The Readiness Engine lets your organization map out the domains, skills, and prerequisite relationships learners need to master — and track how they're progressing against that map over time.
| *Note- The Readiness Engine may be disabled for your account. If you do not see the "Knowledge" option in your left hand menu, then you can have it enabled by contacting your Ethos representative . |
What is a Knowledge Graph?
A Knowledge Graph is a structured taxonomy of the competencies that matter for a role, team, or mission area. It organizes your existing course and quiz content into domains (broad knowledge areas) and skills (specific, demonstrable capabilities), then links every quiz question and lesson card to the relevant skills. Once learners complete mapped content, the platform surfaces skill-level analytics — showing strengths, gaps, and progress across your team.
| Identify gaps See which skills learners have not yet demonstrated so you can target remediation precisely. | Track improvement As learners retake assessments, mastery scores update automatically across every domain and skill. | Adaptive assignment Use skill mastery data to assign the right content to the right learners at the right time. |
Creating a Knowledge Graph
The guided creation wizard walks you through four steps. You can leave and return at any time — generation picks up where it left off.
Name your graph, then choose the courses and files the AI should analyze. You can select individual courses, upload documents directly, or toggle Use all org content to include everything in your organization (up to 100 learning items). More source material gives the AI stronger signal for building a useful taxonomy.
After generation, the AI presents a taxonomy organized into domains and skills. You can edit domain names, add or remove skills, view skill descriptions, and adjust prerequisite relationships before moving on. Generation happens live — progress streams into the UI as the engine works.
The AI automatically links each quiz question and lesson card to the relevant skills in your taxonomy. You can review these mappings by skill or by lesson, search for specific cards, and adjust any mapping that needs correction. Use bulk actions to move multiple mappings at once.
Once your graph is published and learners begin completing mapped content, the analytics view shows skill mastery, domain-level breakdowns, top performers, and learners who need attention — all populated automatically as quiz responses come in.
Instructor cohort analytics
Built on top of the Readiness Engine, Instructor Cohort Analytics gives instructors a focused view of how a specific group of learners is progressing against the taxonomy. Instructors can compare skill and domain mastery side-by-side across multiple cohorts, and narrative callouts automatically highlight where a group is excelling or falling behind.