Synch Academy

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Four ways into Synch Academy

Pick the one that fits you. Each one says who it's for, what you need, and what happens next.

🎓 Learn

Take courses and earn certificates

Self-paced courses, pathways and live simulations. It's free, and your progress and certificates are always yours.

Who it's for
Moderators, event runners, support staff, or anyone who wants to be ready when their community needs them.
What you need
A Discord account. Members of the Synch server, or of a partner community, are usually fast-tracked.
What happens next
Sign in, we check your access, and you're in. If you're not fast-tracked, the Examinations team looks at your request and you hear back on Discord.
  1. Sign in
  2. We check
  3. You're in

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🏫 Join the Academy team

Help build and grade the courses

Synch Academy is run by volunteers, in two teams.

Who it's for
People who enjoy teaching, writing training or marking work, and can give some regular time.
What you need
A Discord account and about fifteen minutes for the staff application form.
What happens next
You get a reference number straight away. The Education & Training Board reviews your application and follows up with you on Discord.

Programs & Planning

Planners write and update courses. Training Instructors run live simulations and answer learners' help requests.

Examinations

Examiners grade written exam answers, look after results, and review learner access requests.

Open the staff application →

For communities

Bring your Discord community

Add the SynchAcademy bot once, then use one or both of these. Neither needs the other: many communities start with Teams and add Provider later.

Train your community's team (Teams)

Who it's for
Communities with 20+ members that want to train their staff or members with the Academy's courses, pathways and simulations.
What you need
The SynchAcademy bot in your server, and an Admin to apply.
What happens next
An Admin applies in the Community Portal, then the ETB approves.
  • Invite people and sort them into groups
  • Assign training with due dates, or recommend it
  • Follow progress and certificates on what you assigned. Members opt in when they join.

Publish courses (Provider)

Who it's for
Communities with 50+ members that want to publish their own courses and pathways in the public catalog.
What you need
The SynchAcademy bot in your server. No form to fill in.
What happens next
At 50 members you're flagged for review automatically, and the ETB reviews your community.
  • Build courses from modules and lessons, with an optional exam
  • Every submission is reviewed by Academy staff before it goes live
  • Your community's logo on the content you wrote

How it works

  1. Add the bot

    Add SynchAcademy to your Discord server. It only observes your server's name, icon, member count and roles. It never posts, moderates or reads messages there. Details

  2. Log in to the Community Portal

    Sign in with Discord. You'll see every server where you're an Administrator or have Manage Server, and the bot is present.

  3. Get approved

    Teams: an Admin applies once you have 20 members. Provider: at 50 members your community goes to the ETB automatically.

  4. Get going

    Accept the Terms, then invite your team and assign training, or start writing your first course.

Log in to the Community Portal →