Getting started

Using the Support Hub

How to use this site — finding guides, searching, and applying DSAT.

Getting started

Account & access

Everything needed before product work begins — accounts, second factors, teams, and the App Centre.

Administration

Admin help

Guides for administrators — the Admin function, inviting and managing users, and the shared C&S and tag libraries.

Analysis

Shadow

Role setup, RPS and FTS workflows.

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Guide

Length

01

Shadow Dashboard

Understand every dashboard function, from navigation and reporting cards to comments, roles and support.

18 steps · 10 min02

Shadow Reporting

Choose a report, filter and search role-analysis work, then open the appropriate authorised action.

18 steps · 10 min03badge

Shadow Role Setup10 topicsexpand_more

Use the role register to find, open and manage the roles in your organisation.

10 guides · 2 h04document_scanner

Shadow Import Documents

Upload an existing RPS or Role Scalar, check what Shadow extracted and import it as a role.

24 steps · 14 min05subdirectory_arrow_right

Shadow Tasks12 topicsexpand_more

Break the role down into duties, tasks and sub-tasks: read the role, create and edit content, check each task and move to the next stage.

12 guides · 3 h 48 min06tune

Shadow Task C&S

Apply Conditions and Standards to every task and sub-task: select items, choose from the master list in Manage C&S, add missing entries, then append or overwrite.

23 steps · 14 min07

Shadow Scalar

Review the duty, task and sub-task hierarchy in Outline, Matrix and Mind Map views.

15 steps · 9 min08

Shadow Manage

Review, reorder and promote Duties, Tasks and Sub-Tasks while protecting the role hierarchy and golden thread.

14 steps · 8 min09flag

Shadow Objectives6 topicsexpand_more

Derive Training Objectives and Enabling Objectives from the analysed tasks: read the Objectives page, generate, edit and align TOs and EOs, and create the Formal Training Statement.

6 guides · 1 h 52 min10local_library

Shadow Objectives C&S

Apply training Conditions and Standards to every TO and EO: select objectives by task, choose from the master list in Manage C&S, then append or overwrite.

22 steps · 13 min11compare_arrows

Shadow Alignment

Compare imported task or objective evidence with Shadow requirements and record defensible alignment decisions.

24 steps · 14 min12workspace_premium

Shadow Accreditation

Match a role to civilian qualifications and apprenticeships, generate and edit accreditation and alignment details, and review the gaps against the role’s training objectives.

22 steps · 13 min13fact_check

Shadow Assessment

Develop and assure Assessment Detail and Assessment Strategy, including methods, grading, policy, remediation and reporting.

20 steps · 12 min14warning_amber

Shadow RAID6 topicsexpand_more

Understand the RAID register, its workflow context, fields, existing-item controls and export function without raising an item.

6 guides · 53 min15bar_chart

Shadow Report

Generate, review and edit role-analysis outputs, then assure the full report against DSAT evidence and traceability.

18 steps · 12 min16share

Shadow Sharing a Role with Schema

Hand an endorsed role to Schema: set the TrAD sign-off, find the role ready for course connection and select its objectives into a new TPS or WTS course.

22 steps · 14 min

Design

Schema

Curriculum Blueprint, Lesson Specifications and Lesson Plans.

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Guide

Length

01

Schema Dashboard

Understand every dashboard card, report, course table, latest activity indicator, menu and support control.

26 steps · 16 min02

Schema Reporting

Choose and read every Schema report, interpret design-stage progress, search, sort and page, open courses and manage course ownership.

27 steps · 16 min03school

Schema Create Course

Create a TPS or WTS course from analysed objectives: choose the course type, select objectives, enter details, generate modules and save.

28 steps · 18 min04school

Schema Courses

Find, read, open and manage every Schema course: search, sort, open TPS and WTS, add a WTS, share, change owner, assign and delete.

22 steps · 14 min05

Schema Blueprint

Read stages and modules, set the delivery pattern, reorder stages and lessons, add, move and rename modules, and read the Course Risk Profile.

26 steps · 16 min06

Schema Manage

Group objectives into modules, put TOs and EOs in teaching order, check source roles, move objectives and delete empty modules.

21 steps · 14 min07

Schema Content19 topicsexpand_more

Understand the Content workspace, generate and edit module descriptions, add and edit Training and Enabling Objectives, generate, add and edit Key Learning Points, generate and edit amplification, generate, write and edit trainer notes, review and edit each module’s assessment rationale, create the learning scalar workbook, record SME review comments against each objective, manage objective hierarchy, source grounding, review filters and connected Schema design stages.

19 guides · 4 h 16 min08folder_special

Schema Lessons15 topicsexpand_more

Design lessons against their objectives and key learning points.

15 guides · 2 h 58 min09devices_other

Schema Method and Media

Read each lesson's aim, method, media, justification and duration, compare three options, choose the preferred one, edit it and save.

21 steps · 14 min10warning_amber

Schema RAID6 topicsexpand_more

Understand the course RAID register, its views, fields, read-only Shadow items and export, then raise a Risk, Assumption, Issue or Dependency.

6 guides · 55 min11

Schema Comparison

Compare a course with its Shadow role analysis: choose a role, switch views, read each status, open a difference and find missing objectives.

27 steps · 18 min12share

Schema Sharing a Course with Sphere

Share an approved course with a named Sphere user: choose TPS or WTS, check the recipient list, remove a share and see the course arrive in Sphere.

23 steps · 15 min

Development

Sphere

Learning Content Generation and Resources.

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Guide

Length

01

Sphere Dashboard

Understand every visible Dashboard route, administrator menu, template route, indicator and support control.

24 steps · 21 min02folder_special

Sphere Lessons & Resources19 topicsexpand_more

Select courses and modules, import approved course data, add governed lesson resources, interpret KLP coverage and review development outputs.

19 guides · 7 h 9 min03fact_check

Sphere Assessments6 topicsexpand_more

Create an assessment, select its KLP blueprint, generate and refine questions, then download learner and assessor PDF copies.

6 guides · 2 h 15 min04route

Sphere Pathway

Choose a course, read its formative and summative coverage, open each training objective, highlight assessments, filter for gaps and search objectives and KLPs.

45 steps · 25 min

Assurance

Scrutineer

InVal, ExVal, Audit, QA and validation workflows.

RAG / Retrieval

Sift

Document intelligence and evidence retrieval.

Catalogue oversight

Streamline

Course, Catalogue analysis, Rationalisation and Modelling.

Alignment

Signet

Accreditation alignment and pathways.

Step-by-step guides

Choose a product to see its guides, or start with account and access setup. Guides for released applications are written against the current release; pre-release guides preview behaviour ahead of launch.

Shadow

Analysis

school46

Role setup, RPS and FTS workflows.

46 guidesarrow_forward

Schema

Design

school49

Curriculum Blueprint, Lesson Specifications and Lesson Plans.

49 guidesarrow_forward

Sphere

Development

school27

Learning Content Generation and Resources.

27 guidesarrow_forward

Scrutineer

Assurance

scheduleComing soon

InVal, ExVal, Audit, QA and validation workflows.

0 guidesarrow_forward

Sift

RAG / Retrieval

school9

Document intelligence and evidence retrieval.

9 guidesarrow_forward

Streamline

Catalogue oversight

scheduleComing soon

Course, Catalogue analysis, Rationalisation and Modelling.

0 guidesarrow_forward

Signet

Alignment

scheduleComing soon

Accreditation alignment and pathways.

0 guidesarrow_forward