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Professional Development Pathways (PDP) provides tools, guidance, and learning opportunities for employees and supervisors who want to invest in talent development and career growth. The following courses are new professional development opportunities available within the PDP Purchasing certificate:

Concur Expense Reporting

This course provides an overview of navigating and using Concur. This course includes the following topics: setting up and managing the user profile, setting Delegates and Proxies, alerts and itineraries, creating reports, costing, per diems, and an overview of Approver structure. 

Estimated course length is approximately 1 hour, and there are no pre-requisites.

Learning Objectives: 

• Define substantiation requirements. 
• Use Concur to substantiate and submit travel, University card, and cash reimbursement transactions. 
• Describe the process from submission to approval through payment. 
• Determine appropriate usage for delegates. 
• Set up a delegate in Concur. 

Booking Individual Travel

This course provides an introduction to the University travel provider, Christopherson Business Travel and how to leverage their services. This course includes the following topics: How to book and pay for airfare, ground transportation, lodging in Concur and through and a travel agent and highlights of the University travel policy and procedures.

Estimated course length is approximately 1-1.5 hours, and there are no pre-requisites.

Learning Objectives: 

• Demonstrate how to book flights, ground transportation and lodging
• Define Christohperson Business Travel services and how to work with them
• Determine what to do if you have a travel issue
• Review travel policy and procedures

Travel Policy and Procedures

This course provides a detailed look at the 51社区 travel policy and procedures.  This course will cover policy overview, transportation, lodging, meals and incidentals, receipt requirements, cash advances, as well as other compliance related topics. 

Estimated course length is approximately 1 hour, and there are no pre-requisites.

Learning Objectives: 

• Interpret/translate University travel policy into daily best practices.
• Define traveler responsibilities.
• Define documentation requirements.

These courses are e-learning courses, available to university faculty and staff. To register for PDP courses, please go to the Courses page on the and click the 鈥淩egister鈥� link for the desired course.

To learn about PDP certificates, and get more information about other tools and resources available through the PDP program, go to the . For non-technical information about the OHIO PDP program, please contact the Employee Service Center at 740-593-1636 or uhr@ohio.edu. If you have technical issues within Blackboard, please contact the IT Service Desk at 740-593-1222 and identify yourself as a Professional Development Pathways or OHIO PDP program participant.