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title: "CPD"
slug: "cpd-1"
tags: ["CPD Categories", "Audience Requirements"]
updated: 2025-10-02T14:37:16Z
published: 2025-10-02T14:37:16Z
canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/cpd-1"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thrivelearning.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# CPD

The **Continuing Professional Development (CPD)** settings allow administrators to build, manage, and track formal learning requirements across your organisation, which is essential for meeting professional accreditation and compliance needs. From this page, you can configure programmes, set mandatory hours per category, define audience requirements, and link platform content to CPD goals.

## Configuring CPD

### Adding CPD Categories

Categories represent the professional development areas (for example, **Coaching**, **IOSH**) that learners will select when logging their off-platform CPD activity.

1. From the Thrive menu, go to **Configure** > **CPD**.
2. Under **CATEGORIES**, click **Add categories**.
3. Enter a **Name of category**.
4. Click **ADD**.

Repeat this process as necessary to add all required categories.

### Defining Audience Requirements

Define which user groups need to complete CPD and specify their required hours:

1. Click **Add audience requirement**.
2. Search for the **Audience** you want to assign the CPD to.
3. Give the requirement a **CPD Name** (such as “Annual Leadership Development”).
4. Enter the **Start Date** (typically 1st January for annual cycles).
5. Enter the **Hours required** to complete the CPD.
6. Click **ADD**.

The CPD will now appear on the user’s [CPD dashboard](/v1/docs/cpd) in the **Learn** area.

### Endorse Content for Credit

To make existing Thrive content (like articles or courses) count toward a learner's required CPD hours, you must endorse it.

1. Go to the content item you want to include in CPD.
2. Click the **Endorse** button on that content.
3. In the new window, select the relevant CPD category.

The content is now endorsed and will count towards a learner’s required CPD hours.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> The duration of the content, which determines the credited time, must be set in the content's general settings.

Any learning material in Thrive, including courses, quizzes, videos, documents, external links, and user-generated resources. Content serves to educate, engage, and assess learners, supporting a wide range of learning experiences across the platform.