Professional Development
Introduction
Professional Development is used to create and manage staff education programs via the Web. Once the course detail is set up, end users enjoy 24/7 access to registration, class schedules and a personal record of completed coursework.
Instructors can create courses to be offered for registration, maintain class attendance, and assign grades/credits. This process can be done from the Web or within BusinessPlus, through the Human Resources (HR) Professional Development (PD) Course Definition (HRPDUPCD) page. The courses will commonly be created from the Web and approved within PD Course Definition by the PD administrator.
Professional Development includes standard reports and immediate online inquiry to any data in the system. Security-protected reports can be run at the user's networked computer or via the Internet from selected Web browsers.
Features
End User
- Search and view courses online 24/7 from the Browse Course view. Drill down for additional detail, including course description, location, class date/times, and class size/availability.
- Register for courses and drop existing courses.
- When placed on a waiting list, view status and position on waiting list.
- When a course is configured for a single credit type, select from the available credit types at registration.
- Ability to modify the selection up to the start date of the course.
- Print certificate for each successfully completed course.
- Print transcript.
- View online history of courses attended.
Instructor
- Define a new course and submit it for approval to the Professional Development administrator.
- Define the class schedule.
- Optionally, define which credit types (and maximum credit) apply.
- Optionally, define which custom-defined miscellaneous codes apply (strategic objectives, equipment, etc.).
- Optionally, attach a course syllabus.
- Change course location and/or class days/times and automatically notify registered participants.
- Cancel future courses and automatically notify registered participants.
- Increase class size and automatically enroll (in order of registration) and notify participants who are on the waiting list.
- Email communication with all or selected registered participants through Professional Development.
- Optionally, grade and assign credits (partial or full) to participants.
Dependencies
- Workflow must be implemented prior to any Professional Development setup or testing.
- The BusinessPlus Person/Entity module is used by sites for Professional Development instructor and participant information if they are not employees or if the site does not utilize the BusinessPlus Human Resources module for employee information.
- If the BusinessPlus Human Resources module is used, employee information required by Professional Development for instructors and participants will be drawn first from this source.