The Skills mobile apps for Android and iOS allow you to watch video courses, download content for offline viewing, and access many of the same Skills features found on the web browser. Visit our downloads page (opens in new tab) to download the app.
Who can use this?
Current and legacy plans | |||||
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Individual | Team | ||||
Learners: | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Managers: | |||||
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This table shows which features are available on Pluralsight’s mobile apps. Follow the feature link to learn more about how you can use available features on your mobile device.
Feature | Android | iOS | Browser |
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Content types | |||
Video courses | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Offline viewing | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hands-on learning (cloud labs, projects, sandboxes)* | ✓ | ||
Navigation | |||
Browse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Profile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
History | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Curation | |||
Paths | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Channels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bookmarks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tech Foundations topic videos* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Priorities* | ✓ | ||
Assessments | |||
Stack up | ✓ | ✓ | |
Learning checks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tech Foundations assessments* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Role IQ | ✓ | ||
Skill IQ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Certification | |||
Certification preparation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Certification practice exams* | ✓ | ||
Certificates of completion | ✓ | ||
Other features | |||
Badges | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Learning goals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Schedule reminder | ✓ | ✓ | |
Exercise files | ✓ | ||
Schedule reminder | ✓ | ||
Discussion boards | ✓ | ||
Skills manager and admin features (analytics, plan and team management, priorities for leaders, Role IQ for leaders)* | ✓ |
* Included with certain subscriptions and team plans. See Skills subscription and plan comparison for details.
Content types
How do I watch video courses?
Find video courses to watch from the Home, Browse, or Search pages on the mobile app navigation menu.
Tap a course’s name to view the course details page, where you can view more information about the course and launch the video player.
Video courses offer captions and transcripts. Find a course’s transcript on the course details page by tapping Transcript. Turn on captions by tapping CC while the video course is playing. To set your preferred caption language, open Settings, then tap Default caption language and select your language. Open settings by tapping the gear icon (iPhone), the ••• options menu, then Settings (Android), or Settings on the navigation menu (iPad).
For more information, visit our video courses article.
How do I view courses offline?
To download a course for offline viewing, navigate to the desired course details page and tap Download. Once the download has finished, the course will appear on your Downloads page, which you’ll find in the navigation menu.
Tip: To download individual modules within a course, go to the Contents tab of the course details page, tap the three dots next to the module, and tap Download.
For details on offline viewing, visit Downloading courses on Pluralsight’s Android and iOS apps.
Navigation
How do I browse courses?
To browse through new releases, recommended content, popular skills, and paths on the Pluralsight app, tap Browse on the navigation menu.
To search for specific courses, paths, authors, and guides, tap Search on the navigation menu.
Why can't I view a list of all the courses on Pluralsight's Android and iOS apps?
Our Skills library contains thousands of courses—too many to easily browse from one long list. Instead, we've included several ways for you to find the courses you're interested in, including Browse, Search, and through the View related courses button on a course's details page.
What can I view on my profile?
Tap your avatar on the Home page (Android and iPhone) or on the navigation menu (iPad). Your profile allows you to access Stack up and to view your Interests, Badges, Skill IQs, and Completed courses.
How do I view my history?
To view a list of courses you’ve started watching, go to the Home page to view the Continue learning section. Tap See all for a complete list.
To view which courses you’ve already completed, tap your avatar on the Home page (Android and iPhone) or on the navigation menu (iPad) to view your profile and scroll to the Completed courses section.
Curation
How do I follow a path?
To start using paths on Android or iPhone, scroll down on the Home page to the Paths section. On iPad, access paths from the navigation menu.
Once you view any clip from any path either on the web browser or by searching in the app, paths will appear in this section on the Home page. You can also access paths on the Browse page—scroll down to the Paths section and tap See all for a complete list of paths you can choose from.
Visit our paths article for more information.
How do I add courses to a channel?
To add a course to a channel, navigate to the desired course details page and tap the Add to channel button. This will pull up a list of channels you have permission to edit. Tap an existing channel to add the course, or tap + plus icon or New channel button to create a new channel to add the course to.
To view your channels on Android or iPhone, go to the Home page and scroll down to the Channels section. On iPad, access this page by tapping Channels on the navigation menu. Tap See all for a full list of channels you’ve created or joined. If you are part of a team plan, you’ll also be able to see company-wide channels on this page.
Visit our channels articles to learn more.
How do I bookmark courses?
To bookmark a course, tap the Bookmark icon on the course details page. Or, to bookmark a course from a list of courses, like you would see within a path, tap ••• options next to the course, then tap Bookmark.
Tip: To bookmark individual modules within a course, go to the Contents tab of the course details page, tap the three dots next to the module, and tap Bookmark.
To view content you have bookmarked, navigate to the Home page and scroll to the Bookmarks section. Tap See all for a complete list. On iPad, you can also access bookmarks from the navigation menu under Home.
Visit our bookmarks article for more information.
How do I view Tech Foundations topic videos?
Note: Tech Foundations topic videos are only available for certain team plan subscriptions.
To view Tech Foundations topic videos:
- Tap the Home icon.
- Tap View topics in the Tech Foundations widget.
- Tap a topic and then tap the course.
- To start the video from the beginning, tap the play button.
- To jump to a specific clip, tap the clip title under the Contents tab.
Visit our Tech Foundations article for more information.
Assessments
How can I play Stack up?
Stack up is a mobile game that gives you a chance to test your skills by competing with your fellow Pluralsight users. Choose your topic, answer as many questions as you can correctly, and see how you stack up on weekly and all-time leaderboards.
You can find Stack up on the Home page, on the navigation menu, or your profile in the mobile app. Visit our Stack up article to learn more.
How do I take a learning check?
If the course includes a learning check, it will appear on the course details page below the description. Tap Take a learning check and then tap Start learning check to begin.
Visit our learning checks article to learn more.
Note: Learning checks on the mobile app may not be available for the same courses on the browser.
How do I take a Tech Foundations assessment?
Note: Tech Foundations assessments are only available for certain team plan subscriptions.
To take a Tech Foundations assessment:
- Tap the Home icon.
- Tap View topics in the Tech Foundations widget.
- Tap a topic.
- Tap Take assessment to start the assessment.
- Tap Continue assessment to finish an assessment you previously started.
You can start the assessment in a browser and finish it within the app and vice-versa.
Visit our Tech Foundations article for more information.
How do I find and take a Skill IQ?
Tap the Home icon and then tap Take a Skill IQ assessment now on the Skill IQ widget. This opens an in-app web window and takes you to the Skill IQ page. Select a Skill IQ assessment from the Discover tab or retake an assessment from the My Skills tab. You can also see your learning recommendations under the Focused Learning tab.
You can also discover and take Skill IQ assessments in many Paths. If an assessment has been added to a channel via web browser, it will appear in the app version of the channel.
Visit our Skill IQ article to learn more.
Certification
How do I prepare for certifications?
Curated learning paths are available to help you prepare for industry certifications. To access certification paths, tap Browse on the navigation menu. Tap the Certifications tile, or tap See all under Paths for a list of certifications paths.
Visit our articles on Certifications paths and exam preparation to learn more.
Other features
How do I view my badges?
Open your profile by tapping your avatar on the Home page (Android and iPhone) or on the navigation menu (iPad). The Badges section displays which badges you’ve earned. Tap View trophy case to view all badges you’ve earned or can unlock.
Visit our badges article to learn more.
How do I set a learning goal?
To set a learning goal or edit an existing goal from the mobile app, tap the pencil icon on the learning goal widget on the Home page. Select the amount of time you want to spend on watching video courses learning within Skills throughout the week. Your activity will sync across your account to show your progress on multiple devices.
Visit Make it a habit to learn more about how leveraging learning goals can help you get the most out of your subscription.
How do I schedule a learning reminder?
With learning reminders, you can customize push notifications that remind you to learn on the mobile app on a daily or weekly basis. To turn on learning reminders:
- Tap the gear icon (iPhone), the ••• options menu, then tap Settings (Android), or Settings on the navigation menu (iPad).
- Tap Reminder to learn.
- Toggle Reminder to learn notification to ON. You may need to allow notifications from the Pluralsight app.
- Choose which time of day you want to receive a learning reminder.
- Toggle Custom daily schedule to ON (iPhone and iPad) or tap Customize (Android) to further customize your notifications by day of the week and time of day.