--- title: "Setting Up External Course Submissions" slug: "setting-up-external-course-submissions" tags: ["external courses"] updated: 2022-09-20T21:02:19Z published: 2022-09-20T21:02:19Z canonical: "support.smarteru.com/setting-up-external-course-submissions" --- > ## 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. # Setting Up External Course Submissions This feature is not enabled by default. If you're interested in using this feature, contact our [Success Desk](mailto:success@neovation.com) to have it enabled. To set up [external course submissions](/v1/docs/courses-external): 1. Select your account's [**Enable External Course Submission** checkbox](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-external-course-submission). 2. Determine which of the external course submission settings you want to enable for your account. | **If you want to ...** | **Then ...** | | --- | --- | | Limit the date range for external course submissions | Refer to [Controlling the Date Range](/v1/docs/setting-up-external-course-submissions#controlling-the-date-range) | | Award points for external course submissions | Refer to [Awarding Points](/v1/docs/setting-up-external-course-submissions#awarding-points) | | Collect additional information about external course submissions | Refer to [Collecting Additional Information](/v1/docs/setting-up-external-course-submissions#collecting-additional-information) | 1. [Add an external course submission page](/v1/docs/adding-an-external-course-submission-page) to the dashboard set(s). ## Controlling the Date Range Do you want learners to submit external courses within a certain number of days after completing the course? For example, do learners need to submit their external courses within 30 days of completing the course? If so, you'll want to enable the account's [**Restrict Enrollments in the Past** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#restrict-enrollments-in-the-past) and specify the number of days in the [**Restriction** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#restriction). Will you allow learners to submit courses that they're taking in the future? If so, you'll want to enable the account's [**Allow Enrollments in the Future** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#allow-enrollments-in-the-future). ![Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/setting-up-external-course-submissions-image-p0fe3l19.png) ## Awarding Points If your account uses the [Points and Rewards feature](/v1/docs/points-and-rewards), you'll want to decide whether you want to award learners points for the external courses that they submit. If so, you'll need to determine which point tracker you want to use for external course submissions. You can use an existing point tracker, or you can [add a new point tracker](/v1/docs/adding-a-point-tracker). When setting up external course submissions for your account, you'll need to select the [**Enable Point Tracker** checkbox](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-point-tracker) and select the point tracker. ![Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/setting-up-external-course-submissions-image-t6l9ic1h.png) If you want to award points based on the course's duration (in minutes), select the [**Enable Fixed Increment** checkbox](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#enable-fixed-increment). Otherwise, learners will enter the number of points earned when they submit the course. Regardless of how you award points, you'll be able to [edit the points earned](/v1/docs/editing-a-point-redemption-entry) from the [Points and Rewards Dashboard](/v1/docs/points-and-rewards-dashboard). ## Collecting Additional Information The default external course submission form asks the learner to enter the following: - Course's name - Course description - Start date - End date - Course duration (in hours and minutes) If you need to collect additional information about the external course, select the [**Prompt for Additional Information** setting](/v1/docs/account-external-course-submission#prompt-for-additional-information). You can collect the additional information using up to two [tags](/v1/docs/tags). As with other tags, you can [add pre-defined values for the tag](/v1/docs/tag-pre-defined-values), or [allow learners to enter new values](/v1/docs/tag-main#allow-users-to-add-their-own-values). ![Settings to collect additional information](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/setting-up-external-course-submissions-image-y4qcw2iy.png) The selected tag(s) displays in the [learner interface's external course submission page](https://support.smarteru.com/docs/learner-interface-external-course-submissions). ![Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/setting-up-external-course-submissions-image-cw69o5m1.png) ## Related - [Account: External Course Submission](/account-external-course-submission.md) - [Adding an External Course Submission Page](/adding-an-external-course-submission-page.md) - [Courses: External](/courses-external.md) - [Page: Configuration for External Course Submission Pages](/page-configuration-for-external-course-submission-pages.md) - [Points and Rewards](/points-and-rewards.md) - [Tags](/tags.md)