Personalize your learning with Pluralsight’s new AI assistant, Iris

Embarking on a learning journey can be overwhelming. Even if you have an end goal in mind, you may not know where to start or which path to follow. You’re not alone—30% of technologists don’t know where to focus their learning efforts.

And when you already have limited learning time, the last thing you want to do is waste time combing through resources. You need to quickly find training courses for the tech skills you need, when you need them.

Introducing Iris, our new AI assistant that makes it easy to discover content relevant to your questions and learning objectives using natural language.

Keep reading to learn more about Iris and how to use it to optimize and personalize your learning journey.

• What is Pluralsight Iris?
• Iris use cases for learning tech skills
• Iris use cases for tech team leaders
• Getting started with Iris in Pluralsight Skills

Iris uses generative AI and conversational guidance to empower learners and team leaders throughout their upskilling journey. You can think of Iris as a trusted companion, helping you navigate our robust library of over 7,000 courses, 3,000 hands-on labs, and 450 skill assessments.

Whether you need to map out learning journeys to goals or discover the right content for a technical challenge, Iris helps you create a personalized learning experience and upskill quickly.

As a learner, you can use Iris as your personal AI assistant to build a custom tech skills learning journey and achieve your goals efficiently. And because Iris tailors learning experiences and recommendations to your preferences, goals, and skill levels, it’s easy to find the content you need.

Here are a few ways you can use Iris to augment your learning.

• Tackle your next career milestone. Explain your goal to Iris, and you’ll get a personalized learning experience to acquire the skills you need to meet your professional development goals and open new avenues for career growth.

• Create a custom learning journey.  Just ask Iris to create a tailored plan based on your unique interests and needs.

• Solve a technical challenge. Describe the problem, and Iris will help you discover the right combination of courses, skill assessments, and hands-on labs you need to solve your problem with confidence.

As a team leader, you can use Iris to quickly connect learners to their goals. Tell Iris the tech skills your teams need to deliver projects, achieve business objectives, and close skills gaps, and Iris will create the personalized learning experiences needed to make that happen at scale.

Here are a few examples of how you can use Iris to upskill your teams:

• Upskill your team in a specific tool, technology, or programming language. Need your team to learn Python? Just ask Iris to create a plan for your team, and you’ll get structured learning paths to send them on their way. 

• Improve learning engagement. Ask Iris how to boost employee engagement, and it will deliver strategies to keep technologists engaged and motivated throughout the learning process.

• Support onboarding with Pluralsight. If you need help guiding your team through the onboarding process on Pluralsight, Iris can give you a structured approach to get them up to speed and learning as soon as possible. 

Iris is your dedicated study companion to quickly and easily discover new courses, labs, and skill assessments, achieve your learning goals, and ultimately enhance your upskilling experience. 

Ready to try it out for yourself? Iris is available to all Pluralsight Skills customers. Follow the steps below to get started.

• Business customers: Due to the sensitive nature of implementing AI-powered tools for business customers, Iris is available as an opt-in feature only. If you’re a plan admin or team manager, you can reach out to your customer success manager to activate Iris for your entire plan. Don’t have a dedicated customer success manager? Contact our support team, who will be happy to assist you. 

• Individual customers: If you have an individual Pluralsight Skills plan, just log in to the Skills platform and click Iris on the left navigation bar. Once you read and accept the terms, you’re ready to get started.

If you don’t have a Skills account, you can still try our AI assistant. Start a 10-day free trial to get access to Iris right away. 

Note: Because free trials provide limited access to our content library, Iris won’t be able to pull from all our resources, and results may be limited. Leverage Iris’s full power when you sign up for a paid subscription. 

Learn more about Iris.