How Are Playbooks Approved?

What This Is

Before a Playbook can be published or shared with learners, it must go through Authura’s playbook approval workflow. This review process evaluates whether the Playbook is complete, functional, clearly organized, and aligned with platform content standards.

The approval process is designed to support both educators and learners. It helps verify that Playbooks work as expected, contain accurate instructional content, and provide a usable learning experience across Quests and course structures.

Playbook approval is required before publication because submitted content may impact learner progress, engagement, and overall course quality. Reviewers check both educational quality and platform readiness during the review cycle.

Playbooks are not published automatically after submission. Instead, they remain in review until a final approval outcome is issued.

How It Works

After an educator completes Playbook customization and submits the Playbook for review, Authura reviewers evaluate the submission against platform quality and compliance standards.

During review, reviewers may evaluate areas such as:

• Content accuracy and completeness

• Instruction clarity and organization

• Quest structure and learning flow

• Playbook functionality and loading behavior

• Platform compliance requirements

• General learner usability and experience

The review process also verifies that the Playbook loads correctly and functions as expected within the platform.

Once review is complete, the Playbook receives one of three outcomes:

• Approved — The Playbook meets review standards and is ready for publication and distribution.

• Changes Requested — Updates are needed before approval can continue. Educators can revise the Playbook and resubmit it for another review cycle.

• Rejected — The Playbook cannot continue through the current submission process due to significant quality, functionality, or compliance concerns.

Educators receive status updates and notifications throughout the review process, including when reviews are completed or additional revisions are required.

Review timelines are typically measured in business days, and current review status information is available within the platform dashboard.

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Example

An educator submits a Biology Playbook after completing its Quests, assessments, and learning structure. During review, the Playbook is checked for instructional clarity, content accuracy, functionality, and compliance with Authura standards.

The reviewer identifies several instructions that could be clearer for students and returns the Playbook with a Changes Requested status. After updating the content and resubmitting the Playbook, the educator receives final approval and can proceed with publication.

When to Use

The playbook approval process is relevant whenever educators want to publish or distribute Playbooks through Authura.

You’ll use this workflow when:

• Submitting new Playbooks for publication

• Reviewing publication readiness before learner access

• Publishing premium or publicly distributed Playbooks

• Responding to requested revisions during review

• Tracking approval progress and publication status

Understanding the approval workflow can also help clarify common points of confusion, such as why reviews may take several business days or why a Playbook may require revisions before approval.

The approval process exists to maintain consistent learning quality, platform reliability, and a better learner experience across published Playbooks.