---
title: "Assigning External Trainings"
slug: "assigning-external-trainings"
description: "Learn to assign external (those that are not stored in the company Learning Catalog) learning materials to employees."
tags: ["Local HR", "HR"]
updated: 2024-08-05T11:12:38Z
published: 2024-08-05T11:12:38Z
canonical: "help.lanteria.com/assigning-external-trainings"
---

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# Assigning External Trainings

The external trainings are the trainings and training materials that are not stored in the **Learning Catalog**, but can still be attended or studied by the employees.

The employees and Training Managers can assign the external trainings from the employee's personal development plan. The employee can open it from the **My Learning** > **My Development Plan**. The Training Manager can access the employee's plan from the employee card by clicking the **Development Plan** button on the **Learning** tab.

Follow these steps to assign an external training from the employee's development plan:

1. Click the **Assign External Activity** button. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img1100(1).png)
2. The assignment dialog will open. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img293(1).png)
3. Enter the name of the external training or training material that is being added to the development plan into the **Title** field.
4. Select the development need associated with this external training from the drop-down list in the **Development Need** field.
5. Select the category the training belongs to from the drop-down list in the **External Category** field. The [external training categories](/v1/docs/external-training-categories) are set up in the **Settings and Configuration** > **Learning** section.
6. Select the current status of the training – **Not Started**, **In Process**, or **Completed** - from the drop-down list in the **Status** field.
7. Enter the start and due dates for the training into the **Start Date** and **Due Date** fields, respectively. Enter the completion date into the **Completion Date** field, if relevant.
8. If you are assigning a training material that is available through the Internet, enter the material's URL into the **E-learning Link** field.
9. Select the currency for the course to be paid in from the drop-down list in the **Currency** field.
10. Enter the external training cost into the **Cost** field.
11. Enter the description of the training into the **Description** field.
12. Click **OK**.

The training will be added to the employee's development plan.

The **Cost**, **Currency** and **External Category** fields are only visible when the user is filing a request for an external training using the **Add Request for External Training** form. After the request is approved, these fields are copied to the corresponding development activity. If a request is being created for an activity in the **Learning Catalog** or a training event, these fields are hidden.

If there is a link available for the training, the employee will be able to open it from the development plan by clicking the **Launch Course** button.

## Related

- [External Training Workflow](/external-training-workflow.md)
- [External Training Report](/external-training-report.md)
- [External Training Categories](/external-training-categories.md)