Brilliant Basics is coming to Thrive. These are the foundational features that keep your platform running smoothly every day – audiences, notifications, badges, user management and more – rebuilt and refined to be even better. Check back here for previews of what's on the way, including key functionality, what's changing and when to expect it.
Custom Badges: Multi-Criteria
Badges are getting smarter. Admins will soon be able to configure badges with multiple attainment criteria, rather than a single trigger – making it possible to award badges that reflect real learning journeys.
Using AND / OR logic, you'll be able to combine existing trigger types (completion, like, comment, share) in a single badge rule. Require learners to complete all criteria, or award the badge when any one condition is met.
What this means in practice
Badges can represent multi-step certifications or programmes.
Completion and engagement criteria can be combined in one rule.
Alternative learning paths can lead to the same badge.
Events Redesign
Events is being redesigned end-to-end, starting with a fully refreshed admin experience and followed by an updated learner-facing view.
Phase 1 gives admins an improved event creation experience with clearer, more efficient setup flows. Direct integrations with Google and Microsoft mean that virtual session URLs are generated automatically when an event is created – no manual copying and pasting required. An admin selects the date, time, and preferred service, and Thrive handles the rest.
Phase 2 redesigns the learner-facing Events experience, bringing it in line with Thrive's modern design system. Learners will benefit from clearer event detail pages, better visibility of available spaces, and a simpler registration and de-registration flow.
What This Means in Practice
Virtual session links are generated automatically via Google or Microsoft integrations.
Admins get a cleaner, faster event creation flow with fewer manual steps.
Learners will see a fully redesigned Events interface with clearer session and recurrence information.
Availability, such as remaining spaces, will be clearly visible before registering.
Bulk Content Management – Tagging
Tagging content one item at a time doesn't scale. Admins will soon be able to select multiple content items from the Manage Content table and apply topics and skills tags across all of them in a single action – turning what previously took days into a task that takes minutes.
This is part of a broader Bulk Content Management initiative, giving admins the tools to take content from imported to organised to learner-ready, at scale.
What This Means in Practice
Select up to 500 content items at once using checkboxes in the Manage Content table.
Apply one or more existing topics or skills tags to all selected items in a single step.
Works across mixed content types and Pathways.
Use improved content table filtering – by content ID, type, author, and tags – to pinpoint the right items before taking action.
Available to Super Admins and Learning Admins.
Bulk Event Enrolment and Manager Enrolment Improvements
Event registration currently uses a single self-registration toggle. When it's off, nobody can enrol – including managers. This is a blocker for organisations that need to keep self-registration closed while still giving managers the ability to book their teams onto training.
This update splits that single control into two independent settings, giving admins precise control over each behaviour separately.
What This Means in Practice
Event registration settings will include two separate toggles:
Allow learner self-registration: Controls whether learners can enrol themselves.
Allow manager enrolment: Controls whether managers can enrol their team members.
The definition of "manager" is extended beyond line managers to include audience managers with the People > Manage permission.
When manager enrolment is enabled, managers can enrol one or more team members onto a session in a single action – including themselves if they're part of the audience.
Note:
Manager enrolment covers booking only. Managers cannot cancel, move, or substitute bookings on behalf of team members – those actions remain out of scope for this release.
Manage Content – Advanced Filtering
As content libraries grow, finding the right content quickly becomes a real challenge. The Manage Content page is getting a powerful set of filters so admins can cut through large libraries and get to exactly what they need – especially useful when taking bulk actions.
Note:
This is particularly useful for L&D admins managing large or fast-growing content libraries – whether that's auditing content by author, identifying gaps in skills coverage, or preparing a batch of items for a bulk action.