Assigning Objectives to Courses and Programs

This topic provides an overview of objectives association to courses and programs, lists prerequisites, and discusses how to:

Assign objectives to courses.
Assign objectives to programs.

Pages Used to Assign Objectives to Courses and Programs and View Assignments

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Maintain Items - Attributes	LM_CI_ATTRIB_PG	select Enterprise Learning, then select Catalog, then select Maintain Items, then select Attributes	Assign objectives to courses.
Maintain Programs - Attributes	LM_PRG_ATTRIB_PG	select Enterprise Learning, then select Catalog, then select Maintain Programs Search for the program and select Attributes.	Assign objectives to programs.
Courses Map	LM_OBJV_CI_MAP	select Enterprise Learning, then select Learning Objectives, then select Define Learning Objectives, then select Courses Map	Review courses that are mapped to objectives.
Programs Map	LM_OBJV_PRGM_MAP	select Enterprise Learning, then select Learning Objectives, then select Define Learning Objectives, then select Programs Map	Review programs that are mapped to objectives.

Understanding Objectives Association to Courses and Programs

One of the final steps in objectives setup is assigning objectives to courses and programs. Learners can then search the catalog to locate and enroll in the classes or register in the programs that fulfill their outstanding objectives.

Mapped Objectives and Enrollment

Enrolling or registering in a class or program that has objectives does not cause the system to assign the objectives to the learner. Objectives can only be assigned to learners through the gap analysis process, by administrators, or through the self-service pages. When objectives are assigned, they have a status of needed.

When a learner enrolls in a class or registers in a program that will meet needed objectives, the system updates the status of the learner's objectives to in progress. The status changes to met when the learner successfully completes the learning. Should the learner drop the class or program prior to completing it, the status of the objective reverts to needed. The status also reverts to needed if an administrator drops the learner from the class or program after the learner completes it.

Program objectives are specific to each program registration and are evaluated per program, regardless of whether the learner met the objective or is meeting the objective in another program.

Prerequisites

Before you can assign objectives to courses and programs, you must:

Create courses.

See Creating Courses.
Create programs.

See Defining Programs.
Define Objectives.

See Defining and Reviewing Objectives.
Build the catalog index for courses, programs, and objectives.

See Updating the Catalog Indexes.

Maintain Items - Attributes Page

Use the Maintain Items - Attributes page (LM_CI_ATTRIB_PG) to assign objectives to courses.

Navigation

select Enterprise Learning, then select Catalog, then select Maintain Items, then select Attributes

Objective Code

Select the objective. The system automatically displays the description.

Proficiency

If the objective is associated with a rating model, select the proficiency level of the objective.

Warning! Changing the proficiency after the objective is assigned to learners can cause learners who have completed the same class or program to be given a different proficiency level.

Maintain Programs - Attributes Page

Use the Maintain Programs - Attributes page (LM_PRG_ATTRIB_PG) to assign objectives to programs.

Navigation

select Enterprise Learning, then select Catalog, then select Maintain Programs

Search for the program and select Attributes.