These procedures are done in the VISION Developer module.
Create Cross Reference Tables for Certification
Here, you will create the cross-reference tables that serve as the basis for your certifications. Certifications use VISION's Cross Reference Tables to track the credits available to courses and how many credits each course is worth. You will end up creating several cross-reference tables and linking them together, so follow the procedure carefully.
The process for creating cross-reference tables for certifications is a multiple-part operation.
•First, you must create the "Certification" cross-reference table. You will make several tables, but you only need to make the “Certification" cross-reference table once. This first table tells VISION which other tables you're using for Certification. Without this table VISION would not be able to distinguish certification cross reference tables from any other cross reference table.
•Next, you will create cross-reference table items that represent the certification's “requirements”. This is like giving VISION a list of the cross reference tables you'll be using for Certification requirements.
•Then, you will create a cross-reference tables for each "Requirement". These are your actual Certification Requirement tables. You will use these to link certification credits to training units when you create courses.
•Finally, you will enter items in the requirement tables that show how many “credits” each requirement is worth.
Create the "Certification" cross-reference Table
First, we will create the certification table that will list the certification requirement tables for VISION:
1.Click cross-reference on the Main Menu and select Open.
2.The cross-reference window appears. Click the New… button on the bottom of the window.
3.Enter a title for the table and then enter “CERTIFICATION” for the User-Defined ID.
a.Note that VISION will know that this is the certification table because of “CERTIFICATION” in the user-defined ID. Do not enter anything else in your certification table’s user-defined ID.
4.In the Select a Project box, choose to share the table among all projects since only shared certification tables will appear in the Learning Station. Click OK.
Create Requirement Items within the Table
Next we will make a list of the certification requirements in the Certification table:
1.Open the certification table you just created by highlighting the table’s name in the cross-reference Tables window, and click the Open button.
2.Click the New Item button on the menu bar (
) or click New Item in the cross-reference menu on the Main Menu.
3.Enter a descriptive name in the Item text box and a User-Defined ID in the field of the same name. You will use this same User-Defined ID in the following steps.
4.Click OK to close the cross-reference item that you just created. Close the CERTIFICATION table and return to the list of cross-reference tables.
Create a cross-reference Table for each Requirement
We will make the actual Certification Requirements tables that we listed in the Certification table.
1.Create a requirement cross-reference table by clicking the New… button on the bottom of the cross-reference window.
2.Give it the same name and user-defined ID that you gave the requirement item above.
3.When you are finished, click OK to close the table.
Create Credit Value Items within the Requirement Table
Finally, we will put Credit cross reference items into each Requirement table.
1.With a requirement cross-reference table highlighted, create a new item ().
2.In the text field, enter the number of credits that a lesson linked to this requirement is worth. You do not need to enter anything into the User-Defined ID field.
3.Repeat this procedure from for all the requirement cross-reference tables you need to create.
Link Certification Credits to Training Units
This procedure is done in the VISION Developer module.
Certification programs for different jobs can be given different types of credits. One or more type of credit can be assigned to a lesson. Learners may also earn different kinds of credits depending on what they need to remain qualified for.
An important concept to remember when using the VISION Certification module is to make sure the course to lesson ratio is 1:1.
Follow these instructions to link certification credits to an existing training unit in the VISION Developer module:
1.In the Program hierarchy of the VISION Developer module, select a training unit within a “Course” organizer. Each training unit must have its own course organizer.
2. The training unit, or lesson, must be one of the following types: "Instruction and Associated Exam", "Instruction Only", or "Cognitive Exam Only".
3. If you have a SOCCED ILA number to use for reporting purposes, add it to the User-Defined ID field of the training unit (on the General page).
4.Double-click the training unit to open the Properties window and click the cross-reference page.
5.Use the Link button to add credit cross reference items (these should be represented by numbers) from one or more requirement cross-reference tables.
6.When you are finished, click OK to save.
Continue setting up Certification in the VISION Learning Station and Certifications Web modules. See job aids in the VLS Help under Certifications.
