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Assign Programs

This task enables you to add programs to the training requirements of an employee or a group of employees.

For example, your employer has a program called Customer Relations, which includes a series of courses aimed at improving customer service skills. Management has determined that all employees in the Customer Service department must complete this program. You can use the Assign a Program task to add the program to the training requirements of everyone in the Customer Service department.

To Assign a Program to Employees

  1. Select Training > Tasks > Assign Programs.
  2. Select the program you want to assign to employees. The Assign a Program page opens. This page shows all the employees who are currently assigned to the selected program.
  3. Click Add. The Assign a Program to Employees page opens. This page contains two tabs: Employee Criteria and Defaults for Each Program. These tabs enable you to specify the employees to whom you want to assign the program and specify default enrollment information.
  4. On the Employee Criteria tab, choose the specific group of employees to be assigned a program. The Employee Criteria tab is identical to the Standard Criteria tab on the report group dialog box used for generating standard reports.
  5. On the Defaults for Each Program tab, specify default enrollment information for the selected employees.

    The selections you make are displayed on the Program Detail page of the employees to whom you assign the program. Refer to Training Programs for additional information.

  6. When you are finished specifying your employee criteria and program defaults, click OK. You will receive a verification message box indicating how many employees will be added to the list of employees assigned to the program. If only one employee will be added, the verification message box will specify the employee. Click Yes to add the employees to the list or No to return to the page without adding the employees.

    Note: Employees you select on the Assign a Program to Employees page will not be added to the list of employees assigned to the program if they are already in the list or they have already completed the program.

  7. If you want to save the criteria you have established for this task, click the Save button. The next time you assign a program to employees, the settings are already defined for you. This feature comes in handy if you assign programs to the same group of employees on a frequent basis.
  8. If you have entered new criteria for the task but want to return to the last settings you saved, click Restore.