Details Tab of the Add Course Screen

The Details tab of the Add Course screen for an Instructor-Led course contains the following fields.

Contents

Field Description
Course Name

Enter the name of the course.

Learning Manager

Click Select a Learning Manager to search for and select the name of the person who created the course. This person can perform the same administrative actions as the Learning Administrator, but only for the courses that he or she created.

Instructors For Instructor-Led courses, this field displays only when you are editing a course with associated classes, and only if the class has an instructor. Click Select Instructor to search for and select the names of the individuals who will teach the course. The instructors you select are added to all the classes associated with this course.
Course Type

This field indicates that the Course Type is Instructor-Led.

Course Source

Select from the following:

  • Internal: The course is offered by your organization and taught by your organization’s instructors.
  • External: The course is offered by an outside institution, such as a college, and is not managed by your organization. However, the student’s grades and credits are added to the student’s Total Talent Profile.
URL / Physical Address

Enter the URL or the address of the institution that offers the course.

Educational Unit

Select from the following unit types.

  • CEUs: The course awards Continuing Education Units.
  • CPD: The course awards Continuing Professional Development units.
  • Credits: The course awards Continuing Education Credits.
  • PDH: The course awards Professional Development Hours.
Educational Unit Category

Select one of the following: Compliance, General, Professional, or Strategic.

Educational Unit Value

Enter the number of units that a student will earn by completing the course with a passing grade.

When students receive external certifications, degrees, or titles, they sometimes have to complete additional continuing education courses to maintain their professional standing. Before granting educational units, your organization must verify that the appropriate accrediting associations will accept them.

Add Education Units

Click Add Education Units to add rows to the Educational Unit table. This allows you to configure and grant different units to different user groups or grant multiple unit types to specific user groups.

Status

Select the course status from the list:

  • Draft: The course is under development. Classes cannot be created for it and it cannot be added to any learning path.
  • Open: This course is active. Classes can be created for it and students can find it when they search for courses.
  • Inactive: Administrators can enroll students in the classes for this course, but students will not see the course when they search for courses.
  • Archived: The course is no longer offered. Students will not see it when they search for courses.