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Training Flows

Build the onboarding path once. Assign it to every new hire.

Sequence playbooks, videos, and quizzes into a structured training path. Assign by role or group, track completion, and let Alice, Whale’s AI assistant, answer questions along the way.
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Can you just show me how to do that again?

Our training is just... a folder of PDFs.

Onboarding runs on Slack threads and your memory

You already hire and onboard new people. Training flows sequence every playbook, video, and quiz they need into one ordered path you assign once.

I already explained this 3 times this week.

I don't know... Sarah used to do that.

How teams do it today

Every new hire gets a different version of onboarding

Managers answer the same questions for three months

No visibility into who finished what

Ramp time stretches past the first quarter

With Whale's

Training Flows

Every hire gets the same ordered path, in the same order

Managers get their time back, hires self-serve the basics

See completion per person, per team, per step

New hires productive in weeks, not quarters

Sequence any number of playbooks, videos, and quizzes

A training flow can string together as many steps as your onboarding needs. Drop in playbooks, Step Recorder videos, checklists, and quizzes in the order you want hires to move through them. Gate the next step behind a quiz pass, a due date, or a group membership. No per-flow step cap.
A flowchart titled "Sales Training Flow" depicts three steps: trigger sales training flow, assign sales process training, and wait for 1 day. A highlighted trigger is set to add all users to the sales reps group, enhancing SOPs for streamlined employee training.
A screenshot of a "Sales Training Quiz" shows questions with highlighted answers and a table listing assignees, their scores, and due dates. This employee training snapshot includes Emma Smith with 100%, Mike Patton with 25%, and Olivia Mitchell with 75%.

One assignment, one structured onboarding path

Assign a training flow to a person, a role, or a user group and Whale delivers the steps in order. Hires see exactly what to do next from their inbox. Quiz completion triggers the next step automatically. You get a single dashboard showing who is on step three and who is stuck on step one.

Plugged into Alice, CoPilot, quizzes, and analytics

The playbooks inside a training flow feed Alice, Whale’s AI assistant, so hires can ask questions and get answers sourced from the same content. CoPilot surfaces the right step inside the tool where the work happens. Quizzes validate retention. Analytics show where hires slow down.
A dashboard displaying assignment analytics, with performance metrics including total sent, open rate, open & overdue rate, and completion rate. The list shows three individuals with detailed stats, facilitating efficient onboarding and process documentation.

How it works

Build the flow

Pick the playbooks, videos, checklists, and quizzes a new hire needs. Drop them into a training flow in the order you want hires to complete them.

Assign it

Send the flow to a person, a role, or a whole user group. New hires see the first step in their inbox the moment they join Whale.

Track completion

See who finished, who is halfway through, and who has not started. Spot blockers in the dashboard and follow up before a hire falls behind.

Trusted by 5K+ teams of all sizes

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Loved for its overall simplicity and support

Frequently Asked Questions

A training flow can hold as many steps as your onboarding program needs. Sequence playbooks, Step Recorder videos, checklists, and quizzes in any order. Gate each step behind a quiz pass, a due date, or a group membership rule. Most teams build a core flow of 15 to 40 steps covering company basics, role-specific processes, and compliance acknowledgments, then layer shorter flows for department or tool-specific training. Every step tracks completion per person, so managers see exactly where each hire is in the sequence.
Training flows are included on the Scale plan and above. The Scale plan also bundles Alice, Whale’s AI assistant, analytics, version history, custom roles, Slack integration, and PDF export. Teams that need structured onboarding and completion tracking start on Scale. Essentials and Team plans cover documentation and assignments but not the automated sequencing logic behind training flows.
Yes. Training flows can be triggered by user group membership, so assigning a new hire to a group (Sales, Support, Operations) starts the right flow automatically. On Enterprise, the Paycor HRIS integration creates the Whale user the moment payroll adds them, and the training flow starts without any manual step. You can also trigger flows from any external system through an inbound webhook, which means your HRIS, ATS, or CRM can hand off to Whale directly, no Zapier required.
A training flow can require a quiz pass before moving to the next step. Build the quiz from scratch or let Whale generate questions from the playbook content using AI. Set a passing score, allow retakes, and choose whether the quiz is open book. When the hire passes, the next step unlocks automatically. Completion for every step, including quiz scores and retake counts, appears in the analytics dashboard per person, per team, and per flow.
New hires see the flow in their Whale inbox the moment it is assigned. Each step shows a clear title, the estimated time to complete, and a due date if one is set. They work through the steps in order, and the next step unlocks as they finish the current one. Alice, Whale’s AI assistant, sits alongside the content so hires can ask clarifying questions without interrupting a manager. CoPilot surfaces the relevant step inside the tool they are actually working in.
Trainual is a training-first tool. Whale combines the training flow with the knowledge base, Alice, Whale’s AI assistant, CoPilot, quizzes, and analytics in one product. A playbook used in a training flow is the same playbook hires search later, the same source Alice answers questions from, and the same card CoPilot surfaces inside other tools. Teams switching from Trainual usually cite cleaner UI, stronger AI, and an end-user view that their team actually uses. Whale also includes free migration for ex-Trainual customers.

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AI-Generated Quizzes

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Analytics & Reporting

See who is trained, who is not, and where the gaps are.