Creating inclusive professional learning

All employees (with or without disability) need to be able to participate in professional learning on the same basis. The purpose of this resource is to build awareness and capacity of course authors, presenters and providers to design and host professional learning events that are not only compliant with standards, but truly usable and open to all. It has been developed to provide firstly, design implications and then secondly, delivery implications and what actions need to be taken to ensure professional learning is delivered with disability catered for in the appropriate manner. Inclusive professional learning is part of how we make education a great place to work and that our workforce is of the highest calibre.

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How to get started

You will need extra role Learning Author

To organise Learning Author access:

Step 1: Email your Principal or Director (Principal for school staff, Director for corporate staff) with this message: “Please reply ‘Approved’ if you give MyPL permission to add the Learning Author role to my profile. This role allows me to create courses, and schedule and manage sessions.”

Step 2: Once they reply with “Approved,” attach the approval email to your support request. Submit your request here: MyPL Support Query

New MyPL course type templates:

School Use Only: Any professional learning designed and delivered at a school or network level will now use the School Use Only template in MyPL.
Course code starts with SUO e.g. SUO00575

ESS Teacher PL: Any PL designed for teachers and delivered by Education Support Staff (ESS) will now use the ESS Teacher PL template (TPL).
Course code starts with: TPL e.g. TPL00130

ESS Non-Teaching PL: For non-teaching PL developed by Education Support Staff (ESS), please use the ESS Non-Teaching template (NPL).
Course code starts with NPL: NPL00091

Please contact Learning@det.nsw.edu.au for any questions about the new templates.

What is a Learning Asset

A Learning Asset is any resource or tool used to support learning or enhance the training experience. In MyPL, learning assets can include:

• Training sessions

• Videos

• Online or on-demand courses with interactive components

• Documents, such as case studies or research papers

• Assignments and task submissions

A course can have one asset or a combination of assets.

Learning assets are added to courses in MyPL so participation and progress can be tracked. For session-based courses, this records attendance, and for online courses, it shows if a participant has started or completed the course.

Having assets in MyPL helps participants clearly see their enrolment status and track progress across all parts of the course.

Courses need learning assets—if deliverables are managed outside MyPL, it can be confusing for participants and makes tracking enrolments and progress much more complicated.

MyPL Learning Assets (PDF 370.3 KB) these are screenshots to help locate the Learning Assets. These notes help you understand how each asset can facilitate learning. These are not intended to show you the end-to-end course authoring steps.

Do I create a Learning Event asset or a Catalogue Item?

A Learning Event asset is the component that lets session organisers schedule sessions for a course.

Learning Event asset is added to a Catalogue Item or course, giving organisers the flexibility to schedule multiple sessions as needed.

Creating a New Trackable Document Asset (PDF 440 KB) describes how to upload a document, audio, video, or a URL link to a web page.

Creating a New SCORM Asset (PDF 432 KB) describes how to upload a new online e-learning modulecreated in 3rd party applications e.g. Lectora and Captivate.

Creating a New Other Learning Asset (PDF 697 KB) describes how to set up a New Other Learning Asset to use as a way for learners to submit an assignment that will be directly submitted to, and marked by their supervisor.

Creating a New Assignment Asset (PDF 579 KB) describes how to set up a new Assignment for learners to submit.

Creating a New Discussion Forum (PDF 498 KB) describes how to set up a new discussion forum that can be accessed through a Catalogue Item.

Create a course

Create a session-based course using the Learning Wizard how-to steps

Create a session-based course using the Learning Wizard video

Create an online/on demand course using a SCORM asset video

Add NESA Standards Descriptors to my course submission : You can include the NESA Standard Descriptors when using the ESS Teacher PL course submission template. This section used to be mandatory for courses seeking accreditation, but is now optional since NESA removed the Accredited PD and Elective PD categories. You can add descriptors to show how your course aligns with the teaching standards.

Let’s get that course submission through

I cannot submit my Draft course: You are getting this message: “Mandatory metadata must be set before you can transition. Missing mandatory Search criteria and tags and Custom Attributes”.

Submitting a new course workflow: link takes you to a visual overview of the course submission workflow.

Course endorsement: Once a Draft course has been submitted, it is sent to the endorser for review. After the course is endorsed and receives final approval from the MyPL team, it will be published and appear in Browse Learning.

Troubleshooting course endorsement: I’ve submitted the Draft course, but my MyPL profile Reports To field is blank or has the wrong person. What should I do?