Course Registration Service: Master, Related, Prerequisite and Equivalent Courses

 Location:  Learning Management/Courses/Content Module -> Services Section/Registration Service

Overview: As part of our advanced course registration features available in the Learning Management System, we offer the ability for students to self-register for courses under the umbrella of broader master course program course. This service then allows you to create programs that have an unlimited number of courses as a part of the program.

The Registration Service manages student registrations, including the monitoring of prerequisites, and equivalent registrations, without needing the student to go through the shopping cart for each registration.

The service presents as a content module within the Master Program Course and lists out all related courses with a register button.

The general process for setting up the Registration Service covered briefly below is as follows:

• Create the Master Program Course
• Add the Registration Service to the Master Program Course via Content Module with Service
• Add Related Courses to the Master Program Course
• Associate Prerequisites Courses and Prerequisite Equivalent Courses as Needed
• Understand the Logic in the Course Registration Service
• Get Additional Support from Full Partner Technical Support

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Create the Master Program Course

A course is created and set up as a Master Program Course. This is done using a regular course editor that will be used as the Master Program Course.  There is no special setting in the course editor at this time to designate a course as a Master Program Course, but a good tip is to plan to set up categories to assign to the various levels of the Master and Sub Courses to assist with several aspects of the set-up.

Add the Registration Service to the Master Program Course via Content Module with Service

A Registration Service can be set up with the help of a Full Partner Technician and associated into the Master Program Course through a Content Module / Services Section -> Associate a Registration Service button.

The Registration Service then lists all courses that are found associated in the Related Courses and Related Course Categories Section of the Master Course editor.

Add Related Courses to the Master Program Course

In order to populate the list of available courses found within the Master Program Course, you will need to associate the courses individually, and/or as a group of courses associated in the Related Courses section via common category in the Related Courses Sections of the Master Program Course Editor.

Associate Prerequisites Courses and Prerequisite Equivalent Courses as Needed

If you want the Registration Service to enforce Prerequisites Courses and/or honor Prerequisite Equivalent Courses, you will need to associate the Prerequisites Courses and/or Prerequisite Equivalent Course into the relevant courses.

Understand the Logic in the Course Registration Service

When the student is in the Course in the Content Module that has the Registration Service on it, they see a list of all the available courses to register for.

The Registration Service presents these courses with the following rules:

• The service looks to the Master Course and gets all its Related Courses,
• The Service then loops through these and checks the following for each:
  • If the student has already registered for one of the related courses:
    • The related course will NOT be shown in the list for registration as there is no need to register again for a course that is already being taken.
  • If the student has NOT yet registered for a related course AND the related courses have prerequisites:
    • The system gets any directly associated prerequisites for the related course. 
    • If any are found, the system checks to see if the student has completed EVERY prerequisite course (or one of their equivalents). 
    • It then presents a list of prerequisite courses that still need to be completed, with instructions that the student must complete ALL of them before registering for the related course.
  • The system also gets any category associated prerequisites for the related course. 
    • If any are found, the system checks to see if the student has completed ANY ONE OF these prerequisite courses (or one of their equivalents). 
    • It presents a separate list of prerequisite courses that still need to be completed, with instructions that the student must complete AT LEAST ONE of them before registering for the related course.
  • If NO prerequisites are found, or all of the founds have been completed, then the student is shown a Register button to immediately click and register for the related course.

Additional Support is Available

The set-up for a Master Program Course involves quite a bit of strategy and organization that if well planned at the set-up of the program, can help you run your online Master Course Program Course Registrations in a more automated way. It may be advisable to reach out to your Full Partner Support Staff to get additional support and insight on how best to set up Master Program Coures in your LMS.

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Related Chapter Topics

• Create a Master Program Course for Use with Registration Service
• Add Related Courses via Related Courses Section in Master Course
• Add the LMS Course Registration Service to a Master Course
• Add Prerequisites to a Course
• Add Equivalents to Prerequisites for a Course
• Understand the Registration Logic for the Course Registration Service

Common Questions

• How do I preview a course in the classroom?
• How do I mark a coruse module as complete for a student?
• How do I mark a course as complete for a student?

Additional Course Topics

• Understanding the Student's View
• Create a New Course
• Module Completion, Course Completion and Student Access Settings
• Pricing Set Up and Registration Display Sections for Courses
• Managing Student Course Registrations
• Teachers, Teacher Roles & Teacher Course Management Access
• Course Level Management Tasks for Teachers and Administrators
• Student Level Management Tasks for Teachers and Administrators