Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Competency Profiles and Assessors – Part 2 of 2

October 15, 2013

Part 2 of this blog moves to Administrator where Competency Profiles are built and assigned – all based on Part 1 which covered Assessor groups identified for each Competency and the impact of checking the “Allow Override By Profile” box.…

Competency Profiles and Assessors – Part 1 of 2

September 30, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

General

The last important step an Administrator must complete before assessments can commence in Learner (Assessment, Part 1; Assessment, Part 2) is to set up Competency Profiles and designate who can assess students assigned to those Profiles. Since Profiles are composed…

RISC YouTube Channel

September 24, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

Did you miss a VTA Webinar? Looking for training briefs on VTA? Check out the RISC YouTube channel for this and more at http://www.youtube.com/user/RISCInc.

What’s new in 7.0 Webinars

September 16, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

Thanks to all of you who joined last month’s webinars on Managing Competencies in VTA 7.0. This month’s webinars will focus on other new features in 7.0 including: The Report Scheduler Supervisor Approvals Document Links in Automated Email Enhanced Notifications…

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 3 of 3 (Site-Specific Indicators)

August 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Competencies, Evaluator, How To, VTA

This is the last of a three-part series. Refer to Part 1 and Part 2 for things you need to know and do in order to create Site-Specific Indicators. Site-Specific Indicators Provide Greater Flexibility On the topic of Proficiency Levels and…

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 2 of 3

August 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Competencies, Evaluator, VTA

This is the second article in a three-part series on Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators. Examples of Proficiency Level Terminology The table below contains terms used by organizations to label their Proficiency Levels. Before deciding on the number of Proficiency Levels for…

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 1 of 3

August 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Competencies, Evaluator, How To, VTA

In the blog on Creating Competency Groups and Competencies, I touched briefly on Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators. In this three-part blog we’ll take a deeper dive and look at the thought processes that need to happen when first setting…

Resources to Support Competencies

July 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Competencies, How To, Utilities, VTA

One of the most important functions in the VTA Competency Management System is the ability to assign developmental activities to a student’s Personal Development Plan. These developmental activities may include courses, tasks, and resources. (Refer to the blog on Competency…

New & Improved Find Student Feature

July 2, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, How To

In version 7.0, Find Student has been updated to take advantage of the new grid functionality that was introduced in version 6.3. Find Student works very much like Find Course by allowing you to search for students across all sites…

Competency and Course Associations

June 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Competencies, General, How To

The purpose of competency assessment is to help build students’ skills to reach the target proficiency levels for their role. To help build competency, Assessors need to easily access a list of resources they can assign as Personal Development Plan…

Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Competency Profiles and Assessors – Part 2 of 2

Competency Profiles and Assessors – Part 1 of 2

RISC YouTube Channel

What’s new in 7.0 Webinars

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 3 of 3 (Site-Specific Indicators)

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 2 of 3

Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 1 of 3

Resources to Support Competencies

New & Improved Find Student Feature

Competency and Course Associations

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