You may wish to assign courses as a mandatory part of achieving a competency.
To link a course to a competency, follow these steps:
- Go to Quick-access menu > Competencies.
- Click the name of the competency framework containing the competency you wish to link a course to.
- Click the cog icon (
) next to the competency. - When editing a competency item, click the Linked courses tab.
- Click Add linked courses.
- Browse or search for courses, then tick the box alongside one or more courses to add them.
- Check the Mandatory box for a linked course to make the course mandatory in any learning plans. Note that this does not make the course mandatory to achieve the competency.
- You can remove a linked course from the competency item by clicking the bin icon (
). - Once you've selected the required course(s), click Save changes.

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