Competencies (skills from Totara 20) are a legacy content type for programs in Totara 18 onward. If you want to add skills to a program, go to Quick-access menu > Configure features > Learn settings and check the Enable legacy program content setting.
When adding a skill set to a program, you can configure the following settings.
Setting | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Set name | Provide a title or short description for the recurring set. | - |
Skill name | Displays the name of the selected skill. | - |
Minimum time required | This value indicates a minimum amount of time that a user might realistically need to be able to complete the courses within the skill set. It is used to determine if the completion period set on the Assignments tab is realistic for a particular group of users. If the assignment is not realistic, a time allowance exception will be generated and the user will not be assigned to the program until the exception has been resolved. | Setting this does not mean the user only has a certain amount of time to complete the courses linked to the skill, nor does it set or affect the program due date. This does not determine the maximum time allowed to complete the courses and setting this does not set a due date. However, note that learners will not be able to complete the program until the specified minimum time has passed. It is used to generate exceptions when a completion date set in the Assignments tab is insufficient and is used to automatically set a sufficiently generous due date when resolving time allowance exceptions using the Set realistic time allowance action. |
Courses | This will show all courses associated with the selected skill. | All listed courses will need to be completed to complete the skill set. For more information see skills frameworks and linking courses to skills. |
The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Programs and certifications in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use programs and certifications, see best practices, and why not give it a go yourself.
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