Create a Learning Program

You can create a new learning program from scratch. However, if an existing learning program closely resembles the desired program, you can copy the existing learning program instead and then modify its contents as needed. For more information, see Copy a Learning Program.

To create a learning program

1. Click Content > Learning Programs on the navigation bar.

   The Manage Learning Programs page displays, which lists the learning programs created on your site.

2. Click New Learning Program.

   The New Learning Program dialog box displays:

   

3. Enter the information. An asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

   Property	Description
   Name*	The name of the learning program.
   ID*	Uniquely identifies the learning program in the system. This value can be a maximum of 100 alphanumeric characters, and cannot begin with an underscore. If you do not enter an ID, one is automatically generated.
   Requires Approval to Enroll	Select this option if learners must request approval from their designated approval managers to enroll in the learning program. If you select this option, learners who are not enrolled cannot access the learning assets in the learning program.
   Content Language*	This setting determines where the learning program displays when a user searches or browses within a selected language. Select Not Specified to ensure it displays in all searches regardless of a learner's selected content language, or select a language to include it only when a learner searches within that language.
   Completion	The completion criteria for the root folder in the learning program: Complete all items: Learners must complete all of the items in the folder, but they can do so in any order. Complete all items in order: Learners must complete all of the items in the folder in a specific, forced order. In other words, a learner must complete the first item before the link for the second item becomes active, and so on. Complete any <N> items: Learners must complete a specified number (N) of items in the folder, but they can do so in any order. You must specify the number of items that must be completed. Learning Program is optional and does not have to be completed: Learners do not have to complete any of the items in the root folder, nor do they have to complete any of the items in any child folders. If you select this option, a learner is considered to have completed the learning program as soon as he or she has enrolled.
   Image	Specify the image to display for the learning program: Use standard image: This is the default setting. Use custom image: Click Add, click Browse to browse for the desired file, then click Upload to upload the image. The image must be either a .png, .gif, or .jpg file, and can have a maximum size of 5MB.
   Description	A description of the contents of the learning program. This value must be 4,000 characters or less.
   Objectives	The objectives (goals) of the learning program. This value must be 4,000 characters or less.
   Internal Notes	Any information you want to note for administrators about the learning program. These notes do not display on the learning program summary page that learners can view. This value must be 4,000 characters or less.

4. Click Save.
5. Click OK.

   Note: The learning program is added to the Manage Learning Programs page, and added as the last asset in the Learning Programs folder in the Catalog. Therefore, if you have assigned the Learning Programs folder to any groups or individual users, the learning program is now accessible to them by browsing the Library and by using Search (once the next run of Search indexing has occurred for your site).

   The Edit Learning Program page displays, showing the Catalog in the left pane and the learning program root folder in the right pane.

   

6. Add learning assets to the root folder, and add child folders (to contain related learning assets) to the root folder, as appropriate.

   For help with this step, see Edit a Learning Program.

   Note: Assigning a Learning Program with an empty folder can cause incorrect values in report data for the Status and Percent Started fields.

7. Click Save, then click Exit.
8. If desired, relocate the learning program or copy it into additional catalog folders.

   To get started with this, select Admin Home in the upper-right corner, then click Organize the catalog on the Admin Home tab. For more information, see Library.

9. If desired, assign the learning program to one or more groups or individual users.

   To get started with this, select the learning program, and click Manage Enrollments. For more information, see Enroll Users or Groups.