Add competencies to a program

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When creating a program, you will need to add the content you want learners to complete.

If you want to add competencies to your program, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the program and select the Content tab.
  2. Select Competency from the Add a new dropdown menu and click Add.
  3. Browse through the competency framework(s) or Search for a specific competency. Note that you can only add competencies with linked courses. 
  4. Click on the name of the competency to be added.
  5. The selected competency will be displayed at the top of the dialogue box.
  6. Click Ok to complete the competency selection or Cancel to exit.
  7. Complete the competency set settings.
  8. Repeat steps 2-7 to add another Competency.
  9. Select Save changes.

Courses linked to the selected competency will automatically be added to the set.

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