Course: Prerequisites
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Article summary

A course's prerequisites are those courses that the learner must complete or actions that must be accepted before the learner can begin the course.

A course's prerequisites are assigned in the Prerequisites accordion of the Course Information workscreen.

Prerequisites

  • You can specify any course that you have access to as a prerequisite. 
  • You can override prerequisites by editing a learner's enrollment. 
  • Administrators and course managers will be able to see prerequisite courses that were previously assigned to All Groups.

Assigning Prerequisites

A course must be assigned to at least one group in order for it to be a prerequisite.

To specify prerequisites for a course:

  1. Add or edit the online, SCORM, or instructor-led course.
  2. From the Course Information workscreen, expand the Prerequisites accordion.
  3. If you're adding prerequisites to an existing course, click Add Prerequisite.
  4. Click the Icon  Description automatically generated beside the prerequisite courses or action. The selected rows are shaded.
You may also click Assign All to select all courses and actions as prerequisites.
  1. Select the option for the Prerequisites Must Be setting that is below the grid. The selected option applies to all prerequisite courses. Prerequisite credentials need to be accepted. 
  • Completed Only - users must complete all prerequisite courses before they can begin this course. 
  • Completed & Passed - users must complete and pass all prerequisite courses before they can begin this course. 
  1. Click Save.

Removing Prerequisites

A prerequisite course must be assigned to at least one group in order for it to be removed as a prerequisite.

To remove a prerequisite from a course:

  1. Edit the online, SCORM, or instructor-led course.
  2. From the Course Information workscreen, expand the Prerequisites accordion.
  3. Click the  beside the course or action you want to remove as a prerequisite.
  4. Click Save.

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