Checklist · First use
Amplitude Academy’s onboarding checklist gets progress bars
Amplitude Academy turns its course sidebar into an onboarding checklist, with a course progress bar, a ring per lesson and each lesson's length.
Screenshot added to the library in January 2023; its exact capture date wasn’t recorded, and the product may look different today. Write-up reviewed 22 Oct 2026.
Amplitude Academy is Amplitude's learning site, and its "Getting Started with Amplitude Analytics" course uses the sidebar as an onboarding checklist. At the time of the screenshot, the left panel lists the lessons under collapsible section headings, each lesson has a circular progress indicator, and a bar under the course title reads "0% complete". The lesson itself, a video with a Continue button, fills the rest of the page.
Why it works
- Two levels of progress: the bar under the course title tracks the whole course, while the ring beside each lesson tracks that lesson alone. You can see both how far you've come and what's half finished.
- Time in the copy: every lesson title carries its length in brackets ("7 min", "5 min"), so you can decide whether to start one now or come back later.
- Collapsible sections: lessons sit under headings such as "Introduction to Amplitude Analytics" that fold away, which keeps a long course readable. The solid blue header in Amplitude's own colour marks where the checklist starts.
More on this pattern: user onboarding checklists and how to build a product onboarding checklist.
