7.2.13. Departments

• The department is a division of an organization that deals with a specific area of activity.
• In LMS, the department is mapped to the new users at the time of creation.
• Departments are created, edited, deleted and details on the departments can be viewed such as Name, Created By, Created On of the classroom trainings.

Example: Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing & Sales etc.

To access departments:

Click Admin > Manage Users > Manage Departments. The following Manage Departments screen appears displaying department details

7.2.13.1. Create Department

To create department:

Click Create New. The following Create Department screen appears with the respective data fields to be filled.

7.2.13.2. Edit, Delete and View Department Details

To edit department:

Click Edit . The Edit Departments screen appears with the chosen fields to be edited.

To delete department:

Click Delete . An alert box is displayed with the following message: “Do you want to delete the Department <subject_name>??” click Ok or Cancel.

Note

Departments cannot be deleted if is assigned with dependency. For example, if the department is mapped to the users and is in use, then it cannot be deleted.

To display details of department:

Click Details . The Details screen appears displaying details of the selected department. The screen also provides the option to Edit the details when required.