Credit Areas
Get Started
- Choose Professional Learning from the main menu.
- Click Configuration, then Credit Areas.
- Click Course or Section to determine where the credit field will appear during course creation.
- When multiple credits are applied to a course, select an option to determine whether a participant will select the credit they want to earn.
Manage Credit Areas
- Click Add/Edit Credit Areas.
- To add a credit area, click New Credit Area.
- In the newly-added row, enter the Credit Area name and choose a corresponding Color.
- Click the toggle to activate the credit area.
- To reorder the credit areas, click Reorder.
- Click a credit area handle to drag it to the desired location.
- Click Back to Edit Credit Areas.
- When finished, click Back to Credit Areas.
- In the table, select the credit value types for each credit area.
Selections save automatically.
Manage Credit Value Types
- Click Add/Edit Credit Value Types.
- To add a value type, click New Credit Value Type.
- In the newly-added row, enter the Credit Value Type name.
- Click the toggle to activate the value type.
- To reorder the credit areas, click Reorder.
- Click a credit area handle to drag it to the desired location.
- Click Back to Edit Credit Value Types.
- When finished, click Back to Credit Areas.
- In the table, select the credit areas for each value type.
Selections save automatically.
Manage Credit Conversions
- Click Add Credit Conversion.
- Choose a Credit Area.
- Choose the two Credit Value Types for the conversion.
- Enter the conversion Ratio.
- Click Add.
Credit areas and types designate what your end users earn upon completing a professional learning course.
Your baseline configuration credit areas are:
Credits – Hours
No Credit – Hours
Credit is assigned at the course level
One credit area is assigned per course
Course Creators will assign a value for the applicable credit area when building the PL course.
If your district issues a different type of credit or if multiple credit areas need to be assigned to a course, you can modify these credit areas, types, and settings by navigating to Professional Learning > Configuration > Credit Areas.
Configuration checklist
Confirm if multiple credit areas can apply to a course.
Confirm credit areas.
Confirm credit types.
You are now ready to Determine Course Types.