How to Create a Program for a Non-Accredited Course

How to Create a Program for a Non-Accredited Course

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Overview

Programs in the eSkilled Student Management System (SMS) refers to courses that could be a nationally accredited training programs, qualifications, part qualifications, units or modules, or non-accredited courses. 

Planning and setting up your Programs in the SMS correctly is important to ensuring a seamless experience for your administrators, trainers, and students. Correct Program settings also help ensure compliance with reporting requirements. 

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of creating non-accredited training program in your SMS. Non-accredited training programs typically do not lead to a nationally-recognised qualification or certification. These programs are often designed for personal development, career advancement, or skill acquisition. 

This tutorial will cover the following: 

  1. Creating a non-accredited training program
  2. Adding units to the program

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Step Tutorial

Creating a Non-Accredited Program

1. From the sidebar menu, go to Programs > Programs tab > then click Add.


These will be the available fields once you click the Add button.


But since we are only creating a non-accredited program, most of these fields will be unavailable once Qualification OR Accredited Course is disabled and the Type is set to Non-Accredited Course.


2. Fill out the following fields:

  1. Program Code - enter a code for your program. This is a code specific to your organisation that is used to quickly identify your program. 
  2. Program Name - enter a descriptive name for your Program. The Program name will appear in your enrolment forms. Ensure this is easily identifiable by your students or matches your Program offerings. 
  3. Qualification OR Accredited Course - turn off the toggle.
  4. Type - select the program type from the dropdown. In this case, select Non-Accredited course.
When the Program type is set to Non-Accredited course, fields that are not required for a non-accredited training will be hidden from the interface and will no longer need to be completed. 

Once done, click Save. 


This will be the view once the program has been saved.


Adding Units to the Program

InfoNOTE: Ensure that units or subjects are already added in Programs > Units before doing the actions below. 




1. To add units to the program, in your Programs tab, go to the Units subtab. Then click New.


2. In the ‘create new entry’ modal, fill in the following from the dropdown fields: 
  1. Unit Code - select the code of the unit you would like to add.
  2. Unit Name - this field will auto-populate with the unit’s name for the selected unit code. This is a non-editable field. 
  3. Unit Type - select whether the unit is a Core or Elective unit.
  4.  Status - select the status of the unit if Current, Superseded, or Deleted. This information should match the one in training.gov.au if this is an accredited unit. 

Once done, click Create.

Repeat these steps to continue adding units until all the units needed are added.

 

InfoNOTE: The Students and Groups subtab for Programs will automatically update with a list of Students and Groups/Intakes when there are any enrolments to a Program Instance of a Program. 

 

And that’s how to create a program for a non-accredited course in the SMS!

Congratulations on completing this tutorial. We hope this has been helpful to you and your organisation. For any questions or concerns regarding this function, please reach out to us via email at support@eskilled.com.au.

 

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