CyberHoot provides the ability to optionally assign policies, videos, and programs to your users. Optional assignments provide the convenience of providing training to your users without the repeated reminders and compliance requirements.
Optional assignments are tracked under their own reporting category and not mixed with compliance reporting. This way you can assign policies, videos, and programs to your users without your compliance metrics being skewed!!!
Here’s how ya do it…
When creating or cloning a policy, simply check the ‘Policy is Optional‘ checkbox in the upper right hand corner of the card as seen here:

When creating or cloning a policy, simply check the ‘Video Training is Optional‘ checkbox in the upper right hand corner of the card as seen here:

Once a program is cloned locally, you can assign the training program to a group of users as an optional training program by checking the ‘Training Program is Optional‘ checkbox in the upper right hand corner of the card as seen here:

You can view the Optional Hoots reports by click on the Reports link in the navigation bar and clicking the Optional Hoots card:

This will take you to the Optional Hoots Report page:

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