Assign a self-paced course
Give people or a group a published course to study at their own pace, with optional start and due dates, then follow their progress.
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Open the course
Choose Courses in the menu, search for the course and choose Open. You need permission to assign courses, which Center Managers, Center Administrators and Learning Managers have.
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Go to the Learners tab
Select Learners. It lists everyone assigned this version, one row per learner, under a progress summary. If the open version is still a draft, a message asks you to publish it first.
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Choose who to assign
Choose Assign Learners. With Assign To set to Selected Learners, tick people from the list; search by name, email or internal ID, or filter by group. To assign a whole group, set Assign To to Group and choose the group.
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Review the list
Choose Review Assignment. The preview counts who Will assign, who is Already enrolled, who is Skipped and who you Cannot assign, with one row per learner.
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Set the dates
Under Schedule, set an optional Start Date and Due Date. A Due Date is required when the course contains manual assignment lessons.
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Confirm the assignment
Choose the Assign … Learners button that shows how many learners will be assigned, then Assign Learners in the Assign Course confirmation. The learners appear in the list as Not started.
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Follow progress
Search and filter the list by status, result, source and due date. Open Report opens a learner’s course report, More actions offers Cancel Access (and View History for a learner assigned more than once), and Create Export starts an Excel or CSV export.