Create a Placement Using Package Builder

1. Select Coordinator drop down button at the top right of your CEP account
2. Select Placements
3. Select Package Builder
4. Select the term for the package from the dropdown box
5. Select the corresponding course section for the package in which all placements will fall under for that term
6. After selecting the term and course section, you will see your list of students appear in the student list box
7. Click on the first student you’d like to add. The student’s name will highlight in blue
8. Select the blue arrow pointing to the “Selected Students” box to the right
9. Repeat to add other students to this placement package
10. In the “Select the Sites” box, click on the sites you’d be using for the students for the term select previously
11. Click on the first site you like to add. The site will highlight in blue
12. Select the blue arrow pointing to the “Selected Sites” box to the right
13. Repeat to add other sites to this placement package
14. Click the blue “Next Button”
15. For every student you’ve selected, there will follow a dropdown for site and preceptor, a box to input the instructor, and the start/end dates of the placement for that student.
16. Starting with the first student, select the site, preceptor, and input the instructor.
17. The Start/End dates are automatically populated to correlate to the term selected. If the Start/End dates are incorrect, you can click on the blue calendar buttons to change them.
18. Repeat this process for the rest of the students
19. After completing each student’s placement, click on the blue “Next” Button below
20. All individual student placements will appear in boxes for your review
21. You can either choose to add the placements to an existing package from the “Select a Package” drop down or Select the blue “Finish” button to create a new package.
    1. Remember, one term per package. There should not be multiple placements from different terms in one package.

How to inform preceptors, students and instructors of placement:

1. Select Coordinator drop down button at the top right of your CEP account
2. Select Placements
3. Your new placement package will appear at the top of the list of placement packages
4. Select the Blue “Edit Pencil” for your new package
5. Now, you can click on the “Don’t contact….” buttons
6. This will turn them green
7. Starting with the Preceptor button, Select date/time of contact using the blue calendar button for date and blue clock button for time
8. Repeat for students and instructors
9. Click green “Save” button
   1. NOTE: After you click “Save” there will be an email sent to preceptors, students, and instructors of this package, letting them know they have been added to a clinical placement.