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Setting Up Competency Based Education

Important

Information and features vary according to the roles to which you belong and the permissions associated with those roles. For more information, contact your module manager or your campus support team.

Use this topic to guide you through the setup tasks:

  • Turn CBE on and configure the settings

  • Define CBE elements (units and competencies)

  • Assign roles and permissions

  • Designate courses and sections as CBE

  • Assign competencies to courses and sections

CBE License Required

Competency Based Education requires the Competency Based Education license.

Where You Administer CBE

IT or module managers use the Registration Settings to turn CBE on and set the basic configurations.

On Registration Roles pages, they set permissions for registrars and module managers, and on definitions pages they define CBE components. Then module managers or registrars assign competencies to catalog courses, course sections, and/or student-sections. See "Setting Up Competency Based Education" for details.

  • Competency Based Education (CBE) Settings page

    • Turn CBE on and configure it

  • Registration Roles pages for Registration Module Manager and Registrars roles

    • Assign users to the roles

    • Give or remove permissions in the Competency Based Education section

  • Create Course page, Manage Catag Course page, and Manage Catalog Course Details page

    • Designate a catalog course as a CBE course

    • View, add, edit, and remove CBE elements in courses

  • Create Section page, Manage Sections page, and Manage Section Details page

    • Designate a section as a CBE section

    • View, add, edit, and remove CBE elements in sections

Required Permissions

Permissions are required for setting up CBE and assigning competencies to courses and sections. The permissions are in the Registrars role and the Registration Module Manager role. Permissions include these:

  • Can manage CBE category definitions

  • Can manage CBE competency definitions

  • Can manage CBE learning outcome definitions

  • Can manage CBE type definitions

  • Can view CBEs

  • Can edit CBEs

  • Can add CBEs

  • Can remove CBEs

Setup Checklist

Use this checklist to remind you of the steps needed to get CBE working. Details and instructions follow for each of these steps.

  • Assign roles and permissions

  • Define CBE elements

  • Designate courses and sections as CBE

  • Assign Competencies to courses and sections

  • Work with CBE in courses, sections, and student records

  • Allow students to search for courses by competency