Quick Answer
Pinnacle Series Administrators enable Spark for a Group by opening Admin Home > Groups > Group Details, turning Spark On in the Features panel, choosing a Daily, Weekly, or Monthly notification frequency, adding Group Interests, and selecting Save Changes.
What This Article Helps With
This article explains how a Pinnacle Series Administrator turns on Spark micro learning for a Group, sets how often Group members are notified, and selects the Group Interests that guide which short videos Spark suggests. Spark settings apply to all users in the Group. Spark becomes active for the Group as soon as the changes are saved.
What Enabling Spark Does
- Pinnacle Series sends in-app reminders to Group members on the notification frequency you set, and can also send email notifications.
- Group members land on the Spark page, which shows an AI-curated queue of short videos aligned to their interests.
- The Spark menu is enabled for Group members, and a Spark Preference link appears in their User Profile Settings.
What You Need Before Enabling Spark
- Administrator access to Groups.
- A decision on the notification frequency: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
- A short list of interests to target content. You can refine the list later.
- A decision on which Group to enable Spark for, based on the Group's area of focus and the video content that is most relevant to its members. Subject matter experts can help with this decision.
How to Enable Spark for a Group
Define the interests that can be selected for a Group:
- Open User Settings.
- Select User Interests.
- Add each interest that you want to be available when selecting Group Interests. Interests entered in User Settings become available for selection in each Group's settings.
Turn on Spark for the Group:
- Open Admin Home.
- Select Groups.
- Select the Group that you want to configure.
- Open Group Details.
- In the Features panel, turn Spark On.
- Confirm the prompt.
- Select the notification frequency: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
- Select Add Interests.
- Select the interests that fit the Group.
- Select Save Changes.
- Confirm that Spark is active for the Group: a member of the Group should see the Spark menu and a Spark Preference link in User Profile Settings, and should begin receiving Spark reminders on the frequency you selected.
Spark activates for the Group as soon as you save. Align your communication plan before saving so that Group members expect the Spark notifications and understand the value of engaging with their Spark content.
Choosing a Spark Notification Frequency
- Daily: suited to short pilots or high-priority rollouts.
- Weekly: a balanced reminder for most audiences. We recommend starting with Weekly for broad audiences.
- Monthly: suited to ongoing, evergreen programs.
How Spark Matches and Suggests Content
Spark suggests content in the "Just for You" section using a weighted combination of User Preferences, Group Interests, and Hero Products. The order of priority is:
- User Preferences have the highest priority.
- Group Interests are set by a manager or Administrator.
- Hero Products from shared Libraries are the default when no preferences are set. The Hero Products are AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Navisworks, and Bluebeam.
When a content item matches and has been shared to the user, Spark may suggest the item if the user has not viewed it within the last 90 days, if the content duration is under five minutes, or both.
Spark can match across a content item's Title, Description, Keywords, Topics, Chapters, or Transcript, so spoken words in a video can trigger a match. Terms entered in quotes are matched exactly. Group Interests shape which content is suggested, but user-defined preferences remain dominant.
Helpful Tips
- Plan Group Interests around skills, workflows, and deliverables rather than departments or job titles, so that Spark suggestions stay aligned with project work. For example, "Drainage Modeling", "3D Coordination", and "Automation Scripts" describe what a team does, while "Civil Team" and "BIM Department" describe who the team is.
- Broad or role-based interests such as "Civil Team", "BIM Group", and "New Hires" do not reflect actual learning needs. For example, "Civil 3D – Road Design, Drainage Modeling, Survey Integration" is a stronger interest than "Civil Team".
- Align Group Interests with the metadata of your existing content, because Spark matches interests against content Title, Description, Keywords, Topics, Chapters, and Transcript.
- Review Spark analytics regularly. If the Spark feed for a Group looks off-topic, compare the Group Interests with your content metadata and adjust the interests.
- Refine Group Interests after the first week based on engagement.
- Use Library sharing to curate the content that is available to your audience. Library sharing is the best method for controlling which content Spark can suggest.
- Remind Group members to update their interests through the Spark Preference link in User Profile Settings to further personalize their Spark suggestions.
Common Questions
Can I prevent specific content from appearing in Spark?
Not currently. Spark draws from shared content across the Libraries available to the user, and individual videos cannot be excluded. Use Library sharing to control which content is discoverable through Spark.
What happens if users do not set their own interests?
When a user has not defined preferences, Spark falls back to the Group Interests and the Hero Products (Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Navisworks, Inventor, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Bluebeam).
Why do users in the same Group see different Spark videos?
Spark personalizes suggestions for each user based on that user's activity and preferences. Results can differ within the same Group depending on each user's engagement history, the content the user has viewed in the past 90 days, and the interests set at the user level.
Can users opt out of Spark notifications?
Yes. Individual users can disable notifications in User Settings > Notifications. Spark remains available from the navigation menu, so users can still browse suggestions at any time.