CPD Portal instructors work hard to provide students with high quality courses and compelling learning experiences. Depending on the course, it may have more than one instructor, as well as teaching assistants to help answer questions you may have.
Instructors
CPD Portal courses are created and overseen by experts in their respective fields. You can see who the instructors are for a course, and review information about them, by scrolling down to the “About The Instructor” section on the course landing page.
Students can send a message directly to the Instructor, or use the Q&A section to communicate with the Instructor.
Teaching Assistants
Instructors can also add teaching assistants to their courses, who can help them with their course materials and respond to student questions in the Q&A
CPD Portal offers many features to students as well as Instructors. Here are some of the features offered to the students.
- Features Available
- Video Lectures
- Audio Lectures
- Text Lectures
- Quizzes
- Supplementary Resources
- Download Certificates of Completion
- Q&A (read and post questions)
- Bookmarks
- Post Reviews
- See Reviews
- View Instructor Announcements
- Promo Videos
- Direct Message Your Course Instructor
- Search by Category
- Search Marketplace and Enroll in Courses
- Full access to our Social Platform which includes:
Adding Friends
Creating Study Groups
Wall Posts
Message Friends
Message Instructors
View Profiles of Instructors / Companies
Be notified on updates on courses
You can access your CPD Portal courses from various devices and platforms, on both PC and Mac desktops / laptops. Our system requirements for these follow below.
Minimum System Requirements
- The latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera or IE11 for desktop/laptop
- A broadband connection with a minimum speed of 800kbps, We recommend having a connection speed of 2 meg and upwards.
- Please note that Flash Player is not required
PC Specific Requirements
- Platform: Windows 8 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mac Specific Requirements
- Platform: Mac OS X 10.12 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
What Browser does CPD Portal Recommend?
To watch courses, we recommend using Google Chrome.
This article outlines how you can preview a course, and see if it’s the right course for you. In addition, this article explains how you can review key information about a course, the instructor(s), and read student reviews on the course landing page.
For tips on how to find a course on the CPD Portal marketplace, or courses related to a specific subject.
How to Start a Free Preview
Every CPD Portal course has some lectures the instructor has selected for a free preview, so students can sample the course content and their teaching style. To start a free preview, please follow the steps below:
- Click on the course icon or course title to proceed to its Course Landing Page
- Next, click Preview This Course on the right-hand side of the page
- Now you’ll be able to watch a handful of lectures selected by the instructor
Reviewing Course Information
You can also review key information about the course on the course landing page, which includes the following sections:
What Will I Learn? – this section is a summary of what the course will teach you.
Requirements – these are the prerequisite knowledge or tools, if any, you will need to take the course.
Description – a detailed explanation of what the course covers and why you should enroll.
Who is the Target Audience? – you can see who the course is designed for and whether it matches your learning goals.
Curriculum For This Course – you can review a list of each lecture title, and any other curriculum items the course includes (quizzes, assignments, practice tests, etc). The entire course length, including non-video lectures, is also posted at the top right of the Curriculum section.
About the Instructors
This section is where instructors share information about themselves, as well as their experience and expertise. If you click on the instructor’s name, you will be directed to their profile page, which also includes icons for all the courses they teach.
Student Feedback
In the Student Feedback section you can see ratings and reviews students have submitted for the course, which may help you decide whether the course is right for you.
When students take a course they are asked what they would rate the course from one to five stars. In the ratings section, you can see what the rating for the course is, and sort through reviews based on their rating, by clicking on the corresponding number of stars.
Please note that instead of using a simple lifetime average, CPD Portal calculates a course’s average star rating by considering a number of different factors such as the number of ratings, the age of ratings, and the likelihood of fraudulent ratings.
Below the ratings are the reviews students have submitted for the course. Reviews include comments from the student about the courses, as well as their rating for it. As a result, student reviews can be very helpful in helping you determine whether the course will meet your educational goals.
In addition, this section may also include a Featured Review, which highlights a positive experience a student had with the course..
Once you find a course you’re interested in, you can quickly let your friends, relatives or co-workers know by using the social media links on the course landing page.
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