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Determining Credits (Hours)

Note: You must assign a Course Director (assigncd) before you can perform this task.

The Continuing Dental Education (CDE) Administrator is responsible for ensuring that the credit hours associated with a course are appropriate and accurate. Follow these steps to associate total credit hours with a course:

1. Click the “Administrator” tab in main navigation
2. Under the Administrator tab, click “Catalog” to go to the Admin Catalog page
3. On the Admin Catalog page, click the Course Number to go to the Course Detail page for the course to add credit hours to
4. On the Course Detail page, click the “Edit Course” button to go to the Edit Course Wizard
5. Click the “Hours” tab at the top of the form
6. Enter the total Course Hours in the space provided
7. Click the “Submit” button

For each Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) classification that applies perform these steps:

8. Select Clinical or Non-clinical
9. Enter the number of Hours for the DANB classification
10. Click the “Add” button
11. To delete a DANB classification and the hours associated with it, click the “Remove” link to the right of the classification

For each Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) topic associated with the course perform these steps:

8. Select the Topic from the list provided
9. Enter the number of Hours for the AGD topic
10. Click the “Add” button
11. To delete an AGD topic and the hours associated with it, click the “Remove” link to the right of the AGD topic