Employee training platform

A classic corporate LMS means courses, assignments, reports and certificates. Skillok covers part of that in a different way — through a repository of materials, issues as assignments, and challenges with automatic checking. If you need reports on every employee and SCORM compatibility, we will say it right away — those are not here.

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What you can do#

  • A library of materials — guides, policies, notes in a private organization repository. Every page has an edit history, and sections have owners (CODEOWNERS).
  • Assignments — issues with an assignee, a due date through a milestone and a checklist. The employee ticks off items, the manager sees progress on the project board.
  • Practical tasks — the employee hands in the result as an issue or a pull request; the reviewer leaves a review: approve or request changes.
  • Challenges with automatic checking — stages in order: theory, questions (choice, typed answer, ordering, matching, fill in the blanks, flashcards), hands-on tasks. The challenge lives in the organization's repository and is visible to those who can see the repository. The participant sees their own progress, and questions come back for review.
  • Organization and teams — access to materials by department, roles, an audit log.

What is missing compared with a classic corporate LMS#

  • summary reports and a log of results per employee — progress on a challenge is seen by the participant;
  • SCORM import and integrations with HR systems;
  • certificates, webinars, video conferencing;
  • email reminders — notifications arrive in the inbox on the site.

When it fits#

A small company or a department that needs a living base of materials and a clear onboarding process rather than formal reporting. Especially technical teams: materials, assignments and code live in one place, and checking work is an ordinary review. How to structure the onboarding material is covered on the employee knowledge base page.

When it does not fit#

If training is mandatory, with reports for auditors, assignments to hundreds of people and certificates, you need a specialized training system.

How to start#

  1. Create an organization and teams by department.
  2. Create a private "Training" repository with a README holding the newcomer route.
  3. Make a project from the "Kanban" template for assignments.
  4. Build a short challenge with automatic checking next to it — or make one from your own note with the "Make a challenge" button.

Try it on your own task

Create a repository — history, issues and pull requests from day one.

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