Determine Course Types

Administrators can enable or disable course forms.

To enable course type within My Courses, navigate to the Configuration navigation menu and select Course forms.

This page has two tabs:

• Course Forms: The course type filters available within My Courses will depend on the course type forms enabled within Manage Course forms.

• Field Bank: Lists fields you can include in your course or section.

Course forms

You can select one of the following options within Course forms:

• Automatically by the system: Indicates the course number is auto-generated by the Professional Learning system.

• Manually by Course Creators: Indicates the course number is manually provided by course creators or administrators.

Click the toggle switch to enable a course type.

Edit a Course form

To edit a course form:

1. Click the pencil icon.

2. Enter the Course Title, Course Number, Course Description, Credit Areas, and Component.

3. Click Add Fields to add fields to the course. Select the label you want to add, then click Add. To remove a field, click the dash icon.

4. Click Manage All Permissions to specify access levels for course creators and administrators.

5. Click Reorder Fields to rearrange the fields in the course.

6. To view how the course fields will appear, click Preview.

   1. Select the persona you want to view as from the Viewing as dropdown.

   2. Click x to exit.

7. Click Back to All Course Forms to return to Manage Course Forms.

Field bank

You can add a new field or click the toggle switch to enable or disable a field in a course or section.

Edit a field

To edit a field:

1. Click the pencil icon.

2. Enter Additional Information, Field Label, Instructions/Supporting Text.

3. Click Done Editing.

To delete a field, click the trash can icon.

In Professional Learning, there are three course types:

• Instructor-Led: Course has an instructor of record and is either in person or blended learning.  

• Professional Learning Community (PLC): This is a forum where team meeting attendance can be tracked and, if necessary, credits awarded.  

• Self-Paced: The course will provide a resource for participants to review the material and mark themselves complete.  Or a SCORM file can be uploaded to the Self-Paced course and the learner will review it and mark themselves complete.  

Participants cannot attach materials to any of the three course types mentioned. A Learning Management System integration would require participants to attach assignments to a course in the Learning Management System.  However, participants can attach proof of completion (transcripts, certificates, etc.) in the Transfer Credit Request module, review later in the implementation.  

Refer to Configure My Courses for more information.

Your baseline configuration includes all three course types, which are turned on.  

If your district does not want to use all three course types, please go to Professional Learning > Configuration > Course Forms > toggle the switch next to Off.  

Configuration checklist

• Choose if Instructor-led Courses will be included.

• Choose if PLC Learning Opportunity will be included.

• Choose is a Self-Paced Learning Opportunity will be included.

You are now ready for Course Forms & Section Forms.