Pathways Updates and Maintenance Schedule

Pathways, the Toastmasters education program, is designed to help members build public speaking, communication, and leadership skills. Members access educational materials digitally through Base Camp, the online system where Pathways lives.

Toastmasters is dedicated to continually improving the Pathways learning experience. Our teams have thoroughly reviewed member feedback and are applying that feedback to create an improved experience. As we create plans for system updates and new materials, they will be posted here, along with any planned Base Camp outages.

The goal of this page is to share what is being worked on and ensure you can plan your personal education or trainings around enhancements and outages on Base Camp. Below, you will find current or future Pathways updates.

Upcoming

2024 - New Base Camp User Experience

In the first half of 2024, Toastmasters will launch a new learning management system (LMS), the online portal where members access and engage with Pathways content. Since Pathways first launched five years ago, members have shared that while the educational content is exemplary, the online platform where content is accessed presents many challenges and frustrations. To best address member concerns and feedback, Toastmasters is migrating Base Camp to a new LMS provider. The new LMS platform will improve your experience and include enhancements:

• You will have an easier time navigating the system, launching your path, and working through projects.
• You will be able to access Pathways on your mobile phone, with a mobile app to follow in the future.
• When your completed path is approved, it will automatically be submitted for recognition in Club Central.
• Pathways will be accessible to members who are Visually Impaired.
• You will be able to share your accomplishments across social media platforms, including LinkedIn.
• The World Headquarters team will be able to provide you with updates to content more frequently.

Overall, projects in the new LMS will have an updated look and navigational feel and will include minor content updates to stay up to date.

The new LMS will launch with six paths:

• Dynamic Leadership
• Engaging Humor
• Motivational Strategies
• Presentation Mastery
• Persuasive Influence
• Visionary Communication

If a member has already purchased one of these paths, they will automatically get the updated Level 1 content when the platform transitions to the new LMS.

Any member already working in a different path before the launch of the new LMS will still be able to access their educational content, complete projects, and receive credit for path and level completions. Project content and navigational functionality simply won't be updated like the rest of Pathways.

Following the launch of the new LMS, there will also be a completely new learning experience offering, called explorations, to give you more flexibility in what and how you learn. These explorations will each consist of a small collection of projects that provide targeted focus on a specific topic. Look for more information about explorations after the launch of the new LMS!

The new LMS will launch with paths available in six languages:

• English
• Spanish
• French
• Simplified Chinese
• German
• Arabic

Any member that purchases a path in a different language before the launch of the new LMS will still be able to access educational content, complete projects, and receive credit for path and level completions, the content simply won't look like updated Pathways content. World Headquarters will work closely with the District Translation Program for new content to be translated and available in other languages. If you would like to work with your District and World Headquarters on a volunteer basis to translate Pathways or other Toastmasters items into a language that is currently unavailable, please contact districttranslations@toastmasters.org for more information.

The Board of Directors decided which paths and languages to offer in Pathways with the new LMS launch after analyzing member feedback and engagement levels with current path and language offerings. Adjusting the number of paths offered also lays a foundation for more comprehensive content changes that are coming to the education program in the future.

You can also visit the Education Program FAQ page.

2023-District Translations

As part of the District Translations Program, Districts are translating Pathways projects and other Toastmasters materials into several new languages. In addition to the languages already available, District Translation teams are currently working on translating Pathways projects in the following languages: Dutch, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hungarian, Malayalam, Polish, and Slovak. Once approved, Pathways projects in these languages will be available on the Tutorials and Resources page on Base Camp.

November 2023- Base Camp Outage

Base Camp will be down for scheduled maintenance from 6 to 11:59 p.m. MT on November 17, 2023.