If you require any background on qualifications or learning programmes and learning paths in the system, read these articles before going through the steps below
What is a Qualification?
Adding a Qualification/Learning Programme
After navigating to qualifications using the main menu, take note of the "Heads Up!" message, select "Add New Qualification"
After selecting Add New Qualification, a Add New Qualification screen will appear.
There are two options, Quick Setup or Detailed Setup
Quick Setup
Add the Name* of the Qualification, the Name on reports* will be automatically added to match the qualification
Add a Code*, e.g. the first letter of each word in the title, so for Test Qualification, it will be TQ
Select Save
The qualification detail page will load
Select the Curriculum tab
Add a curriculum with the name "Blank Temp" (we'll clean this up later)
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Adding an Intake/Cohort to a Learning Program/Qualification
Detailed setup
For a detailed setup, use the references below to understand what information is required, you can use this to populate all of the field and click save, ignore the Prospectus Summary and Detail, this can be edited later.
Below are explanations of the fields so you understand what is required for each one
Cancel: Selecting this will exit without saving any changes
Save: Selecting save will save away the record, provided all the required* fields have been populated
Name: This is the name of the qualification, as it will appear in the qualifications section, potentially listed in sequence with other qualifications
Name on Reports: This is the name of the qualification as it should appear on reports
You could have the name of the qualifications a Diploma in History and the Name on Reports, Diploma in History (NQF 6 - 360 Credits)
Description: This is where you can place a brief description of the qualification
Code: This is a code which you would like to identify the qualification with, e.g. Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting could be BAcc
Minimum Credits: This is the minimum credits required to attain the qualification
Grade Symbol Range Group: This is linked to the setting section of the system, basically letting the qualification know which rules it should look at to know whether a learner has passed or is competent
NQF level: In South Africa, with our qualification authority, this is known as the National Qualifications Framework, which gives guidelines to how the environment and level of learning should be administered. All formal qualifications should have this
Subdomain: This is area or subdomain that this qualification is associated with
CESM 1 and 2: These are the Classification of Educational Subject Matter as prescribed by the DHET, when a qualification is registered with SAQA these are defined
Qualification Type: Based on the NQF level, Minimum credits and a few other aspects, qualifications have a category or type, for example, they will be a certificate, higher certificate, national diploma, national first degree, etc.
*Pro Tips*
Tip 1 - When configuring the qualification add the modules first
Tip 2 - Qualification configuration and setup work left to right
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