What are Skills?
Tagging content with a skill means people working towards these skills will be more likely to see the content when they add skills to their Learn Page. By adding a skill to a piece of content you're also highlighting that this is content people can learn from continuously, to grow or get better at.
It is based on the individual’s personal choice or even assigned to them based on their manager/role, and what they want to develop. Content can then be specifically targeted to support learning, or improving a skill or set of skills.
It can also help organise content on Explore page and can aid in search.
What are Topics?
Topics tags are the alternative to skills. Tagging content with a topic means this content will appear in relevant sections on the homepage and allows individuals to follow their interests to have more content suggested to them.
"#" is used to highlight a Topic.
Here are some examples of what we think might make a good skill vs topic - click here.