How do you evaluate the flow of a course?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about flow in Storyline and Rise courses.
Not the visuals or interactions, but the way ideas move, build and connect for the learner.

When I review courses, flow is often the first thing I look at, because so many issues trace back to it. A course can be beautifully built, but if the flow is unclear, the learner has to work harder than they should.

Here are a few questions I often ask myself:

• Does each screen naturally lead to the next?
• Does the learner know why they’re seeing this information now?
• Is anything arriving too early, too late or without enough context?
• Are we building on what the learner already knows, or jumping around?
• Is there a moment where the pace suddenly gets heavier?

These small checks often reveal more than a long checklist ever could.

I’d love to hear how others approach this.
When you evaluate the flow of a course, what do you look for?
Are there signals or questions you rely on to check whether the experience “moves” the way you hoped?

Always curious to learn from different perspectives.