Competency Based Education Settings
Use this page to turn Competency Based Education (CBE) on, to change its display name (optional), and set its parameters for grading and transcripts.
Tip
Because the settings may have an impact on many users and records, most settings have instructions and reminders on the settings page and a Learn more link for more information. Most settings have an Edit this section button to allow you to make and save changes safely.
Warning
Changes to registration settings can impact current and historical student records and other important information. Before making changes, make sure you have a consensus of stakeholders, and make sure you have data backed up. Experiment with a play database before making changes in your live database.
Settings on the Page
CBE Default Settings for Grades, Credits, Hours, and Transcripts
General CBE Settings
Use these settings to turn Competency Based Education on. You can also change its display name, determine what to include in registration checking, and decide where CBE category levels can be edited.
Enable CBE: Select the checkbox to turn CBE on, allowing your school to define competencies and assign them to courses.
Display Name: The default is CBE. Edit it as you wish. This is what CBE will be called in many labels and page titles. (In the documentation, we'll still call it CBE.)
Include in-progress CBE courses in prerequisite/corequisite/prohibited checking: This tells the system what to do in-progress CBE courses in pre-co-pro checking at registration. Select the checkbox to have the system check in-progress CBE courses as well completed ones. Deselect it to have the system ignore in-progress CBE courses.
Include previous term in corequisite checking: This tells the system whether to check only the upcoming term being registered or also the previous term when a student registers for a corequisite. Select the checkbox to include the previous term in the check.
Allow the Category Level to Be Edited in These Places: This lets you determine where users can edit the maximum category level available. Select any, all, or none. Leave them unselected if you want users to use only the default category level.
Catalog courses
Course sections
Student course history records
Default Settings for Each Element: Determine whether by default each element added to a course is Required to compete the course or is Optional. (This can be adjusted per catalog course, course section, and student-section.) Optional elements don't affect grade calculations.
Data is stored in settings tables.
Field | Database Location |
|---|---|
Enable CBE | Settings where InternalName = 'UseCBE' |
Display Name | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEDisplayLabel' |
Include in-progress [CBE] courses in prerequisite / corequisite / prohibited checking | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEIncludeInProgress' |
Include previous term in corequisite checking | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEIncludePreviousTerm' |
Catalog courses | Settings where InternalName = 'LevelEditedOnCatalog' |
Course sections | Settings where InternalName = 'LevelEditedOnSection' |
Student course history records | Settings where InternalName = 'LevelEditedOnStuCrsHist' |
Default Settings for Each Element radio button group | Settings where InternalName = 'IdentifyCBEsAs' |
In Desktop, the settings are on the Registration Configuration window. The Enable Competency Based Education checkbox is at the very bottom of the Registration Configuration tab. When it's selected, the Competency Based Education tab appears. The rest of the CBE settings on are that tab.
The permission needed to view and edit these settings is "Can manage CBE settings". It's available in the Registration Settings section of the Registration Module Manager role or roles copied from it.
On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.
Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.
Click the anchor link for General CBE Settings.
Click the Edit this Section button.
Select the Enable CBE checkbox.
In the Display Name field, edit the display name if you want it changed from the default "CBE". This will be what Competency Based Education is called in many labels and page titles. (In documentation, we'll still call it CBE.)
Select checkboxes for either, both, or neither of these:
Include in-progress CBE courses in prerequisite / corequisite / prohibited checking
Include previous term in corequisite checking
Under Allow the Category Level to Be Edited in These Places, select checkboxes to determine where users can edit the maximum category level available.
Catalog courses
Course sections
Student course history records (that is, an individual student's course)
Under Default Settings for Each Element, select a radio button to determine whether by default any competencies assigned are Required or Optional to complete the course they're assigned to.
To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.
On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.
Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.
In the CBE Default Settings for Grades, Credits, Hours, and Transcripts section, click the Edit this section button.
Under Grading Method, select checkboxes for any, all, or none of these checkboxes that you want applied to required CBE elements for courses.
Use grades on elements
Use credits on elements
Use hours on elements
Under Grading Method, for any checkbox you selected, select a radio button to have the grades (or credits or hours) roll up from the CBE elements to the course or the other roll down from the course to the CBE element. (Credits and hours don't roll down to a section; they're defined on the section definition.)
If you want CBE elements to show on transcripts, select either or both of these checkboxes:
Show elements associated with a course below each course printed on the transcript
(Competencies appear with their course section. A competency's grades, credits, and hours don't appear.)
Show elements on a supplemental page at the end of the transcript
(Competencies appear in a list at the end. A competency's grades, credits, and/or hours show.)
To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.
CBE Default Grading Settings
For Grades, Credits, Hours, and Transcripts
Set defaults for how grades, credits, and hours are handled for CBE courses and for how CBEs should appear on transcripts. See the "Configuring CBE" topic for a more thorough discussion of the reasons to select one setting or another.
Grading Method: Determine whether by default CBE elements receive grades, credits, and/or hours, and whether the grades, credits, and hours roll up from required elements.
Use grades on elements: Select this if you want competencies to be graded by default. When this checkbox is selected, then you must select a radio button for how the grades flow between the course and the required competencies.
Grades roll up from elements: Grades on the competencies determine the course grade.
Grades roll down to elements: The course grade is assigned to each of the competencies.
Use credits on elements
Credits roll up from elements: Credits on the competencies determine the course credits.
Credits are defined on the section: Credits for the competencies are predefined.
Use hours on elements
Hours roll up from elements: Hours on the competencies determine the course hours.
Hours are defined on the section: Hours for the competencies are predefined.
Transcripts: Select either, both, or neither checkbox to determine how CBEs appear on transcripts.
Show elements associated with a course below each course printed on the transcript
Show elements on supplemental page at the end of transcript
Data is stored in settings tables.
Field | Database Location |
|---|---|
Use grades on elements | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEAllowGrading' |
[Use grades on elements radio button group] | Settings where InternalName = 'DefaultGradingMethod' |
Grades roll up from elements | Value: RollUp |
Grades roll down to elements | Value: RollDown |
Use credits on elements | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEUseCredits' |
[Use credits on elements radio button group] | Settings where InternalName = 'CreditTracking' |
Credits roll up from elements | Value: DeterminedByAllRequired |
Credits are defined on the section | Value: DeterminedBySection |
Use hours on elements | Settings where InternalName = 'CBEUseHours' |
[Use hours on elements radio button group] | Settings where InternalName = 'HoursTracking' |
Hours roll up from elements | Value: DeterminedByAllRequiredHrs |
Hours are defined on the section | Value: DeterminedBySectionHrs |
Show elements associated with a course below each course printed on the transcript | Settings where InternalName = 'CBETransShowWithCourse' |
Show elements on supplemental page at the end of transcript | Settings where InternalName = 'CBETransShowSupplementalPage' |
In Desktop, the settings are on the Registration Configuration window. The Enable Competency Based Education checkbox is at the very bottom of the Registration Configuration tab. When it's selected, the Competency Based Education tab appears. The rest of the CBE settings on are that tab.
The permission needed to view and edit these settings is "Can manage CBE settings". It's available in the Registration Settings section of the Registration Module Manager role or roles copied from it.
On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.
Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.
Click the anchor link for General CBE Settings.
Click the Edit this Section button.
Select the Enable CBE checkbox.
In the Display Name field, edit the display name if you want it changed from the default "CBE". This will be what Competency Based Education is called in many labels and page titles. (In documentation, we'll still call it CBE.)
Select checkboxes for either, both, or neither of these:
Include in-progress CBE courses in prerequisite / corequisite / prohibited checking
Include previous term in corequisite checking
Under Allow the Category Level to Be Edited in These Places, select checkboxes to determine where users can edit the maximum category level available.
Catalog courses
Course sections
Student course history records (that is, an individual student's course)
Under Default Settings for Each Element, select a radio button to determine whether by default any competencies assigned are Required or Optional to complete the course they're assigned to.
To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.
On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.
Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.
In the CBE Default Settings for Grades, Credits, Hours, and Transcripts section, click the Edit this section button.
Under Grading Method, select checkboxes for any, all, or none of these checkboxes that you want applied to required CBE elements for courses.
Under Grading Method, for any checkbox you selected, select a radio button to have the grades (or credits or hours) roll up from the CBE elements to the course or the other roll down from the course to the CBE element. (Credits and hours don't roll down to a section; they're defined on the section definition.)
If you want CBE elements to show on transcripts, select either or both of these checkboxes:
Show elements associated with a course below each course printed on the transcript
(Competencies appear with their course section. A competency's grades, credits, and hours don't appear.)
Show elements on a supplemental page at the end of the transcript
(Competencies appear in a list at the end. A competency's grades, credits, and/or hours show.)
To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.