HowTo: Create Your Own Training with CustomHoots

2nd January 2026 | HowTo, MSP, Platform, Technology HowTo: Create Your Own Training with CustomHoots

This article explains how Autopilot’s CustomHoots PowerUp works and provides guidance on creating your own videos, documents, training programs, HootPhish training, and AttackPhish campaigns to assign to your tenants. These actions can be performed by a Super Admin within the Autopilot platform.

Creating a Video training

  • Navigate to CustomHoots and select Create CustomHoot.
  • Click Video or Document Training.
  • Select the tenant under which you want the training to appear.
  • Choose the Hoot Type (select Video) and insert the embedded video link.
  • Under Hoot Settings, configure the following as needed:
    • Set the training as optional if applicable
    • Provide a name for the training
    • Select the group(s) to assign the training to
    • Set the training start date
  • Choose whether to enable a quiz.
  • Click Save to complete the setup.

Creating a Document/Policy

  • Navigate to CustomHoots and select Create CustomHoot.
  • Click Video or Document Training.
  • Select the tenant under which you want the training to appear.
  • Choose the Hoot Type (select Document) and upload a pdf file of the document/policy.
  • Under Hoot Settings, configure the following as needed:
    • Set the training as optional if applicable
    • Provide a name for the training
    • Select the group(s) to assign the training to
    • Set the training start date
  • Choose whether to enable a quiz.
  • Click Save to complete the setup.

Creating a Training Program

  • Navigate to CustomHoots and select Create CustomHoot.
  • Click Training Program.
  • Select the tenant under which you want the training to appear.
  • Under Program Settings, configure the following as needed:
    • Set the training as optional if applicable
    • Provide a name for the Program
    • Select the group(s) to assign the training to
    • Set the training start date
  • Drag and drop videos you wish to be a part of the program from the Training Library.
  • Click Save to complete the setup.

Creating a HootPhish Training

  • Navigate to CustomHoots and select Create CustomHoot.
  • Click HootPhish Training.
  • Select the tenant under which you want the training to appear.
  • Under Email Template, choose either a random template or select a specific template.
  • Under Hoot Settings, configure the following as needed:
    • Set the training as optional if applicable
    • Provide a name for the training
    • Select the group(s) to assign the training to
    • Set the training start date
  • Click Save to complete the setup.

Creating an AttackPhish Campaign

  • Navigate to CustomHoots and select Create CustomHoot.
  • Click AttackPhish Campaign.
  • Select the tenant under which you want the training to appear.
  • Under Email Template:
  • Select whether you would like a unique email to be sent per user or the same email for all users
  • Select the category tags for the AttackPhish
  • Under Campaign Settings, configure the following as needed:
    • Provide a name for the training
    • Select the group(s) to assign the training to
    • Set the training start date
    • Choose to enable “Auto-Assign Trainings” when a user either clicks a link or submits data
  • Under Report Settings, select the Admin(s) you wish to receive the AttackPhish campaign report once the campaign ends.
  • Click Save to complete the setup.
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