Share an interaction with a public link

A public link lets people outside your organization start one interaction in a web browser, without an Arcade account. Use it, for example, to give job candidates a realistic roleplay before an interview. Each link counts its own views and sessions, so make one link for each group of people.

Before you start

You need a manager or admin role. If you do not see Pathways in Manage, ask an admin in your organization.

Turn on public access

Open the interaction. In its Public access section, turn on Public Access and enter a short name for the web address in URL Slug. Then select Save. You can add links only after you save.

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The top of the "Public access" section, with the "Public Access" switch, the "URL Slug" field, and the "Add" button of "Public Links".

The Public access section shows only on an AI Training or an AI Roleplay.

Create a link and send it

In Public Links, select Add, and give the link a Label that names who gets it, for example “Careers page”.

Caution

Send only the address that Copy URL gives. It contains the code of the link. The address of the interaction in Arcade asks visitors to sign in, and the address without the code shows “A valid public link is required.”

Control who can still use a link

• A link that has a session limit is full when its sessions get to the limit. Sessions in progress also count. Visitors then see “This link is full”. Raise the limit, or make a new link.
• When you delete a link, visitors see “This link is no longer active”. Arcade keeps the sessions that visitors did with it.

Collect details from visitors

Metadata fields ask visitors for information, for example a name or an email address. When the Collection of a field is URL Param, add a parameter with the same name as the field to the address of the link.

Put a session in your web page

You can show a public session inside a page of your website, in an iframe. Add these parameters to the address of the link:

Parameter	Effect
embed=1	Turns on the embedded mode. The page loads no third-party scripts.
hideLogo=1	Hides the Arcade logo. It works only with embed=1.
primaryColor=%230B6E4F	Sets the accent color, as a hex color. It works only with embed=1.

Caution

Give the iframe the attribute allow="microphone; camera; autoplay; clipboard-write". Without it, the browser blocks the microphone, and the visitor cannot record a session.

See the results

Public sessions show on the Activity page as “Public session”. Refer to Activity.

On the Analytics tab of the interaction and of its pathway, the Public access card shows the visitors and their completions. The other numbers on the tab count only the members of your organization.

Next steps

• Edit a pathway
• Track learner progress
• Activity