Attaching visual groups and activities to certifications
Learning administrators can organize attached
activities into visual groups. Activities are made available to employees on a specific
schedule. Activities and visual groups are attached when the certification is in the
proposed status after its initial creation and before it is made active.
- Select Learning and Development > Catalog > Certifications.
- On the Certifications tab, open the certification to update.
- Click the Visual Groups and Activities tab.
- To attach activities to the certification, click Create from the Activities list.
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Specify this information:
- Visual Group
- Specify the visual group name. If this field is left blank, then the visual group ID is used.
- Activity ID
- Select the activity to attach.
- Display sequence
- Specify the display sequence value for the activity.
- Mandatory
- Select this option to require the activity to all employees to earn a certification.
- Elective
- Select this option to not require the activity to employees to earn a certification.
- Completion Order
- Specify the order of completion for the activity.
- Credits
- Specify the number of credits that are granted for completing the activity to attach to a certification.
- Due Date
- Select the activity's due date to
attach to a certification.You can select one of these options:
- Follow the Certification Due Date set: Show the default due date for the certification that is defined by the administrator on the Rules tab.
- Within specified number of days after enrollment: Set a due date days after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of days.
- Within specified number of months after enrollment: Set a due date months after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of months.
- Within specified number of years after enrollment: Set a due date years after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of years.
- Availability
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Select the activity's availability
to the employees. You can select one of these options:
- Immediately: Set the activity's availability to the employees immediately after the certification is made active.
- In specified number of days after enrollment: Set the activity's availability to the employees days after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of days.
- In specified number of months after enrollment: Set the activity's availability to the employees months after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of months.
- In specified number of years after enrollment: Set the activity's availability to the employees years after the enrollment to a certification and specify the number of years.
- Click Submit.
- To create a visual group, click Create from the Visual Groups list.
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Specify this information:
- Visual Group
- Specify the name of the visual group to attach to a certification.
- Description
- Provide the visual group description. If this field is left blank, then the visual group ID is used.
- Parent Certification Visual Group
- Select a parent visual group of the certification.
- Click Save.