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INTRODUCTION
There are two scheduling options to assign training:
There are two scheduling options:
Basic Scheduling: Allows you to assign training and set scheduling dates that include: Start Date, Due Date, and End Date. You can also manage how the LMS handles previous completions. Refer to the Assign Training: Basic Scheduling article for more information on this scheduling option.
Advanced Scheduling: Allows you to assign training and set scheduling dates and in addition, provides a method to:
- Set Recurrent Training Dates: For training that is required to be completed semi-annually, annually or on some other schedule.
- Set Options for Inherited Assignments: Adjust dates for learners who receive the assignment at a later date. For example, new hires and transfers from one department to another.
Notes: (1) If your basic or advanced scheduling assignment includes a Class, please refer to the Assign Training: Classes article to learn how to assign any training that includes a class. (2) Qualification and Training Programs are the same feature in the LMS. Qualification is the term used in the Enterprise LMS. Training Program is the term used in the MSHA LMS. (3) The Express LMS is a basic feature LMS that does not include qualifications or training programs. Express LMS users should ignore references to qualifications and training programs.
CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT: ADVANCED SCHEDULING
Follow these steps to assign one or more activities (including classes) or qualifications OR both to a user, organization unit, or group:
- Click the Administration tab at the top of the screen.
- Click the Assignments link, then Assign Training on the left menu bar.
Complete these steps:
Step 1: Click the Select button to the right of the Training to Assign field:
- Choose Qualification/Training Program or Activity from the Look for drop down list.
- Select one or more Qualifications/Training Programs OR one or more activities (or both) from the list of Available Records table.
- Click the right arrow to move the selections from the Available Records table to the Selected Records table.
- Click the Select button.
Step 2: Click the Select button to the right of the Assign Training to field:
- Choose organization unit from the Look for drop down list.
- Select one or more users, organization units or groups from the list of Available Records table.
- Click the right arrow to move the selections from the Available Records table to the Selected Records table.
- Click the Select button.
Step 3: Select the assignment dates from the list below:
Assignment Start Date: Choose Now or enter a date the training will appear on the learner’s training tab.
Note: If you choose any date other than now, the assignment will not appear on the learner’s tab until that date.
Advanced Option: Check the box and enter the desired time frame that the training will become available once the learner is added to or inherits this assignment.
Assignment Due Date: Enter the date when the training must be completed by the user.
Advanced Option: Extend the due date for inherited assignments in two ways. A specified period of time OR a specific date after the training appears on the training tab.
Completion Status Expiration Date: Enter the time period when the learner’s completion status will change to incomplete. This feature allows you to set recurring training dates.
Advanced Option: Set recurring training dates in three ways. A period of time based on when the training was last completed, a specific date every so many years OR annual at the end of a specified number of years.
Recurring Due Date: Enter the date the assigned training must be completed by.
Advanced Option: Set recurring due dates in three ways. On the day the training expires, a period of time before or after the training expires, OR a specific date after the training expires.
Assignment End Date: Enter the date when the assignment will no longer appear on the learner’s training tab.
Note: The assignment will disappear on that date regardless of the learner’s completion status. For example, if the completion status is in progress, incomplete, or overdue, the assignment will still disappear from the learner’s training tab.
Advanced Option: Enter the period of time the training will no longer appear on the training tab once the learner is added to or inherits this assignment.
Ignore Previous Completions: Select Ignore Completion Records option to force the user’s completion status back to incomplete to make them take the training again. The date defaults to the current date but you can enter a date of your choice.
Note: You can use the same requirement in multiple qualifications/training programs. Requirements will be marked as complete for ALL qualifications once the user completes all the activities in the duplicate requirement. DO NOT set the Ignore Previous Completions for any assignment that includes a duplicate requirement. The ignore date is not observed once one of the duplicate requirements is completed. If this setting is important to use in the assignment, we recommend making two different requirements (naming them slightly differently) so that you may use this parameter in the assignment.
Advanced Option: Ignore completion record dates in two ways. Specify a period of time before the assignment appears on the training plan OR set a specific date before the assignment appears on the training plan.
Assignment Identifier: Type a word or phrase to be used as a unique identifier.
This field allows an LMS Administrator to "label" or "tag" multiple qualification assignments with a unique identifier. This allows you to run a report and filter on the associated qualifications producing a report with any qualifications associated by the tag. Please refer to the Assignments: Assignment Identifier article to learn more about this feature and how it is used.
Step 4: Click the Save button.