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Getting started

This guide covers signing in for the first time, what you see once you're in, and where everything lives in the sidebar. PulseLMS runs entirely in the browser at learn.mypulsetech.com, and there's nothing to install.

Signing in

PulseLMS uses single sign-on (SSO). You don't create a password in PulseLMS itself; your organization's identity provider handles that.

The sign-in page also offers Discord. It signs you in to the same PulseTech account, not a separate one; the first time you use it on an account that already exists, you confirm once that both are you.

The invite flow

There are two ways your invitation reaches you. Both end in the same place.

  1. Your organization admin adds you to the organization and assigns your role (usually learner). You receive an email invitation.
  2. Click the link in the invite.
  1. Your organization shares a join link with you, in Discord, in an email, or on a slide at the end of a briefing. Open it.
  2. You'll see your organization's name and the role being offered. Enter your email address and submit.
  3. You receive an email invitation at that address. Click the link in it.

The link alone doesn't sign you in

The invitation goes to the address you typed, and you have to open it. If nothing arrives, check your spam folder, then ask your organization's admin. If the link says it's expired, turned off, or used up, ask them for a current one.

Once you've clicked the link in your invitation:

  1. You're taken to your organization's sign-in page.
  2. Sign in with your work credentials. If your company uses its own identity provider (Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, and so on), you'll authenticate there and be redirected back, and your PulseLMS account is created automatically on that first sign-in.
  3. You land in PulseLMS, already scoped to your organization.

One account, one organization view

Your organization membership determines what you can see. PulseLMS is multi-tenant, so you only ever see your own organization's courses, people, and data, never another customer's.

Signing in later

Once you're set up, go straight to learn.mypulsetech.com; you don't need the invite again. What you see there depends on whether you still have an active sign-on session:

  • Session still active: you go directly to your dashboard. Nothing to click.
  • Session expired, or a new browser: you land on the PulseLMS overview page. Choose Sign in in the top-right corner, and you'll be returned to your organization's SSO.

Opening a link someone shared with you

If a colleague sends you a direct link to a course or lesson and you aren't signed in, you'll get the sign-in screen at that address rather than the overview page. Sign in and PulseLMS takes you to the exact page you were sent, not the dashboard.

If your company requires SAML/OIDC federation, that's configured on the identity side, with no change to how you sign in day to day. Admins can read the details in the integrations guide.

Your first-run tour, by role

What you see on first sign-in depends on the role your admin gave you.

You land on your Dashboard, showing assigned and in-progress courses, due dates, and what to pick up next. From there:

  • Open My Learning to see everything assigned to you.
  • Browse the Catalog for courses you can self-enroll in (if enabled).
  • Track badges, points, and streaks under Achievements.

You get the learner experience plus instructor tools in the courses you teach: grading queues, quiz reviews, and the ability to nudge learners who are behind.

You get the Authoring Studio and Quizzes in the sidebar. Start a new course, build lessons from blocks, and publish when ready. See the author guide.

You get People scoped to your team: team members, their enrollment status, and team reports. You can assign training to your team and nudge members. See teams & managers.

You get the full People, Reports, and Settings areas: invite members, assign roles, configure branding, manage compliance, and set up integrations. See the admin guide.

The example course

Every new organization starts with one course already in it: Active Shooter Response. It is a complete, working course (a video lesson with captions, a callout, written guidance and a quiz) put there so the Authoring Studio and the learner experience have something real in them on day one.

It arrives unlisted, so it does not appear in the Catalog for your members and nobody is assigned it automatically. Only staff see it, in the Authoring Studio.

It is yours to do whatever you like with:

  • Take it apart to see how a course is built: open it in the Authoring Studio and look at how the modules, lessons and blocks fit together.
  • Use it. If the training is relevant to your organization, assign it, or turn on Show in catalog in the course's Enrollment & visibility settings to let members find it themselves.
  • Delete it. If you do not want it, remove it like any other course. Nothing else depends on it.

Editing or deleting your copy affects only your organization.

Where things live in the sidebar

The left sidebar is your main navigation. Items appear based on your role: a learner won't see the Authoring Studio, and only admins see Settings.

Sidebar item What it's for Who sees it
Dashboard Your at-a-glance home: assigned work, due dates, next steps. Everyone
My Learning Every course and program assigned to you, with progress. Everyone
Catalog Browse published courses; ratings, reviews, self-enroll. Everyone
Programs Multi-course learning paths with sequential unlock. Everyone
Achievements Points, level, streak, and badges you've earned. Everyone
Authoring Studio Build and edit courses, lessons, and video. Author
Quizzes Create and manage quizzes and question banks. Author, Instructor
Reports Transcripts, team rollups, quiz item-analysis, exports. Manager, Org admin
People Members, roles, teams, and assignments. Manager, Org admin
Settings Branding, compliance, integrations, API keys, edition. Org admin

Two things in the top bar

Theme toggle

PulseLMS ships with light and dark themes. Use the theme toggle in the top bar to switch; your choice is remembered on your device. The interface also respects your operating system's reduced-motion preference.

Notification bell

The bell icon shows your in-app notifications: course assigned, due soon, overdue, quiz graded, certificate issued, and more. A badge counts unread items. Many notifications are also sent by branded email. You can tune what you receive per type in your notification preferences.

See the full list in notifications & events.

Next steps

Need help? Email [email protected] or join our Discord.