This update introduces a modernized Learner Experience designed for consistency across desktop, mobile web, and the Absorb Learning Mobile App. The release refreshes navigation, the Learner Dashboard, Course Cards, Course and Curriculum details, the Course Player, and the My Courses, Catalog, and Search Results pages.

Explore this exciting new update in Absorb Academy! Learn how to enable and set up the Modern Learn UI, use cases, and more.

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For more information review Modern Learner UI.

The following changes modernize Learner-facing pages while preserving existing business logic, enrollment rules, and content models.

Enhanced Learner Experience Across Devices

This release delivers a unified, responsive interface that adapts across devices:

• Refreshed navigation and Dashboard: A new left-side Navigation Menu, updated Dashboard Tiles and Ribbons, and an improved Billboard with pagination, pause-autoplay, and video controls.
• Redesigned Course Cards: Wider 661x1372px format aligned with the 16:9 Course Player ratio, always-visible titles, clearer status indicators, and actionable buttons such as Add to Cart, View, Enroll, Start, and Resume.
• Updated Course and Curriculum Details: Rebuilt for accessibility and responsiveness, with Curriculum Details now opening as a modal for consistency across Course types.
• New My Courses, Catalog, and Search Results pages: A shared left-side filter panel for browsing by status, Category, Tags, and Language, with improved mobile filter access.
• Rebuilt Course Player: Collapsible sidebar, full-screen mode with persistent navigation, context-aware action buttons, and new chips highlighting Course and Lesson states.

Enabling the New Experience

A System Admin enables the modernized Learner Experience by accessing Client Settings, selecting New learner UI, and toggling on the Modern UI. The Course Player uses a separate toggle and can be enabled independently. During the opt-in window, the toggle can be turned off to revert to the previous experience.

Mobile App: Expanded Features and Web Experience Alignment

The Absorb Learning Mobile App now mirrors the modernized web experience for the majority of Learner screens, with a new bottom navigation bar and expanded feature coverage:

• New mobile features: Dashboard, Curricula, Instructor-Led Courses (ILCs), Together, Engage features (Leaderboards, News, Polls, Collaboration), Tasks, E-Signatures, External Training, Enrollment Keys, and language switching.
  • The Enable for Mobile toggle is no longer required for an Online Course to be accessible from the app.
• Preserved native capabilities: Offline access, push notifications, download management, and the offline course player remain available.
• Default behavior: The mobile app always defaults to the new experience, regardless of the desktop toggle setting. Learners must update the app from their device's app store to receive it.

Skills, E-Commerce, the Manager Experience and the Admin Experience are not available in the mobile app in this release.

For more information about the Absorb Learn Mobile App review Absorb Learning Mobile App.