ApproveThis manages your Pathwright Integration approvals.

When Course Creation Meets Approval Automation

Let’s get real – building learning paths in Pathwright is the easy part. The real headaches start when you need ten people to sign off on course changes, verify completion certificates, or approve new cohort registrations. That’s where pairing Pathwright with ApproveThis turns into your secret weapon.

We’re talking about connecting the dots between building killer courses and actually running them without bureaucratic hell. Pathwright handles the education engine. ApproveThis handles the red tape. Together? They make sure your compliance team stops breathing down your neck about audit trails while your course creators actually get to be creative.

Why This Combo Doesn’t Suck

Pathwright’s great at structuring learning journeys. ApproveThis is great at structuring decisions. Combine them through Zapier, and you’ve got automatic guardrails for:

• Stopping random course changes from going live without review
• Proving completion certificates were actually approved by someone
• Making sure new cohorts meet minimum enrollment before launch

Bonus: ApproveThis approvers don’t need Pathwright licenses. Perfect for bringing in external SMEs or clients without paying for extra seats they’ll never use.

Real Uses for Real Companies

1. Corporate Training Teams: No More Rogue Courses

That compliance training update? Needs legal review. The new sales enablement path? Requires VP sign-off. Set up triggers so any major course changes in Pathwright auto-create approval requests in ApproveThis. Legal gets notified via email (they live in Outlook anyway), VP approves via mobile between meetings. Nobody deploys unvetted content.

2. Universities: Certificates That Actually Mean Something

When students complete courses in Pathwright, auto-generate approval requests for credential issuance. Department heads get digest emails every Friday with batches to approve. Built-in escalation rules mean if Dr. Thompson’s on sabbatical, requests automatically route to the acting chair. No more “the system didn’t tell me” excuses.

3. EdTech Startups: Keep Clients in the Loop Without the Chaos

Client wants to review every new cohort before launch? Connect their stakeholders as external approvers. They get simple email approvals without needing to log into Pathwright. ApproveThis tracks their response times so you can bill them when they cause delays. Professionalism meets petty revenge.

Making It Work Without IT Involvement

Here’s the basic recipe using Zapier:

1. Trigger: New learning activity in Pathwright (course completion, discussion post, etc.)
2. Action: Create approval request in ApproveThis with key details auto-filled
3. Bonus: Add conditional logic to only escalate high-value/complex approvals

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag courses where completion times are 20% below average – might indicate students are rushing through material.

Department-Specific Wins

For Compliance Teams

Every approved course change gets automatic audit trails showing who approved what and when. Vacation delegation means no more “out of office” hold-ups during quarterly reviews.

For Course Developers

Set approval thresholds so minor text edits don’t require full committee review. Major structural changes? Those still go through the wringer. Balance between speed and compliance.

For Client Success Managers

External stakeholders get white-labeled approval portals without access to your internal Pathwright setup. Maintain control while looking collaborative.

The Quietly Powerful Features You’ll Abuse

While you’re setting this up, steal these advantages:

Email-based approvals: Pathwright doesn’t need to handle notifications – ApproveThis does the heavy lifting with open tracking and reminders.

Approval thresholds: Auto-approve course completions under $500 value (for internal teams) while requiring checks for high-cost client certifications.

Real-time dashboards: Show stakeholders exactly where bottlenecks are forming in the approval chain. Great ammunition for resourcing requests.

Not-So-Obvious Applications

Where else could this combo work? Let’s get creative:

Accreditation Management

Auto-trigger re-certification approvals when Pathwright courses are updated. Ensure compliance teams review material changes against latest standards.

Partner Enablement

When external partners complete training paths in Pathwright, auto-route completion certificates to their manager in ApproveThis. Reduces “I didn’t know they were certified” issues.

Content Sunsetting

Old courses getting retired? Require final approvals from archival teams before removing from Pathwright catalogs. Prevent accidental knowledge loss.

Getting Started Without the BS

1. Map your worst approval bottlenecks in Pathwright workflows
2. Create matching templates in ApproveThis with escalation rules
3. Connect via Zapier using pre-built triggers
4. Test with one course/cohort type before scaling

Total setup time? About as long as it takes your team to argue about Slack vs Teams. Less if you skip the meeting.

Why This Isn’t Just Another Integration

Most Zapier connections just shuffle data. This one actually changes behavior:

For managers: Stops approval power from being concentrated in one person’s inbox
For teams: Makes approval SLAs measurable (and enforceable)
For you: Turns “did anyone approve this?” from a panic question to a searchable record

Bottom Line for Different Sized Teams

50-200 Employee Companies

Stop wasting founder/exec time on course approvals they don’t actually need to see. Set thresholds so only critical items hit their radar.

200-1000 Employee Orgs

Coordinate approvals across regional teams without timezone nightmares. Delegation rules keep things moving when approvers are OOO.

1000-5000 Employee Enterprises

Maintain central control over learning content while allowing business units autonomy. Audit trails satisfy legal without micromanagement.

Ready to Stop Being a Human Routing Bot?

If your team’s still manually forwarding Pathwright notifications for approvals, you’re essentially working as a fleshy API. Time to upgrade.

Get started with ApproveThis or schedule a 15-minute demo to see how approval automation actually works when it’s not overcomplicated.

P.S. If you’re still reading this, your current process is definitely worse than you think. First fix is on us.