Professional Development - System Features
This section provides a partial listing of the features incorporated in the Professional Development System.
General Features
- Interfaces with other application systems, including Human Resources, Employee Access Center, Workflow, and Fund Accounting. 
- Utilizes System Administration Security to control access to system features and database records and also to define employees as users. 
Setup Features
- Includes profile options for configuring Professional Development to your organization's needs. 
- Includes workflow options that allow your organization to define approvers for new users and courses and determine when approvers, instructors, and participants will receive notifications. 
Administrator Features
- Allows administrators to edit course detail information, class dates/times, attendance, and registration for any Professional Development course. 
- Allows administrators to specify employees as instructors, participants, or both. 
- Allows administrators to edit user information for participants and instructors. 
- Allows administrators to move Professional Development courses into Continuing Education course records which are attached to a particular employee. This enables your organization to track employee training and education. 
- Provides report options for tracking various aspects of Professional Development, including courses, instructors, and participants. 
User Features
- Enables instructors to submit courses to your organization for approval. 
- Allows instructors to input the information from each step of offering courses, including attendance, grading, credits, notifications, and course completion. 
- Enables employees to search and register for courses. 
- Enables external users to register for Professional Development and allows your organization to specify their roles as instructors, participants, or both. 
- Enables participants to view courses they are currently registered in or on the wait list for. 
- Enables participants to view prior courses and run transcripts for any courses they have completed. 
