How to Set Up and Manage CPD in Glue Up

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is structured learning that helps professionals maintain and improve their skills through accredited activities. CPD allows learning to be measured through credits and certificates that are officially recorded.

With Glue Up’s CPD module, learning becomes measurable, trackable, and recognized for both organizers and attendees.

This article explains:

How to add CPD credit types
How to create and manage CPD events
How to approve attendee credits
How attendees track their CPD activities

Note: The CPD module is a paid add-on and is only available to organizations that have purchased this feature.

CPD Credit Types

CPD Credit Types define how learning is measured, such as by hours or points. They ensure credits are assigned in a clear and consistent way, so organizers and attendees understand how CPD activities are recorded and valued.

Add a Credit Type

Before creating CPD events, you must add at least one credit type.

Go to Organization Settings and open CPD Settings under Other Settings.

Click + Add Credit Type, then:

Enter a Name
Add a Description
Select a Measurement (for example, CEUs, hours or points)

Important: Once created, a credit type cannot be hidden, edited, or removed.

Creating a CPD Event

CPD credits can be enabled for both online and offline events.

Open the Events module and click Create Event. Select either Offline Event or Online Event, then click Create.
Scroll to the CPD Credits section and enable CPD Credits.

Choose one of the following approval options:

Auto-approve credits – credits are approved automatically after the attendee is checked in
Require admin approval – credits must be approved manually per attendee

Note: In either case, credits are approved or available for approval after the event end date and time.

The approval setting can be changed later under Event Settings > General Settings, even after the event is created.

Configure Credit Details

Open Registration Settings and go to Registration Options. Scroll down to Credit Details.

Add one or more CPD credit types and define how many credits attendees can earn for the event.

CPD Menu in Events

CPD-enabled events include a dedicated CPD menu in the left navigation. This menu contains:

Certificates
Credits Approval

Certificates

Open Certificates to design and manage CPD certificates for the event.

Enter a Certificate Title and choose a layout. You can select a predefined layout or choose Blank to design from scratch.

Use the editor to:

Add attendee information
Add event information
Upload images, shapes, or custom text

Once finished, you can:

Click Save as Template to reuse the design for future CPD events
Click Save to apply it only to the current event

Credits Approval

After the event is over, attendees appear in Credits Approval.

This section includes three tabs:

Awaiting Approvals – pending credits when manual approval is enabled
Approved – approved credits
Declined – declined credits

From Awaiting Approvals, you can approve or decline credits individually or in bulk. Use the three-dot menu to view contact profiles or event details.

Approved attendees appear under the Approved tab. If auto-approval is enabled, attendees appear here automatically.

Note: Attendees must be checked in using the Onsite Toolkit or Manager app before credits appear.