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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.

Table 1. CBE General Settings Database Locations

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.

  1. On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.

  2. Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.

  3. Click the anchor link for General CBE Settings.

  4. Click the Edit this Section button.

  5. Select the Enable CBE checkbox.

  6. 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.)

  7. Select checkboxes for either, both, or neither of these:

    1. Include in-progress CBE courses in prerequisite / corequisite / prohibited checking

    2. Include previous term in corequisite checking

  8. Under Allow the Category Level to Be Edited in These Places, select checkboxes to determine where users can edit the maximum category level available.

    1. Catalog courses

    2. Course sections

    3. Student course history records (that is, an individual student's course)

  9. 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.

  10. To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.

  1. On the Registration Administration hub, click the Hub options.

  2. Select Settings and then Competency Based Education (CBE) settings. The Competency Based Education Settings page opens.

  3. In the CBE Default Settings for Grades, Credits, Hours, and Transcripts section, click the Edit this section button.

  4. Under Grading Method, select checkboxes for any, all, or none of these checkboxes that you want applied to required CBE elements for courses.

    1. Use grades on elements

    2. Use credits on elements

    3. Use hours on elements

  5. 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.)

  6. If you want CBE elements to show on transcripts, select either or both of these checkboxes:

    1. 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.)

    2. 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.)

  7. To abandon your changes without saving, click the Cancel button. Otherwise, click the Save this section button.