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Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > District > Courses
This tab allows you to maintain course records in the district master schedule.
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search drop-down |
Select the field by which you want to search for courses. |
search |
Type all or part of the search phrase. |
Click Retrieve.
You can re-sort the grid by clicking on an underlined column heading. It will sort in ascending order. Click it again to sort in descending order.
A triangle next to the column heading indicates the column by which the grid is currently sorted and whether it is sorted in ascending or descending order.
Change the grid view:
The default view in the grid is basic course information indicated by ⇒ Crs Nbr in the area below the grid. You can modify the view in the grid by clicking an underlined header in that area.
For example, if you click the Scheduling header, only restrictions information is displayed in the grid. The Scheduling header is displayed as ⇒ Scheduling indicating that it is the current view.
The fields are displayed below the grid in a free-form format where you can add or update the record.
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Crs Nbr |
Type the four- to eight-digit course number assigned to the course by the district. NOTE: If you have selected to change the course number length on Maintenance > Master Schedule > District > District Control, a crosswalk is created and the New Course Number field displays the new zero padded course number next to the old course number. |
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title |
Next to the Crs Nbr field, type the name of the course, up to 15 characters, with no commas. |
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Abbrev Name |
Type the eight-character abbreviated course name that will print on the AAR (SGR2047). The field is for local courses only. |
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Service ID |
(Required) Click to select the service ID for the course. NOTE: Local Service IDs that begin with 8 must be unique and cannot end in XXX. |
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Graded Crs |
Select if the course is graded. |
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Nbr Sem |
Select the number of semesters of the course. |
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Textbook ISBN |
Type the international standard book number (ISBN) associated with the textbook for the course, up to ten characters. |
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Exclude from txGradebook |
Indicate if the course should be excluded from the Attendance and/or Grades pages in TeacherPortal. |
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Self Paced |
Select if the course is self paced. Self-paced courses can only be one semester long. |
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Scheduling |
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Course Codes and Credits |
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Elem/Misc |
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PEIMS |
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Under PEIMS, add data in the following fields:
In the CTE Hrs field, type the number of Career and Technical Education (CTE) hours associated with the course (i.e., 1-6). The hours are used by the Attendance application to compute CTE contact hours. If this is not a CTE course, leave the field blank.
In the Pop Srvd field, type or click to select the code indicating the student population primarily targeted for the course.
In the Instr Sett field, type the code for the instructional setting used when providing instruction to the students in the course. Or, click to search for the instructional setting code.
In the Class Type field, type or click to select the code indicating the type of class used when providing instruction to the students in the course.
In the Role ID field, type or click to select the code indicating the capacity in which the instructor serves the students during the course.
Note: Role ID 000 (i.e., other) is not used here and is excluded from the drop down.
In the Course Seq field, type or click to select the code indicating the sequence of the course. The code is not necessarily the actual semester the course is taught.
Under HR/GA (honor roll/grade averaging), add data in the following fields:
In the HRoll Wgt field, type the number of times the course is counted in honor roll computation. The field is one digit. Type 0 to exclude the course from honor roll computation.
In the HRoll Table field, type or click to select the code indicating the table used to convert the student's course grade in honor roll computations.
In the HRoll Cd field, type or click to select the code indicating if grades or students should be excluded from honor roll computations.
In the GA Table field, click to select the code indicating the table used for grade averaging computations that includes the course.
In the GA Wgt field, type the number of times the grade for the course is counted in grade averaging calculations. The field is one digit. Type 0 to exclude the course from grade averaging.
Click Save.
To edit a course record, click . The data is displayed in the free-form area below the grid allowing you to make changes.
Update the fields in the free-form area, and then click Save to save the changes. The changes are displayed in the grid.
To delete a course record, click . The row is shaded red to indicate that it will be deleted when the record is saved.
You can select multiple rows to be deleted at the same time.
Click Save. The selected rows are deleted.
Notes:
You can save changes and delete records in the same step (i.e., the changes are all committed when the record is saved). If any changes do not pass validation (i.e., cannot be deleted or have validation errors), none of the changes are saved.
Courses cannot be deleted if they are selected by a campus, have section records or are a part of a graduation plan that has students assigned to it.
If you attempt to delete a course that cannot be deleted, a message is displayed, and the course that cannot be deleted is listed.
If any course cannot be deleted, none of the courses are deleted.
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