---
title: "How to best assign and space out content for onboarding"
slug: "how-to-best-assign-and-space-out-content-for-onboarding"
description: "Assign mandatory training to users based on tenure with staggered audiences, ensuring effective tracking and reporting of assignments."
tags: ["Users", "Mandatory Training"]
updated: 2026-10-02T10:22:24Z
published: 2026-10-02T10:22:24Z
canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/how-to-best-assign-and-space-out-content-for-onboarding"
---

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# How to best assign and space out content for onboarding

You can assign content to users in a staggered manner by using multiple audiences and the **Days in Role** and **Start Date After** membership rules. This method ensures that users receive assignments based on their tenure while also limiting the audience to those who joined after a specific date.

## Step 1: Create the First Audience

1. Create an audience for the first assignment.
2. Set the **Days in Role** rule to **More than 1**.
3. Set the **Start Date After** rule to include only new users who joined after a specific date (e.g., **Start Date After 1 October 2024**).

This configuration ensures that new users are grouped into this audience and receive their first assignment.

**Example configuration:**

![Audience rule 1](https://content-inline-images.assets.learn.link/eu-west-2_UoRfH1duj/article/6703f61ae2071100128737a0/6703f6e80f130f0012395bb1.png)

## Step 2: Create Additional Audiences

1. Create a second audience for the next assignment.
2. Increase the **Days in Role** rule (e.g., **More than 15**).
3. Keep the **Start Date After** rule the same.

With this setup, users move into the second audience after 15 days and receive their second assignment.

**Example configuration:**

![audience onboarding 2](https://content-inline-images.assets.learn.link/eu-west-2_UoRfH1duj/article/6703f61ae2071100128737a0/6703f78fcc75c40011857621.png)

## Step 3: Continue the Pattern

Repeat this process, adjusting the **Days in Role** rule for each new audience, until all assigned content has been delivered. The specific rules and number of audiences depend on your organisation's requirements.

## Step 4: Create a Final Audience for Reporting

We recommend creating a **final audience** that contains all assigned content inside a pathway. This final audience allows for consolidated reporting across all assignments.

- Users are added to this audience based on the **Days in Role** and **Start Date After** rules.
- This ensures all assignments can be tracked in a single report, rather than reporting on each audience separately.
- Users will **not** receive notifications for assignments in the final pathway, as completions from earlier audiences will count towards it.