Points, certifications, and the Score program

The PropLIBARY Course System assigns points that students earn for completing every course item. These points are used to:

• Automatically generate student transcripts
• Show how much training a student has acquired
• Provide a foundation for certifying student accomplishment
• Provide an incentive and recognition system

Each course item has a certain number of points assigned to it. The number can be fixed or variable, and is usually based on a ratio of one point for every five minutes of instruction. Quizzes are typically given one point per question, although this can could for questions that take an unusually long time to answer. 

The completion of most course items is self-certified and points are automatically awarded. Points can be manually awarded if an instructor will be reviewing completion. 

Some examples

An article would typically earn 1-3 points, depending on its length. The points would be automatically awarded and show up on the student's transcript. An exercise estimated to take one-hour to complete would earn 12 points. If the exercise is reviewed by an instructor, this might be variable based on the instructor's grade. A 20-question quiz would earn 20 points, if every question was answered correctly.

Integration with live events

Points can be manually awarded. This means they can be awarded for offline events, such as instructor led training or even participation in a real proposal.

More about transcripts

Each student gets an automatically generated transcript that shows:

• Their total score
• Percentile ranking based on their score
• Any certifications or recognition they have received
• What courses they have taken
• Any exercises they have uploaded or quizzes they have taken as demonstration of capability

Students can make their transcripts searchable. This enables managers and others to look a student up and examine their transcript. It turns transcripts into an independent record of a student's training and capability.

Transcripts can be used as a way of measuring participation in training. If points are awarded for offline events, they can become a record of participation in them as well.

More about certification and recognition

PropLIBRARY has the capability to track student transcriptions and apply recognition for achieving goals. This can be used to implement a certification program, automatically recognizing when students have taken the training required to receive a certification label. It can also be used to automatically recognize milestones and accomplishments, such as:

• Being in the 90th percentile of all students
• Successfully completing their 10th course
• Participating in training every month for 6 months
• Being the first X number of students to complete a course

The rules-based engine driving this is very flexible. We encourage lots of recognition, especially when it has value in the real world of performance and assignments.