CACWT - Support Staff: Adding a Course

CACWT - Support Staff: Adding a Course

Adding a course

Instructions


Adding a course:

  • Select “Add Course” on the left panel under “Courses” section:

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Figure 4.2.2d: CACWT left side panel with “Add Course” highlighted under the dropdown Courses section.

  • The next screen asks for Basic Information about the course. Required categories are highlighted in blue and include:

    • Name - [Course name]

      • Course Nomenclature: Please follow the format provided when naming courses. “Course Series + Course name + hosting Agency” (exclude course series, if not present).  

      • Section Nomenclature: “Course Series + Course Name + Hosting Agency + 000000 + uidsuffix” (Add the training start date in six digit format, then follow with any unique ID or suffix related to the county or hosting agency).

    • Department - Common Core/Community/Continuing Training/ Supervisor Core/Training

    • Self-Registration - Yes/No

    • Status - Active/Archived

    • Requires Approval - approval by Affiliation Manager or General Approver


  • Additional course information includes:  

    • Certificate category: Specify what certificate learners earn for course completion. Note that RTAs can create their own certificate templates.

    • “Pre test survey”, “Post test,” and “Statewide Satisfaction Survey, “Demographic Survey” - Link to evaluations or surveys associated with the course. Note: Every instructor-led training should have a satisfaction survey and every Common Core course should have a post test. 

    • “Cyber Train Course ID” - External course IDs; Can be used to export data out of CACWT to local LMS.

    • “ICPM Practice Behavior” - Often specific to training academy or hosting county.

    • “Course Type” - Specific to training academy or county.

    • “Course Format” - Defines the course type such as: Instructor-led, Field-based training, eLearning, etc.

    • “Continuing Training Type” - Indicate whether it’s a Proprietary, Regional, or State Standardized training.

    • Contact Name - Contact person or office 

    • Contact Email - Contact email for course-related questions, may use general office email

  • Below the course description is the “Keywords” section - Add any key words related to the course here to make it more searchable in CACWT.

  • “Course Requisites” section - Admin can add prerequisite or recommended courses.

    • “Prerequisite” - Learner will be unable to enroll in the course until prerequisite(s) are  completed; Once the prerequisite is completed, they will be enrolled in the course or added to the waitlist if one exists.

    • “Recommended courses” - Will only show up to a learner if the course has self-enrollment.