A recurring asset is an administrator-assigned asset that learners must retake at specified intervals (for example, every year to maintain a certification). When an Admin assigns a recurring asset to a learner, he can select what type of recurrence he wants the asset to follow:

Once assigned, and outside of the open window, the asset displays a Launch in Review link instead of the Launch link wherever the learner can access the asset (from his learning plan, search results, or Library Browse results).

If recurring assets are enabled for the organization, there are slight differences when assigning content to learning plans. A new area (Type) appears in the Add to Learning Plan dialog box:

When compliance is configured for your site, there are differences in how the assets are presented within learning plans. Stringency rules are the logic behind how Skillport prioritizes required assets. They are as follows:

Individual Requirement (Overridden Assignments) or Group Requirement (Inherited Assignments)

• The individual assignment is more stringent, and takes priority over the group (inherited) assignment.

Required Asset or Optional Asset

• The required asset is more stringent and takes priority over the optional asset.

Recurring Assignment Type

• An asset marked as Recurrence by Completion Date is more stringent than and takes priority over assets marked as Recurrence by Due Date.

Due Date (Only for Recurring Due Date)

• The closest due date, or the Most Overdue, is more stringent than other assets.

Initial Training

• The smallest period-based assignments take priority over assignments with longer periods.

Using the Enable Forced Restart web site switch, you can configure your Skillport site to force an asset to restart once it is completed.

If the Enable Forced Restart web site switch is enabled:

• This setting affects any self-assigned assets, and any non-recurring assignments (both self-assigned and manager-assigned) where the asset has the "Allow Multiple Completions" flag set in the completion criteria.
• When a user launches a completed course, a new progress record is automatically created, and the previous progress record is archived.

If the Enable Forced Restart web site switch is disabled:

• When launching an asset that has already been completed, learners are given a choice as to create a new progress record or not. They are presented with the following message:

  

  • Restart: This freezes the last completion record and creates a new record in the learner transcript that counts toward the next completion.
  • Continue: This does not create a new record in the learner transcript; instead, it allows the learner to re-enter the last completion with the goal of changing and improving its score. If the learner selects this option, he is returned to his previous bookmark, and the progress he makes is applied to his last completion.