Manage Rules

You can set rules up for your award in the Awards Manager module to determine the criteria that must be achieved before a learner is given a particular award.

Note: You can add any number of rules to a rule set, but all rules must pass in order for the rule set to pass.

From the Rule Sets grid, you can:

To add advanced rules to a rule set:

  1. Select the rule set that you want to add rules to in the Rule Sets grid.

  2. Click the Manage Rules (Advanced) button on the Awards Manager ribbon.

    Manage Rules (Advanced) button

    The Rule Set Dialog window is displayed.

    Rule Set Dialog window

  3. Click the Add Rule button.

    Add Rule button

  4. Enter the name of the rule in the Name field. This field is used for providing a description of what you want the rule to do (for example: Total 120 Credits at Level 6).

    Name field

  5. Enter the condition of the rule. Refer to Example Rule Conditions for further information.

  6. Enter this.AwardOucome = True in the Then Actions field.

    Then Actions field

  7. Click OK to save the rule.

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To delete a rule:

  1. Select the rule set that you want to delete rules from in the Rule Sets grid.

  2. Click the Manage Rules (Advanced) button on the Awards Manager ribbon.

    Manage Rules (Advanced) button

    The Rule Set Dialog window is displayed.

    Rule Set Dialog window

  3. Select the rule you want to delete in the Rule Set grid, and then click the Delete button.

    Delete button

  4. Click OK on the message to confirm the deletion.

    Delete Rule confirmation window

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To add a basic rule to a rule set:

  1. Select the rule set that you want to add rules to in the Rule Sets grid.

  2. Click the Manage Rules button on the Awards Manager ribbon.

    Manage Rules button

    The Manage Rules window is displayed.

    Note: The Rules section displays any basic rules you have created for the award on this window. The Advanced Rules section displays any rules you have created on the Rule Set Dialog window (accessed from the Manage Rules (Advanced) button).

    Manage Rules window

  3. Click the Add button.

    Add button

    A new row is added to the Rules grid.

  4. Enter the details for the award in the fields.

The fields in the Rules grid are described in the following table.

This field Holds this information...
Name The name of the rule.
Rule Type

The type of rule to be used. Select from the following:

  • Minimum of X credits at level Y or above
  • Minimum of X credits from the mandatory courses at level Y or above
  • Minimum of X credits from the optional courses at level Y or above
  • Minimum of X credits from electives at level Y or above
Credits The number of credits for this rule.
Level The minimum level for the credits.
This Level or Higher Whether the credits are for the specified level only or for the specified level and higher.

  1. Click OK to save the rule to the rule set.

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To delete a rule:

  1. Click the Manage Rules button on the Awards Manager ribbon.

    Manage Rules button

    The Manage Rules window is displayed.

    Note: The Rules section displays any basic rules you have created for the award on this window. The Advanced Rules section displays any rules you have created on the Rule Set Dialog window (accessed from the Manage Rules (Advanced) button).

    Manage Rules window

  2. Select the rule you want to delete on the Manage Rules window, and then click the Delete button.

    Delete button

  3. Click Yes on the message to confirm the deletion.

    Delete confirmation window

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