--- title: "Account: External Course Submission" slug: "account-external-course-submission" tags: ["account settings", "external courses"] updated: 2024-05-16T20:22:35Z published: 2024-05-16T20:22:35Z canonical: "support.smarteru.com/account-external-course-submission" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Account: External Course Submission This feature is not included with all accounts. Please contact our [Success Desk](mailto:success@neovation.com) if you would like to add this feature to your account. [External courses](/v1/docs/courses-external) are courses or training outside of SmarterU. The account's external course submission settings control whether learners will be allowed to record external courses and how those submissions are handled. When you [edit your account's settings](/v1/docs/editing-your-account-settings), the External Course Submission accordion of the Account Profile workscreen includes the following settings. ![Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/account-external-course-submission-image-ewtz9bma.png) ## Settings ### Enable External Course Submission If checked, learners will be able to record courses that they've taken outside of SmarterU. In order to allow learners to record their courses, you'll also need to [add an external course submission type page](/v1/docs/adding-an-external-course-submission-page) to their dashboard set. ### Enable Home Group Enrollment This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable External Course Submission** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission) is checked. If checked, external courses recorded by learners will occur through their [home group](/v1/docs/home-groups). If unchecked, external courses recorded by learners will occur through the group selected in the [**Enrollment Group** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enrollment-group). ### Enrollment Group This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable Home Group Enrollment** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-home-group-enrollment) is unchecked Select the group through which external courses recorded by learners will occur. The selected group will be used for ALL learners who submit external courses. You'll want to make sure that all learners belong to the selected group. ### Enable Point Tracker This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable External Course Submission** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission) is checked. If checked, learners will earn points toward the [selected point tracker](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#point-tracker) when they record external courses. ### Point Tracker This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable Point Tracker** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-point-tracker) is checked. Select the [point tracker](/v1/docs/points-and-rewards) that learners will earn points toward when they record external courses. ### Prompt for Additional Information This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable External Course Submission** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission) is checked. If checked, you'll be able to select up to two [tags](/v1/docs/tags) that will be used to prompt learners for additional information. ### Tags This setting is only applicable when the [**Prompt for Additional Information** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#prompt-for-additional-information) is checked. Select up to two tags that learners will need to provide values for when they submit an external course. As with other tags in SmarterU, you can [pre-define values for the tags](/v1/docs/tag-pre-defined-values) and [control whether learners are able to add new values](/v1/docs/tag-main#allow-users-to-add-their-own-values). ### Restrict Enrollments in the Past This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable External Course Submission** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission) is checked. If checked, learners will only be able to submit an external course if the course's start and end date are within the [specified number of days](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#restriction). If unchecked, learners will be able to submit an external course that they've taken in the past regardless of the course's start or end date. ### Restriction This setting is only applicable when the [**Restrict Enrollments in the Past** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#restrict-enrollments-in-the-past) is checked. The number of days prior to the current date that an external course must start and end in order for it to be accepted. ### Allow Enrollments in the Future This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable External Course Submission** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission) is checked. If checked, learners will be able to submit an external course that occurs in the future. If unchecked, learners will only be able to submit external courses that have a start and end date on or before the current date. ### Enable Fixed Increment This setting is only applicable when the [**Enable Point Tracker** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-point-tracker)is checked. If checked, learners will earn points based on the course's duration (i.e., number of minutes). Expand the Fixed Increment Table accordion for details. If unchecked, learners will enter the points they earned when they submit the course. ## Related - [Adding an External Course Submission Page](/adding-an-external-course-submission-page.md) - [Courses: External](/courses-external.md) - [Editing Your Account Settings](/editing-your-account-settings.md) - [Points and Rewards](/points-and-rewards.md) - [Setting Up External Course Submissions](/setting-up-external-course-submissions.md) - [Tags](/tags.md)