Creating a new program revision

Before starting

Before starting a new revision, decide whether your updates are minor or major, and check if there are any students active (or previously active) on the program.

• Minor changes (e.g., updating a name, description, or syllabus time) can be made directly on the active revision, even if students are or have been attached.

• Major changes (e.g., adding or removing lessons or exercises) require a new revision if any students are or have ever been active on the program.

Learn more about the difference in our article Editing training programs - major and minor changes

Steps to Create a New Revision

Ensure you have the permissions to view and edit programs.
Learn more about Permissions in our article Permissions

 

Go to Administration → Programs.

Open the program you want to update.

This will take you to the Revisions overview. Now click Create Revision.

Give the revision a name, if needed, add any comments and External references. To save time, you can use one of your existing revisions as a template (The current revision is recommended since it's the most up to date.) This creates a copy of that revision, where you can then make your changes.

Fill in the rest of the options, if change is needed here
Learn more about these options in our article Creating a new training program from scratch

Click Save revision to create the new revision.

The cloning process may take a little time, depending on the size of the revision. Once it’s done, the new revision will appear in your Revisions overview. To start making your major changes, simply click on the name of the newly created revision.

All changes to the pre-briefing section or the lesson times are considered minor changes. These can be made by simply clicking the Edit icon.

Changes to the exercises within a lesson are considered major changes. To make these, click the lesson name (for example, Lesson 1).

Since this is a new revision and there are no students attached yet. You willl notice two extra columns:
1. A delete column (red circle with a white cross) to remove a lesson.
2. A clone column to quickly copy a lesson. This makes it easy to create multiple similar lessons, just clone one and adjust it as needed.

 

Activating the New Revision

When you’re ready:

Go back to the Program page and click the Edit icon.

Select the new revision in the dropdown and click Update Program.

From now on, any new students you add will join the new revision.

Related resources

• Creating a new training program from scratch

• Cloning an existing program

• Major vs. Minor changes – what’s the difference?

Need help?

If you need assistance creating or structuring your training programs, feel free to contact our support team via the Get Support button inside FlightLogger