Managing the Certifications Service

The Certifications service helps track a student's progress towards certification in a particular area of study. As students complete courses and exam requirements, the Education Management administrator updates their Certifications record. When the Education Management administrator determines that a student has completed the required number of units and courses, the Certifications record is updated to show the student's new certification status. Certifications record track certification at the Requirement (i.e., Course) or Curriculum level.

The Certifications service focuses on identifying the certification status of an individual throughout their course of study. As an exam is completed, the student's Answer Sheets record is added to the student's Certifications record to track the student's completion status of the Course or Curriculum for certification. Because units are not used to identify when certification is completed, a Certification record is needed for each curriculum or course a student is enrolled. The Answer Sheets identify when a student has completed or passed a course, and is therefore linked to the Answer Sheets tab on the Certifications record. It is up to the Education Management administrators to add an answer sheet to the Certification record and to determine when a student has completed a curriculum or course of study. Then, once certified, a Certification can be linked to the student's Curriculum Applications record.

This topic covers the following sub-topics:

• Creating a Certifications Record
• Linking Answer Sheets to a Certification
• Linking Certifications to Curriculum Applications

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