Managing Credit and Enrollment

Screen Overview

The Manage Credit and Enrollment screen allows an Administrator to process enrollments and/or credit (for non-ILT resource types) to a group of users or an individual. This screen offers two ways to see and maintain the same information, the View by Course option and the View by Person option.

To access the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen, go to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment in the administrative menu.

View by Course vs. Person

Click the Set Filters button on the top toolbar of the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen.

Choose whether to View by Course or View by Person by selecting a radio button at the top of the Filters and Options pop-out screen.  The available options on this screen are described in the Managing by Person and Managing by Course sections farther down on this page.

 

The View by Person option allows the administrator to select one user and then see all information for that one person.  View by Person is the best option for:

 
Note

The results will be limited to 3000 rows.

The View by Course option allows the administrator to select one course and then see all user information relating to that course.  View by Course is the best option for:

Enrollment Methods and Tools

When an administrator needs to enroll a group of employees into a course, there are three options.

Enroll Others

This is the best option for quickly enrolling several users into the same course.

The clipboard feature can make this a good option for larger groups if you have some piece of user data, such as the Employee ID or Email address, and if everyone in the group should have the same completion deadline.

This is also the best option if you need to enroll users into a specific class instance.

Manage Credit and Enrollment Screen

This is the best option for a large group of users that can be well-defined using your company’s user data (domains).

This is the best option if you are unsure of the users’ current status in the course. Using this screen allows you to easily see the current status, which should help prevent duplicate enrollments on courses that allow multiple enrollments.

Batch Upload

This is the best option for large groups of users that need to be enrolled into more than one course at a time

This is the best option for large groups of users that need to have individual completion deadlines.

Managing by Person

After accessing the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen (People > Manage Credit and Enrollment), click the Set Filters button on the top toolbar.

Select the View by Person radio button at the top of the Filters and Options pop-out screen.  

Select a User - Employee Filter Tab

When using the View by Person option, you must first select the user.  You can only view results for one user at a time when using this option.

If you know the name of the user, type in the last name, then click Search.  You can also just click Search and all users visible to your security level will be listed.

The audience drop-down helps to limit the results for the selected person.  The options included are:

Show All
This is the default.  This option will show every course on the selected user's Development Plan and History.
Show on Plan
This option will show every course on the user's Development Plan, regardless of status (Not Started, Incomplete, etc.).
Show on History
This option will show every course on the user's History.
Show Passed
This option will show every course that the user has passed.  This option is not available in all systems.
Show Failed
This option will show every course that the user has failed.  This option is not available in all systems.

The Completions Expiring optional drop-down limits the results to only courses that are expiring (or are expired) in the selected time frame.

The Show Inactive Employees box must be selected if you need to search for an inactive user.

Domain Filters

The Domain Filter is an optional filter that allows you to limit your search results.  For example, if you wanted to see every user in a specific job role, select that job role; then, on the Employee filter, click Search.  In the Employee Search box you will see the results of everyone you are allowed to see in that job role.

Show Results

Return to the Employee Filter tab.  Select the name of the user you wish to see results for, even if there is only one in the list.

Click Show Results.

Clear Selections

The Filters and options pop-up will retain your selections after you leave this screen to work in the Results grid.  To ensure that you don't have any forgotten selections affecting your new results, click the Clear Selections button each time that you need to select new criteria on the Filter and Options pop-up.

Example: On the View by Course option, you use the Domain filter to limit your results to just the Sales Department . After you are done, you decide to switch to View by Person and need to select an employee in the Customer Service Department.  If you don't Clear your Selections, your Sales Department domain selection will limit your Employee Search to just employees in the Sales Department.

Create an Enrollment

At times you will need to enroll a user and/or grant credit for a course that is not on their Plan or History.  To do so, go to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment in the administrative menu.

Select View by Person on the Filters and Options pop-up and search for the user in the Employee Filter tab.  Once the desired user has been found click Show Results in the bottom right hand corner.

The Results grid will populate with all of the courses on the selected user’s Development plan and/or History.

In the Actions drop-down, select Enroll. Select the Send Notification check box if you want the user to receive an email notification about this enrollment. Click Save.

The Enrollment box pop-up will open.

If you know the name of the course in which you want to enroll the user, begin typing the course name in the Course drop-down.  Select the appropriate course when it appears in the menu.

You can use the Filters button to limit the courses that will appear in the course box.  When the Filters button is used, the Course Filters pop-up will open. Select Course Type, Category, Media Type, or Provider.

Once you have set the filters, close the filters box and return to the course list.  Now only courses that meet the specified criteria will be visible.

Select the course, then set the Completion Deadline.  If the course should appear in the required section of the Learning Plan, check the Required box.  Then click Add.

If each of the courses have a different completion deadline, the deadline can be set in the results grid once the course has been added.  The Required box can also be checked and any necessary comments can be added.

Once all courses have been added, click Enroll in the top left corner of the Enrollment pop-up window.  You will see a confirmation screen.  If the information is correct, click OK.  If you need to make any changes, click Cancel.  Cancelling will take you back to the previous screen so that you can make any necessary changes.

Once you click OK, you will be redirected back to the results grid.  The selected course name(s) should now be in green, confirming that an enrollment has been created.

Managing by Course

After accessing the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen (People > Manage Credit and Enrollment), click the Set Filters button on the top toolbar.

Select the View by Course radio button at the top of the Filters and Options pop-out screen.  

Select a Course - Course Filter Tab

The Course Filter tab allows you to select the course you wish to see enrollment data for. If you need to view a course that is contained within a curricula, make sure you select the Show Curricula option at the top of the Course Filter tab.

There are several filters that can be used to assist in easily finding the correct course.

Course Type (Required)
The course types (with the exception of the Grant Credit Only) represent the status a resource could be, such as Active or Retired. Grant Credit Only limits the results to credit-bearing courses.
Category (Optional)
This lists the categories that are available in your system.
Media (Optional)
This lists the media types that are available in your system.
Provider (Optional)
This lists the course providers that are entered in your system.

Once the various selections have been made, the Courses drop-down will populate with a list of courses that fit the selected criteria.

Show Curricula

For courses contained within a mapping curricula or certificate, first select the Show Curricula option.  This will cause the Curricula filters to display.  Select the curricula in question from the first drop-down, then select the specific course from the second.

 
Note

For courses that have audiences both within and outside of a curriculum, if you select the course from the Show Courses list you will see all users’ status in the course without curricula audience information.  If you need to know who is part of the curricula audience, be sure to select the Show Curricula option.

Employee Filter Tab

If you are searching View by Course, this is an optional filter.  If you do not make any selections, you will see the most recent enrollment for all users in the course audience.

The Employee Search field allows you to narrow your results to one employee.  Typically this is left blank when using View by Course option.

The View drop-down allows you to limit your results based on the following criteria:

Show All
This is the default.  It shows the entire course audience (everyone who is allowed to take the course).
Show Enrolled
This is primarily a status for Instructor-led courses.  It shows users who have enrolled in a class instance.
Show Completed
All users who have completed the selected course.
Show Incomplete
All users in the course audience who have not completed the course.  This includes users who do not have the course on their plan, but they could take it.
Show Not Enrolled
This is primarily a status for Instructor-led courses.  It shows users who have the course on their plan, but have not yet selected a class instance.
Show Not Started
Users who have the course on their plan, but have not yet started it.
Show Waived
Users who have a waive status.
Show Exempt
Users who have an exempt status.
Show on Plan
All users who have the course on their Development Plan.  This status will include users who are Enrolled, Incomplete, Not Enrolled, and Not Started.
Show On History
All users who have received a completion.  This status will include users who are Complete, Waived, and Exempt.
Show Passed
All users who have passed the course.  (This status is not shown in all systems.)
Show Failed
All users who failed the course.  (This status is not shown in all systems.)

There are several additional filters you can apply on top of the audience selection.

Completions Expiring
This drop-down allows you to limit your search results to just completions expiring in a selected amount of time.  Each selection will also include any expired completions.
Show Multiple Enrollments
Select this checkbox to view every completion and enrollment for each user.  When this box is left unchecked only the most recent enrollment for each user will be shown.
Show only Required
Select this checkbox to limit the results to only users who are in a required audience for the selected course.
Limit Results to Course Audience
By default this checkbox is selected, which limits the results to users who are part of the course audience through a course audience tab or curricula mapping.  When this box is unchecked, you will see everyone allowed by your security, even users who are not part of the course audience.
Show Inactive Employees
Select this checkbox to view users who have an Inactive status.

Domain Filter Tab

Once the course has been selected, you may choose to narrow down the audience using the domain filter.  This is an optional filter.  If you do not make any selections, you will see the most recent enrollment for all users in the course audience.

You can use a single filter or combine them to further narrow down your results.  If you use more than one filter, the filters combine with an “and”.  In the example shown below, your results would only include Account Managers in the Sales department.

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Show Results

Once you have selected your filters, click the Show Results button at the bottom of the screen to proceed to your results.

Clear Selections

The Filters and Options pop-up will retain your selections after you leave this screen to work in the Results grid.  To ensure that you don’t have any forgotten selections affecting your new results, click the Clear Selections button each time that you need to select new criteria on the Filter and Options pop-up.

Example:  On the View by Course option, you use the Domain filter to limit your results to just the Sales Department.  After you are done, you decide to switch to View by Person and need to select an employee in the Customer Service Department.  If you don’t clear your selections, your Sales Department domain selection will limit your Employee Search to just employees in the Sales Department.

The Results Grid

The results of your selections will appear in the Results Grid.  Please note that the results are limited to 3000 rows.  If your results are greater than 3000 rows, you will need to use the Employee Filter or Domain Filter to limit your results.

If you have made selections in View by Course, each row of the results grid displays data for one user.  Select the checkbox at the far left of each user you want to update enrollment or completion data on.

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If you have made selections in the View by Person, each row displays data for one course.

Only the Name/Course column is different.  The other columns are the same for each set of results.

The Status column displays the user's status in a course. Statuses can be grouped in three categories:

Not On Plan

Not Started (Indicated in Gray)
The course is not on the user's learning plan.  The user is not enrolled.

On Plan

Not Started (Indicated in Green)
The course is on the user's Learning Plan, but it has not been launched from their Learning Plan.
Incomplete (Indicated in Green)
The course has been launched from the Learning Plan, but it has not been completed.
Expiring (Indicated in Blue)
The course will expire within the designated time period.  The time period is the value of the "expiration appearance", which is set at the resource level.  The user has been re-enrolled in the course and it is on the user's Learning Plan.
Expired (Indicated in Red)
The last completion for this course has expired.  The user has been re-enrolled in the course and it is on the user's Learning Plan.

On History

Complete (Indicated in Black)
The course has been completed.
Waived (Indicated in Black)
The course requirement has been waived for this user.
Exempt (Indicated in Black)
This user is exempt from the course requirement.

The Hours and Minutes columns indicate course length.  These can be edited.  Score can also be adjusted on this screen.

The Completion date is the date the course was completed, and the Completion Deadline is the date by which the course should be completed.  If a course is on a user's Learning Plan due to expiration, this date will automatically be the date that the course is due to expire.  These fields can be edited.

The Expiration Date is the date that the previous course completion is due to expire.  This field cannot be changed as it is automatically set based on the expiration criteria set at the resource level.

Certification

A certificate of completion can only be loaded for a for a user that has a Complete status in the course.  To load the certificate of completion, click on the certificate icon next to the user's completion.

A pop-up will open prompting you to select a certificate to upload.  Click Select and navigate to the appropriate document.

As soon as you select the document, the system will automatically upload it.  A magnifying glass will now be shown next to the certificate icon indicating that a certificate has been uploaded.

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You can click on the magnifying glass to view the uploaded certificate.

If needed, multiple certificates can be loaded for a single employee for the same resource.

 
Note

If the course already has a default completion certificate associated with it, this certificate will automatically appear in the user's Learning History on the LMS. You do not need to manually upload it. Based on your system configuration, both the default completion of certificate and the manually loaded certificate of completion may be available on the user's history.

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Toolbar Options

The Actions drop-down and the toolbar of the Manage Credits and Enrollment screen allow you to change enrollment and credit data for individuals or groups of users.

Actions Drop-down

Listed below are the actions that are available in the Action drop-down menu.

 
Note

The Toolbar Actions options are specific to the View by Person or View by Course filter options.  So, the options listed in the Toolbar Actions drop-down menu will vary depending on which filter option (View by Person or View by Course) has been selected.

Enroll as Elective
This action is used to enroll a user in the selected course.  The course will appear in the Elective Learning section of the user's Learning Plan.
Enroll or Enroll as Required
This action is used to enroll a user in the selected course.  The course will appear in the Required section of the user's Learning Plan.  When a user is "Enrolled as Required" they are not truly part of the required audience.  They will not be listed as a member of the required audience on Required reports and the Required course notifications will not be sent to them.  This option is not available in all systems.
Set/Update Completion Deadline
This action is used to set and/or update the completion deadline of a course that a user is already enrolled in.  The completion deadline will appear on the user's Development plan. It will also appear on reports ‎ Note: The Completion Deadline cannot be manually changed when it is set by a requirement at the resource/audience level (e.g., by setting expiration).  If you do try to change a required completion deadline, you will get a message letting you know that the deadline cannot be changed.
Set Completion
This action is used to grant credit to a user who does not have a Complete status for the course.
Enroll and Set Completion
This action creates an enrollment and then marks the course complete.  This should only be used when the user's status is complete and another completion is being granted.  Note:  If the user is already enrolled and this action is used, another enrollment will be created thus creating a duplicate enrollment.
Revoke Enrollment
This action is used to remove the user's enrollment in the course.
Revoke Completion
This action is used to revoke the completion for a user who was previously granted credit for completing the course. The user will remain enrolled in the course.
Revoke Completion and Enrollment
This action is used to revoke the completion for a user who was previously granted credit. This action will also remove the user's enrollment in the course.
Waive Selected Individuals
This action is used to waive a user from a course requirement.  A waive is visible on the user's Learning History.  If used for a resource that has an expiration, this will only waive the user from the current requirement; the user will still need to complete the training before the next scheduled expiration date.
Exempt Selected Individuals
This action is used to exempt a user from a course requirement.  An exempt may or may not be visible on the user's Learning History based on your system's configuration. If used for a resource that has an expiration, the user will never have to take the course regardless of expiration date.

The Toolbar

In addition to the actions drop-down, there is the toolbar that can be accessed at any time.  Each item on this top navigation bar is defined below.

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Send Notification
Check this box if you would like for the user(s) to receive an email notifying them of their new enrollment.  If this box is left unchecked, no notification will be sent.  Note:  An enrollment notification is the only notification type that can be sent from this screen.
Save
Click this to complete the selected action.
Set Filters
Launches the Filters and Options pop-up.  Use this when you need to change the course, audience, or switch to the other filter option (View by Person or View by Course).
Set Defaults
Launches the Defaults pop-up.  Use this to set your completion date or completion deadline, depending on the selected action.
Count Audience
A quick way to see how many people are in the selected audience.
Upload Certification
Use this option to attach a completion certification, in the form of a PDF document, to a user's Learning Plan once they have completed the course or curriculum. This is different from the Certificates of Completion that are associated with a resource through the Maintain Learning Resources screen.  Depending on configuration, a user's history can display both a Certificate of Completion and this Completion Certification.
Export to Excel
Use this option to export a copy of the results grid to an Excel file.  A pop-out box will appear prompting you to click a link to open the results in Excel.

Upload Certification

A completion certification cannot be deleted once attached to a specific user's completion.  If it needs to be deleted, the completion record must be revoked.  Once the completion is dropped, the certification will be deleted.  The administrator will then need to reset the completion so that course history is not lost.

To upload a completion certification, select the check box at the left of the user's name who you wish to select and click on the Upload Certification button.

The upload box will display prompting you to select a certificate file to upload.  The file should be in a PDF format.

Once the file has been uploaded a magnifying glass will now appear next to the certification icon in the user's data row.  If desired, click on the magnifying glass to view the document.

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If needed, additional documents can be uploaded using the same steps.  A list of all uploaded documents will display when the magnifying glass is selected.

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Note

The same certification document cannot be used for multiple users.  If you try to upload a certification document that has already been used, the system will stop you.

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Set Completion

Set for a Group

Follow these steps to set completion for a group of users through the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen.

Go to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment in the administrative menu and select View by Course on the Filters and Options pop-up (this is the default).

Use the Course filters to select the course as described in the Select a Course section mentioned above.

In the Results grid, click the individual check box next to each user for whom you need to set completion.

 
Important Note

Remember, if you have some users with a Complete status and other users that have a different status, you cannot process their credit at the same time. You must use two different actions.

Select one of the following from the Actions drop-down menu.

Click on Set Defaults in the top toolbar to set the same completion date and course time for all selected employees.  This will open the Set Defaults pop-up window.

Enter the completion date and, if needed, the time that it took to complete the course.  If the completion date and time vary by employee, this information can be individually entered into the Results grid.

Click Apply Defaults.  The completion date and course time should appear in the selected rows of the Results grid.

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Click the Save button.  You will see a confirmation screen.  If the information is correct, click Confirm.  If you need to make any changes, click Cancel.  Clicking Cancel will take you back to the previous screen so that you can make any necessary changes.

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Once you click Confirm, you will be redirected back to the results grid.  All of the selected employees' name(s) should now be in black, confirming that they have been granted a completion.

Set for an Individual

Go to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment in the administrative menu and select View by Person on the Filters and Options pop-up.

Use the Employee Filter tab to select the user as described in the Select a User help screen.

In the Results grid, select the check box next to each course for which you need to set completion.

There are two actions that can be used to grant credit: Set Completion and Enroll and Set Completion.

Click the Save button.  You will see a confirmation screen.  If the information is correct, click Confirm.  If you need to make any changes, click Cancel.  Clicking Cancel will take you back to the previous screen so that you can make any necessary changes.

Once you click Confirm, you will be redirected back to the results grid.  All of the selected user's name(s) should now be in black, confirming that they have been granted a completion.

Set Completion vs. Enroll & Set Completion

There are two available actions can be used to grant credit.  They are Set Completion and Enroll & Set Completion.  It is important to understand when to use which action to ensure that your training records are properly maintained.

Set Completion

For those users who have do not have a status of “Complete” you should use the Set Completion action to ensure that any current enrollments are updated without creating a duplicate enrollment.  If you do not use this action an additional enrollment may be created.

Example: Each of the four users in the screenshot below have a different status for this course, but Set Completion should be used to grant credit for each of them. The statuses are:

Not Started
green, enrolled
Expiring
enrollment automatically created: select the corresponding enrollment (green) status, NOT the expiring status
Expired
enrollment automatically created: select the corresponding enrollment (green) status, NOT the expired status
Not Started
gray, no enrollment

The first three users are already enrolled in the course while the last user has never taken the course or been enrolled.  If you were to use Enroll and Set Completion for them, this would create a duplicate enrollment for the first three users.

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Note

When working with courses that have an expiration period, always check the Show Multiple Enrollments box on the Audience tab of the Filters pop-up. This will allow you to see the automatically created enrollment for users that have the status of Expiring or Expired.

The screenshot below shows the same audience as above, but with the Multiple Enrollments visible. This makes it easy to see the automatically created enrollments.  Just remember to only select the Not Started (green) status for users that have the status of Expiring or Expired.

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Enroll & Set Completion

Users who have a status of “Complete” do not currently have the course on their learning plan, so you should use the Enroll and Set Completion action to ensure that a new enrollment is created.  If you do not use this action the may be overwritten.

Example: The two users shown below have already taken this course in the past.  They just completed a refresher course and now you need to grant them credit.  Since they were not previously enrolled in this course, you need to use Enroll and Set Completion.  If you used Set Completion, then their previous (i.e. 2015) completion date would be erased

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Note

If a user only has a Complete status (black – this includes Waive and Exempt), then use Enroll and Set Completion.  For any other color/status, use Set Completion.

Enroll a Group

Follow these steps to enroll a group of users through the Manage Credit and Enrollment screen.

 
Note

If there is a prerequisite on the resource, an enrollment through Manage Credit and Enrollment will override the prerequisite.

Go to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment, in the administrative menu, and select View by Course on the Filters and Options pop-up (this is the default).

Use the Course filters to select the course as described on the Select a Course information mentioned above.

In the Results grid, select the individual check box next to each user you want to enroll.  If you want to enroll all of the selected audience, check the box located to the left of the Name column in the header row of the Results grid.

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Tip!!

Those users indicated in gray with a blank or Not Started status do not currently have the course on their Learning Plan.  They are not enrolled in the course.  You should only be enrolling users with a “Complete” status (for courses that allow multiple enrollments) or a blank status.  All other statuses (including expired and expiring) signify that the employee is already enrolled.

Select one of the following from the Actions drop-down menu.

If you would like for employees to receive an email notification about this enrollment, select the Send Notification check box in the toolbar.

Click on Set Defaults in the top toolbar to set the same completion deadline for all selected employees.  This will open the Set Defaults pop-up window.

 

Enter the completion deadline.  For enrollment actions, the Completion Deadline field is the only Default information that should be set.

Click Apply Defaults.  The completion deadline should now appear in the selected rows of the results grid.

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Note

The Completion Date field will automatically populate with the current date.  Just ignore this.  This date will not be visible on any screen.

Click the Save button.  You will see a confirmation screen.  If the information is correct, click Confirm.  If you need to make any changes, click Cancel.  Clicking Cancel will take you back to the previous screen so that you can make any necessary changes.

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Once you click Confirm, you will be redirected back to the results grid.  All of the selected user’s name(s) should now be in green, confirming that they are now enrolled in the selected course.

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Managing Failed Assignments

As an administrator, you may run into a situation where a user has reached their attempt limit on an assignment, such as a quiz, and they have not yet passed the quiz.

To handle this scenario, navigate to People > Manage Credit and Enrollment.  Locate the enrollment and click the checkbox next to it.  Then, use the drop-down menu in the top toolbar to select Revoke Completion.

As long as the user is in a required audience for this course, this will bump them back to "Not Started" status for this assignment, which will allow them to attempt completion again.

 
Note

If the course is OSHA-related, this functionality will not be available.

Related Topics

Uploading Batch Enrollment Transactions

Managing Credit and Waiver Requests