Course Accreditation Enhancements

Item	Description	Total
1	Allow for Save in Progress on Accreditor application	60
2	Add a textbox for "Comments" separate from the “More Information Requested” box. This will be for the Accreditor to fill out when they "Accredit" a Course. Include these Comments on the Detail view of the application, like the "Request for More Information" text, so that DBPR, DCA, the Accreditor and Training Provider listed on the application can view the Comments.	24
3	"Request More Information" can accept a maximum currently of 255 characters. The “Resolution Information” the Provider submits back to the Accreditor can also accept a maximum currently of 255 characters. Allow for these, as well as the new Accreditor Comments, to be larger fields. Also, allow for file attachments on “Request More Information”.	34
4	Check that the payments are secure (HTTPS), if they are not, update to HTTPS.	4
5	Test existing procedure and set up job to run that procedure to alert a user when their Course will expire (Current procedure: CE_BG_Email_Accreditation_Exp)	8
6	Test existing procedure and set up job to run that procedure to expire Courses and send email. (Current procedure: CE_BG_Expire_Courses. This sets Courses to “Expired” if the Status has been “Need More Information” for at least 90 days or the Accreditation Expiration Date has passed. This procedure only sends a Notice; need to add the email capability).	10
7	Add links on the Accreditor and Training Provider registration pages, as well as the Course Application, to lead to the program rule via a PDF file	4
8	Allow for multiple file attachments on both the Accreditor and Course applications.	48
9	Allow for PowerPoint files to be attached on the Course application.	4
10	Allow Accreditor to specify the Areas a Course is accredited to. This affects the Course Detail pages as well as the Course Search.	34
11	Add an “Other” textbox on both the Accreditor and Course applications for Subject/Trade Areas. The verification will still only be done to compare the “Other”, not the value typed in the “Other” textbox.	12
12	The Course search results need to show “Denied” Courses, currently it does not.	10
13	Place the “Subject/Trade Areas” in a second row in the Course Search Results similar to the Firm Search Results.	8
14	Add all DBPR Boards as approved Accreditors (We will need to get the data from DCA to determine)	40
	TOTAL	300

Course Accreditation

You mentioned to not allow Public users to download the Course information from this section, but in looking at the system, they currently cannot. Please see below as I have laid out each User Type in the Course Accreditation section, and what they can and cannot view on the Course Detail screen.

1. Public User

a. Through the Course Search, I am only able to search by the following Statuses:

· Accreditation Complete, Pending FBC Action

· Approved

· Expired

· Submitted

b. I am only able to link to the “Short Course Detail” screen, which gives a very limited amount of information. This screen only shows the following

· Course Title

· Training Provider

· FBC Course #

· Short Course Description

· Target Audience

· Number of Hours

· Subject/Trade Area

2. DCA User

a. Through the Course Search, I am only able to search by the following Statuses:

· Accreditation Complete, Pending FBC Action

· Approved

· Expired

· Need More Information

· Submitted

b. I am able to link to the “Course Detail” screen, where I can view the entire Course details including all attachments.

3. Accreditor User

a. Through the Course Search, I am only able to search by the following Statuses:

· Accreditation Complete, Pending FBC Action

· Approved

· Expired

· Need More Information (Only for Courses listed with me as the Accreditor)

· Submitted

b. I am able to link to the “Course Detail” screen, where I can view the entire Course details including all attachments ONLY on those Courses I am listed on.

c. For all other Courses not listed with me as the Accreditor, I can only view the “Short Course Detail” – the same as the Public views.

4. Training Provider User

a. Through the Course Search, I am only able to search by the following Statuses:

· Accreditation Complete, Pending FBC Action

· Approved

· Expired

· Need More Information (Only for Courses listed with me as the Provider)

· Saved in Progress (Only for Courses listed with me as the Provider)

· Submitted

b. I am able to link to the “Course Detail” screen, where I can view the entire Course details including all attachments ONLY on those Courses I am listed on.

c. For all other Courses not listed with me, I can only view the “Short Course Detail” – the same as the Public views.