After a course is created, you may decide to add skills to a course or class. To add a new skill to a class it must first be added to the course.
Note: Only admins and course admins can change skills associated with a course or class.
It's important to note that the skills students can record in documentation is controlled by the associated class's skills settings. Therefore, if a skill is added to a course, but not a class or the correct class associated with an event, then the student will not be able to document it.
A. Adding Skills to the Course.
B. Adding Skills to a Class. .
A. Adding Skills to the Course.
1. From your main dashboard, click the Manage Courses dropdown in the grey and black tile to show your active courses.
2. Click edit for the course that you would like to adjust.
3. Select the Platinum Planner tab.
4. Select the Skill Requirements tab.
5. Select the skill type tab (Lab, Clinical).
6. Change the display toggle to Show Inactive. This will show you the skills that are not currently added to the course.
Note: If you do not see the skill you are looking for, there are a few possibilities of what is going on:
- The skill is already added to the course. Change the display toggle to Show All and go through the skills. Anything white is inactive and anything green is active. If you find the skill and it is green, it is already active and may only need to be added to a class (see below).
- The skill may not exist as a global (PEG) skill and needs to be added as a custom skill. An article on Manage Skills can be found here if you would like more info on how to add custom skills.
- If you have already added the custom skill, but do not see it. Return to Manage Skills and check the settings of the skill. Ensure that the correct skill type is selected, a program(s) are added, and it is enabled.
7. Check the box for all inactive skills you would like to add to the course. When you select a skill and your display toggle is on Inactive, the skills will disappear as you select them. That is because they are becoming active.
8. Save at the very bottom.
B. Adding Skills to a Class
After adding skills to the course, you can add them to the class(es).
1. After editing the course skills, select the Classes tab.
Note: You want the Classes tab within the Platinum Planner tab, not the Class Groups tab.
2. Once you have located the class that you want to add the skills to, click edit.
3. Click the Skill Requirements tab.
4. Change the display toggle to Inactive.
5. Check the box for all inactive skills you would like to add to the class. When you select a skill and your display toggle is on Inactive, the skills will disappear as you select them. That is because they are becoming active.
6. Save. Now, selected skills are active in the course and class, and available for students to document.