Defining CBE Elements
The CBE elements that your school actually assigns to courses and sections are units and competencies. (Your school may give them different names.) Competencies are the smallest type CBE element you can assign to courses and sections.
If you wish, you can group competencies into units. Units are the broader type of CBE element. Units can include competencies.
For each competency or unit, you can assign the Maximum Category Level, the highest level you allow for that element. You can also assign a Learning Outcome.
Here's where the elements are defined:
CBE Type Definitions page
The available types are predefined:
Unit
Competency
A unit can be the parent of one or more competencies. For example, Unit 1 could have Competency A and Competency B as children. Unit 2 could have Competencies C, D, and E.
In the future, there may be more types.
CBE Category Definitions page
You define the categories.
Categories can be different types of skill sets, such as knowledge and technical skill.
You can create levels of proficiency for each category.
CBE Learning Outcomes Definition page
You define outcomes.
You can associate each outcome with a program, department, and college.
There is also a user-defined table.
CBE Competency Definition window
This is where you combine all the elements to finish defining the competencies you want to measure.
Add competencies: the most specific skills you want to measure.
Assign their type (Unit or Competency); units can contain competencies in a parent-child relationship.
Set their maximum category-level default.
Assign their maximum duration.
Give them a description for transcripts.
Select an Advising Requirement Codes (ARC) for each CBE.
Optional: Select Learning Outcomes for each CBE.
See the definition topics for instructions to define the CBE elements in this sequence: