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Overview

Sessions are the individual classes for a particular unit. These can be tracked, attendance recorded and timetabled for student attendance and tracking. Creating sessions for a scheduled unit is possible in Paradigm. This knowledge article will provide you with a brief description of all the fields needed to create a new session, as well as the workflows on how to create or add, and delete sessions to a scheduled unit.

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NOTE:

If your business or institution is using Rapla as you timetabling application, where all your sessions are created and then synchronised to Paradigm, refer to this knowledge article on how to create sessions in Rapla: 6. Create Sessions or Events.

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Assumptions

  • You have created a base unit;

  • You have an understanding of time periods/time period creation;

  • A base unit record must have been saved before you can save the details that are required for a scheduled unit record to be created in Paradigm; and

  • You have administrator-level access to create a scheduled unit.

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Implications

Note

BE ADVISED:

It is recommended to consult with a member of the Silverband Support Team prior to using the Session Class and the Session Group fields found in the SESSION DETAILS form – when adding a new session to a scheduled unit in Paradigm.

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Warning

WARNING

Paradigm makes an important assumption that ALL sessions where the Session Class is not set are compulsory enrolments.

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NOTE

When the Session Class is set but the Session Group is blank, then Paradigm will assume that there is an implicit Session Group value of 1, see Session Group and Session Class knowledge article.

Workflow

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title1. How to Add Session(s) to a Scheduled Unit

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How to ADD Session(s) to a Scheduled Unit


Read the notes carefully before you proceed following the instructions below.

NOTE

  • If the base unit that you want to add a session to has not been created or added in the system yet, refer to the instructions on these knowledge articles on how to add a base unit:

HE: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/984668/Search+Add +and+Edit+Base+Units#2.-How-to-create-or-add- a -New- Base - Unit-(Higher-Education)

VET: https: //silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/984668/Search+Add +and+Edit+Base+Units#3.-How-to-create-or-add- a -New- Base - Unit-(VET)

 

  • If a base unit has already been created but not yet set as a scheduled unit, refer to this knowledge article on how to create or add a scheduled unit: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/985116/Search+Add+and+Edit+Scheduled+Units#2. -How-to-add-or-create-a-Scheduled-Unit

  • If a scheduled unit has already been added but not currently loaded in the system, refer to this knowledge article on how to search for a scheduled unit: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/985116/Search+Add+and+Edit+Scheduled+Units#1.-How-to-search-for-a-Scheduled-Unit

  • Only when a scheduled unit is currently loaded in the system should you proceed following the instructions below:

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Once the scheduled unit that you want to add a session to has been loaded, you have the option to choose Units > Scheduled Unit Details > Edit Scheduled > Sessions menus on the side to go to the sessions section, or you can scroll down the page and look for the SESSIONS Form section.

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In the SESSIONS Form section, click the NEW SESSION button.

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After clicking the NEW SESSION button, go to the SESSION DETAILS Form section , and fill out all the available information relating to the new session that you want to add. Refer to the table above
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Adding Session Fields Brief Descriptions under the Key Terms and Conceptssection for a description of each field.

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After filling out all the required and necessary fields, click the SAVE SESSION button.

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title2. How to Delete Sessions

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How to DELETE Sessions


NOTE

  • If a scheduled unit has already been added but not currently loaded in the system, refer to this knowledge article on how to search for a scheduled unit: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/985116/Search+Add+and+Edit+Scheduled+Units#1.-How-to-search-for-a-Scheduled-Unit

  • If a scheduled unit is currently loaded in the system, proceed to following the instructions below.

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Once the scheduled unit that you want to delete the session has been loaded, you have the option to choose Units > Scheduled Unit Details > Edit Scheduled > Sessions menus on the side to go to the sessions section, or you can scroll down the page and look for the SESSIONS Form section.

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In the SESSIONS Form section, click the 📝EDIT button of the session that you want to delete.

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The 📝EDIT button will open the SESSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHEDULED UNITS Form section. You have the option to delete a session individually (e.g. if you scheduled one session to occur for a number of weeks, etc.) by clicking on each individual DELETE button, or if you decide to delete the whole session related to the scheduled unit – you can just click the DELETE ALL SESSIONS button.

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A confirmation pop-up window will appear on top of the page after clicking the delete button, click the OK button to confirm your deletion action.

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