How To Create A New Course

Go to papdregistry.org.  

Click Login in the top right corner.

Enter your email address and password, then click Login.

Select Training Entry in the left-hand menu.

Click on the Courses tab. 

Click New Course.

Complete the Course Information; then click Save and Continue.

Choose the Primary Age category that this course addresses and Classroom Hours of the course.

Enter the hours to the correct Professional Standard Area(s). You may select multiple Professional Standard Areas. Once you enter the hours, you will need to select the Course Learning Objectives. You should select 1-2 learning objectives for every 1 hour of content.

Aligning PSA Objectives with Course Levels:

• C1 Course Level → All PSA objectives will be C1.
• C2 Course Level → PSA objectives will be C2, with some possible C1.
• C3 Course Level → Most PSA objectives will be C3, with some possible C2 and C1.          

Enter the hours to the correct CDA Content Area(s). You may select multiple CDA Content Area(s).

Click Save and Continue.

Most of the following sections are not required to complete, but you may add information if needed. Only sections with an asterisk are required and are listed in this tip sheet.

Review/add the Learning Objectives. Please make sure these are Measurable Objectives. 

Review/add Major Resources Used to Develop the Training used to create a course.

 Note: To continue creating the course, you must enter information directly into this text box. Uploading a document alone will not allow you to progress.

Click Save and Continue.

Select the Target Audience. This is a multiselect field. 

Select the Ages Addressed. This is a multiselect field. 

Click Save and Continue.

Training of the Trainers—select No or Yes.

Authorized Instructors—select No or Yes. Click ‘Yes’ if there are authorized trainers for your course and select ‘Add trainer’ to add trainers approved to instruct your

Note for PQAS-Approved Organizations: You are responsible for ensuring your staff and instructors meet the requirements in the Representative Agreement. You will no longer list authorized instructors at the course level. Instead, you can manually list instructors when creating or editing the event.

Training Scheduler—select No or Yes if your course will be scheduled by someone other than you, such as a funder. This will allow them to schedule your events. Click ‘No’ if this course will never be scheduled by someone other than you. 

Click Save and Continue.

Scroll down and click on I agree to the terms and conditions for Course Approval and Submit for Approval.