to add your published role-play to a course. -
Search for the Virtual Coach role-play you created and select it.
Search for the job aid by name or tag, then select its checkbox to add it to the course. -
Select Add.
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Configure the module’s completion and success criteria according to your course design.
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Select Republish if you updated an exsiting course. If you updated an existing course, you’ll see only the Republish button. Select Save if you have created the course afresh. You’ll see only the Save button if you have created the course afresh. Clicking the Save button will save the course under the Draft tab in the Course Catalog page. To pubilsh the same course, navigate to the same course in the Course Catalog page, select the ellipsis and select Publish Course.
Package Virtual Coach as part of a learning journey
Virtual Coach is designed to work best as the “last mile” of training — the point where learners demonstrate they can apply what they just learned, rather than a standalone activity. Package the role-play inside a course or a learning journey alongside the related content, and distribute the course link through email or other change-management communications so learners know exactly when and why to complete it.
This packaging approach applies well to several common rollouts:
- New-hire onboarding and ramp-up, where the role-play follows onboarding content and confirms a new hire is ready for their first live conversation.
- Sales certification and reinforcement, where the role-play is the certification checkpoint at the end of a sales enablement course.
- Product launch readiness, where the role-play follows launch training and confirms reps can position the new product before it goes to market — for example, the product launch readiness scenario described in what Virtual Coach is, where a rep must adapt their pitch across a multi-persona buying committee.
- Leadership and manager coaching, where the role-play follows a management-skills course and precedes a real performance conversation.
- Partner readiness programs, where the role-play confirms an external partner can represent your product correctly before they’re certified.
- Change management and communication training, where the role-play reinforces a new process or reorganization message after employees complete related content.
Once learners can find and start the role-play, see practice a role-play with Virtual Coach for what they’ll experience.