CACWT - Support Staff: Adding a Course
Adding a course
Instructions
Adding a course:
Select “Add Course” on the left panel under “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.
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