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Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 1 of 3

August 27, 2013

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…

Notification Settings in V7.0

July 8, 2013

Marc Letendre

Administrator, VTA

Overview In version 7.0, VTA has greatly expanded the Email capabilities for the new enrollment approval process. You can send these notices to Students, Instructors, Supervisors, Enrollment Approvers and/or their Delegates as long as they meet the notice criteria and…

The Matrix (Reports) – Reloaded

June 14, 2013

Marc Letendre

VTA

The Shape of Things To Come In VTA 7.0, the Student (previously Employee), Job Title, Team and Course Status Matrix Reports will start using distinctive shapes in addition to the colors displayed to indicate past due, coming due and compliant…

Competency Terms and Definitions

April 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Competencies, General, VTA

“Common language” is important as we explore Competency Management in VTA 7.0. The terms and definitions below follow the sequence of activities starting with defining Competencies (and their Proficiency Indicators), creating a Competency Profile, assessing Competencies, and arriving at a…

Easy “Register” link on Schedule pages in v7.0

April 18, 2013

Art Werkenthin

VTA

New users of VTA Learner are often confused by the Schedule pages. You must click on the Course Title to view the Class Description page and register for the class. To make it clearer in version 7.0, we have added…

Supervisor Approval for Training in v7.0

April 18, 2013

Art Werkenthin

Learner, VTA

In VTA 7.0 you will be able to require supervisor approvals for any enrollment, including self-study courses. Primary Supervisors First, we’ve added a new field to the Student file called “Primary Supervisor”. Requiring Approval Setting up a course to require…

Gravatars, Editors & Students – Oh My!

April 18, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

By now, you’ve certainly read about many of the exciting big features in VTA 7.0 like Competency Management, Personal Development Plans, Ad Hoc Reporting and Supervisor Approvals for courses. But it is often the small additions that improve an administrator’s…

Due this Year – Drawing a line in the Plan

April 18, 2013

Art Werkenthin

VTA

What’s Due This Year? We frequently hear from customers that their students are taught to do everything on their plan. Sometimes, however, they don’t look too carefully at the due date and end up starting courses that are not due…

Requirement Group page shows Last Passsed in v7.0

April 18, 2013

Art Werkenthin

VTA

Many of you have requested that the Requirement Group page in Learner show the Last Passed date for courses that have been completed at least once by the student. Your wish is granted! We have made this change to Learner…

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Proficiency Levels and Proficiency Indicators – Part 1 of 3

Resources to Support Competencies

Notification Settings in V7.0

The Matrix (Reports) – Reloaded

Competency Terms and Definitions

Easy “Register” link on Schedule pages in v7.0

Supervisor Approval for Training in v7.0

Gravatars, Editors & Students – Oh My!

Due this Year – Drawing a line in the Plan

Requirement Group page shows Last Passsed in v7.0

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