A few recent improvements and additions to PD able
We’ve been busy making a series of improvements to PD able, based on feedback from the organisations and professionals using it.
Some are bigger changes, while others are small improvements that make everyday tasks a little easier. Here are a few of the latest updates now available.
A smarter way to find existing activities
It’s not always obvious whether a professional development activity has already been added to a PD system.
Our smart search can identify activities as you start typing, but differences in spelling, naming or reference numbers can sometimes mean an existing activity is missed.
This can result in the same activity being added more than once.
We’ve now introduced You might like, which displays potentially relevant existing activities alongside your activity list.
It gives users another quick way to discover activities that may already exist before creating a new one.
Less duplication, cleaner activity libraries and an easier way to find what you're looking for.
Share your QR code as a link
QR codes have become a really popular way for organisations to make recording in-house activities quick and easy.
Administrators can generate a QR code in PD able and download it as a PDF to include in presentations, posters, emails or other communications.
We've now added another option: a shareable URL.
So administrators can either:
Download the QR code as a PDF
or
Share the activity using a link
The new link is particularly useful when you're sending an activity by email or adding it to an online description where a QR code isn't practical.
Cohort handling
We’ve introduced cohort handling for PD systems that work around defined cohort cycles.
Our original annual cycle model has worked well for the majority of users, but we wanted to make PD able more flexible for organisations that manage people through different cohorts, intakes or cycle dates.
If your PD system doesn’t use cohorts, you won’t see any of the additional tools — so there’s nothing new to learn. But for PD System Owners who need it, cohort support is now good to go.
File uploads
You can now upload Word and Excel files under Resources.
This is particularly useful where employers provide staff with a centralised template to complete and then upload as evidence of their PD activity.
A good example is Peer Group support. A supervisor can meet with a staff member, record the outcome using a Word template, and the completed document can then be uploaded against the activity as evidence.
Recommended & In-house Activities
We’ve improved the way folders work on Recommended and In-house Activities.
Folders can now be expanded or collapsed, making it much easier to navigate larger activity lists and show or hide the content you need.
There’s still more we want to do here, but this is a useful step towards making larger activity libraries easier to manage.
Lecture Series
We’ve also made improvements to our specialised Lecture Series activity.
Lecture Series allows you to link a number of activities together as a single series, while still allowing attendees to claim CPD for individual lectures.
Previously, attendees had to attend the complete series before they could claim their CPD. Now, each individual event can be claimed separately, making the feature much more flexible for organisations running lecture programs.
More improvements on the way
PD able is continually evolving.
Some of our best improvements come directly from the people using the platform, whether that’s feedback about something that could be easier, a feature that would save time, or an idea for doing something differently.
Keep the feedback coming. We're listening.
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