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# How to Add CPD Points to Content

# How to Add CPD Points to Content

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to add CPD points to content
* Choosing a CPD category
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points are units that quantify the time and quality of learning and development activities. In most cases one hour of L&D roughly equates to one CPD point. If your organisation tracks CPD, you can record the number of points a piece of content is worth so it counts towards your people's professional development, and optionally classify those points with a CPD category.

## How to add CPD points to content

1. Open the content item from your **Library** and open the **Edit content** panel (the pencil icon on the right-hand toolbar).
2. Find the **CPD Points** section.
3. In **Points**, enter the number of points the content is worth. You can use decimals (for example, 1.5).
4. Optionally choose a **Category** beside the points.
5. Click **Save changes** to save.

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> **Note:** The **CPD Points** section only appears if CPD points are enabled for your account.

## Choosing a CPD category

The **Category** picker sits next to **Points** and lists the CPD categories your organisation has set up — for example *Technical*, *Ethics* or *Self-Directed*. It's optional: leave it blank and the points are recorded without a category.

If the category you need doesn't exist yet, you can create it here rather than going to Settings. Click **Add category** above the picker to enter a **Display label** and an optional **Description**, or type the new name straight into the **Category** picker and select it.

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When someone completes this content, the category is recorded against the points they earn — so it shows on their **CPD** tab, on their CPD transcript, and in the CPD Points Report. To manage the full list, see *How to Manage CPD Categories*.

## Things to keep in mind

* CPD points can be set in increments of 0.1, up to a maximum of 2000.
* As a rule of thumb, one hour of learning is roughly one CPD point — set the value to reflect the effort involved.
* Content carries **one** category. Its points can't be split across two.
* Changing the category later only affects points earned from then on — points already earned keep the category they were recorded with.
* If this content is completed **as a step inside a Pathway**, the points are recorded without a category. The category carries through when the content is assigned in its own right.
* If you do not see the **CPD Points** section, CPD points are not enabled for your account. An Owner or Admin can turn this on in your settings.

## FAQs

**Why can't I see the CPD Points field?**
CPD points are a setting that has to be enabled for your account. If the field is missing, ask an Owner or Admin to enable it.

**Can I enter part points?**
Yes. Points can be entered in steps of 0.1, so half-hour activities and similar can be recorded accurately.

**Do I have to set a category?**
No. The **Category** field is optional, and points without one report as **Uncategorised**.

**Why can't I see the Add category button?**
Creating a new CPD category is limited to Owners and Admins. Other roles can still pick from the categories that already exist.

## Who can do this

**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can edit Library content, set its CPD points and choose a category. **People Managers**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot — they have read-only access to content. Creating a brand-new CPD category from the **Add category** button is limited to **Owners** and **Admins**.