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title: "Scheduling Self-Paced Learning"
slug: "schedule-self-paced-learning"
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updated: 2024-09-26T22:17:25Z
published: 2024-09-26T22:17:25Z
canonical: "docs.skillable.com/schedule-self-paced-learning"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Scheduling Self-Paced Learning

Self-Paced learning is provisioned through course assignments. giving a student direct access to labs and course Activities without attending a Class. A Course Assignment gives access to a single Course and when created the student's access begins immediately normally defaulting to expire in 180 days. The expiration defaults based on the maximum days of access for a course assignment set on the Organization profile. Course assignments are billed based on their creation date but can be cancelled within 24 hours of creation if no labs have been launched. After the 24 hour window a request must be made to [**https://skill.info/support**](https://skill.info/support) for cancellation.

![Self-Paced Training](https://cdn.document360.io/a298db04-a0fe-47e0-bfe3-c52d6f9d7c8c/Images/Documentation/create-course-assignment.png)

## Create a Course Assignment

To create a course assignment:

1. On the **Admin** menu in the **Course Assignments** group, click **Create Course Assignment**.
2. On the **Create Course Assignment** page, click the **Choose** button beside the **Student** field. This opens the Choose User dialog.
3. Input part of the student's **First** and **Last Name** in the filters and click **Search**.
4. Select the student from the search results and click **OK**. This adds the student to the course assignment.
5. Click the **Choose** button beside the **Course** field. This opens the Choose Course dialog.
6. Input part of the course name in the **Name** filter and click **Search**.
7. Select the course from the search results and click **OK**. This adds the course to the course assignment.
8. The Expiration defaults to 6 months. Set the date as needed.
9. Click **Save**.

## Student Access to a Course Assignment

Students can access the course assignment from their **Current Training** page;

1. Select **Course Assignments**.
2. Select the name of the course to open it and access activities.
3. After a course assignment is completed, the assignment moves to the student's **Transcript** page.
4. A completed course assignment is accessed by clicking the **Transcript** link and then the course name.

Students have the ability to launch a new instance of completed labs as long as the expiration date has not passed. If a completion certificate is connected to the course and the student has completed the assignment, then they can print their certificate using the certificate icon beside their course assignment on the transcript page.

Self-Paced or On-demand training is associated with course assignments or subscriptions. Users are assigned training which can be accessed at any time by the learner at their leisure. Outside guidance or mentorship is often not provided with this type of training.

Activities are configured in the instructions editor and represented in the lab instructions by a replacement token. Activities fall into two broad categories: Questions and Automated.

- Questions are multiple choice or short answer questions.
- Automated Activities interact with the lab environment (Virtual Machine/Container/Cloud Platform).

A class is a scheduled instructor-led event with a start and end time/date. Typically, these include lectures and hands on activities such as labs.

A course assignment delivers self-paced access to a course. A course is assigned to a student giving immediate access to the student. It can be accessed at any time for the duration of the assignment. The assignment duration begins and is billed when it is created.

Bundles together content to then be set up for training through classes, subscriptions, and course assignments. Courses can include labs, videos, SCORM, LTI, external links, assessments, and documents. Courses must be assigned to a Content Provider and a Publishing Group to be available to set up for training.

An organization is assigned to each entity in the TMS, such as, users, classes, subscriptions, and courses. The organization is a basis to determine access given based on roles within the organization and management over the organization.