Discover Learning Paths and Capstones
Learning Objectives
After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:
- Explain different career paths in the Salesforce Ecosystem, including Salesforce Associate, Sales Representative, and Marketing Associate.
- Make your own trailmix on Trailhead to engage your learners.
Career Paths for Learners
Trailhead includes learning connected to career paths, so anyone can find their entry point to the Salesforce Ecosystem. Each path has an associated trail of modules that lead to certification. Some trails also have associated superbadges, which can serve as hands-on, low-guidance capstone projects. As available, superbadges that align the closest with the learning path’s certification are available in the resources section.
Salesforce Associate
A Salesforce Associate is an individual who has a fundamental awareness of how an integrated CRM platform solves the challenge of connecting departments and customer data. They may have up to six months of Salesforce user experience. They understand reporting, user administration, sharing, customization, or data management at a foundational level. Your learners can prepare for their Salesforce Associate Certification using these associated modules on Trailhead.
Sales Representative
A Salesforce Sales Representative has a broad knowledge of the sales process and is proficient in planning, customer and prospect research, deal management, pipeline management, forecasting, and closing deals with value. They have a detailed understanding of their customers, putting them at the center with commitment to their success, leading with empathy. Your learners can prepare for their Salesforce Sales Representative Certification using these associated modules on Trailhead.
Marketing Associate
A Salesforce Marketing Associate is an individual who’s interested in a career in marketing within the Salesforce ecosystem. They are familiar with the Salesforce platform and may have up to 6 months of hands-on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement. Your learners can prepare for their Salesforce Marketing Associate Certification using these associated modules on Trailhead.
Make Your Own Trailmix
Did you find content on Trailhead that works for your class curriculum? Do you want your students to complete a certain subset of modules within a given trail or trailmix? Do you want all the modules a student completes through an entire course or time period in one place, or perhaps broken out by each syllabus unit? You can accomplish these things by creating your own trailmixes and sharing them with your students!
Create a Trailmix
- Navigate to Trailhead.com and log in.
- On the navigation banner at the top of the screen, hover over Learn and select Trailmixes.
- Click New Trailmix.
- Give your trailmix a title and short description. You may optionally customize its URL.
Add Content to a Trailmix
- On the navigation banner at the top of the screen, hover over Learn.
- Depending on what you’re looking for, select Trails, Modules, Projects, or Superbadges.
- Use the filters or the Quick Search bar to find the content you want to include.
- Use the dropdown arrow by the star icon on the right side and select Add to Trailmix.
- Select the trailmix you want to add it to, or create a brand new trailmix from here.
If you plan on assigning external content, a best practice is to do this in a separate syllabus task, as external content cannot be added to a trailmix.
Share a Trailmix
- Navigate to Trailhead.com and log in.
- On the navigation banner at the top of the screen, hover over Learn and select Trailmixes.
- Under My Trailmixes, select the trailmix you’d like to share.
- Select Share and change the Sharing Settings to Everyone (Public).
- Share the link with your students.