Expired plate
MCL 257.255(2) makes operating without a valid registration plate a civil infraction. No subdivision of MCL 257.320a(1) names it and it is not a moving violation, so no points attach, and MCL 257.732(16)(c) separately directs the court not to submit, and the Secretary of State to discard, the abstract for a chapter II violation that is not the basis for a license suspension, revocation or denial. A Michigan district court fine schedule shows the same 0 points, whether the plate expired up to 90 days ago or longer.
What the points do
A Michigan court that convicts a driver of a moving violation sends an abstract of the conviction to the Secretary of State, and the point value from the schedule in MCL 257.320a attaches to that abstract. Points stay on a record for two years from the date of the conviction. A non-moving violation produces an abstract with no points on it, which is the whole of the difference behind a plea to one. How points reach the record goes through this in full.
The basic driver improvement course
MCL 257.320d does not cover this kind of violation, whatever a particular driver's record looks like. The exclusions in subsection (3) work by the kind of offence, and a violation that adds no points to a record has nothing for the course to withhold.
This is general information from a driver-safety school. It is not legal advice. Your court can tell you what it requires, and an attorney you hire can answer questions about your own case.