Overview
Configuring your Scheduled Program to have interviews/auditions as an entry requirement is an optional workflow of your Online Applicant Portal. Note that currently, Paradigm (Online Applicant Portal) is configured that all interview/audition sessions must be billable with, and requires online payment.
However, [a recent update has just been made available] if you opt for some courses/programs to bypass the application fee, you can do so by referring to the workflow below, else, contact our Support Team.
Workflow
1. Refer to this knowledge article for a comprehensive discussion on how to come up with a Course Outline in Paradigm: Manage Course Outlines
NOTE:
The instructions below assume that a Course designed to have Interview or Audition schedules is already created as one of the Scheduled Unit in Paradigm with all the possible interview/audition sessions/schedules. If not, refer to the following instruction:
Create a Base and then a Scheduled Unit with the Course Name designed as Scheduled Unit in Paradigm to hold the interview/audition sessions/schedules. see Add Base Unit >> Add Scheduled Unit
Add the interview/audition sessions/schedules in Paradigm by referring to the instructions on this article: How to Add a Session(s) to a Scheduled Unit. If you prefer to do your sessions/schedules via Rapla, refer to our Rapla Knowledge Base documentation.
Add a scheduled unit fee of the set interview / audition session (as currently, Paradigm is configured that all interview/audition sessions must be billable with and requires an online payment), see Adding Fees to Scheduled Units.
NOTE that a recent update on the Applicant Portal has been made for you to have the ability to optionally set applications to free, by setting the application fee (scheduled unit fee) amount to $0. This will bypass the credit card payment section of the application process, and take the applicant straight to the session selection screen.
2. With the scheduled unit and interview/audition sessions, and fee set, you can now add it as one of the constraints in your Course Outline, see Adding Core and Elective Units workflow.
3. Proceed to STEP 2 part of the instructions, follow the rest of the steps, except when you get to step 6, select Application Unit as the Constraint Type instead.
4. After saving, the scheduled unit that you just added with the interview/audition sessions – should appear in your Course Outline table with an Application Unit constraint type, see sample screenshot below.
