UB Continuing and Professional Education (UB CPE)

University at Buffalo Continuing and Professional Education support team has developed the following guides to help units and departments understand the UB CPE service and the responsibilities of units and departments, participants and the UB CPE support team.

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Service Overview

The UB Continuing and Professional Education service (UB CPE) allows units and departments to host non-credit continuing education and professional development content using UB Learns. Highlights of the service include:

  • Access to content on UB Learns for participants without an active UBITName, allowing the university to reach a wider audience.
  • Ability to collect a UB-Financial-Management-approved registration fee via credit card.
  • Online registration that allows for immediate access to the content on UB Learns.

Each unit and department will be responsible for the overall administration of their continuing education and professional development program. The UB CPE support team will assist by creating offerings in the UB CPE storefront and course shells in UB Learns.

Terminology

Sponsor
 A UB unit or departmental representative who requests an offering be added to the UB CPE storefront.

UB CPE Storefront
 The main website that categorizes and displays approved UB CPE Offerings.

UB CPE Offering
 The hosted course or event. This includes a short description and a direct enrollment link associated with content hosted on UB Learns. Offerings can be fee-based or free.

UB CPE Offering Registration page
 The page that displays a detailed description of the offering and the option to enroll.

Participant
 A user who engages with UB Learns content associated with a UB CPE offering. 

Responsibilities

  • Unit and Departmental Responsibilities
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    Units and departments provide information during the initial setup process, promote offerings, work with UB Financial Management if a fee is charged and are the first point of contact for support questions from participants.
  • Participant Responsibilities
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    We have put together information for participants to make account creation, enrollment and access to content as easy as possible.
  • UB CPE Support Team Responsibilities
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    The UB CPE support team creates and maintains offerings in the UB CPE storefront, works with units and departments on user management and generates reports.