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Upon completion of this KB the user reading this article you will be able to Search for, Add New, and Edit base units

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  • You have the minimum required level to access the Units tab and an understanding

  • You understand that making changes within this section has system-wide implications.

  • You have an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System / VET Sector.

  • You have an understanding of the Units and Courses within your Institution for scheduling and timetabling.

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EFTSL is an acronym of Equivalent Full Time Study Load. EFTSL is a measure used by the Australian Government and institutions to measure the total load consumed by a student. EFTSL is a measurement of how much a unit is worth in within a normal full-time study year.

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To calculate a study load (EFTSL) for a single unit, divide take the number of credit points for the unit by one years year of full time load, and divide it by number of credit points for the unit. For example, if the one year load is worth 96 and a single unit is worth 12 credit points, then the  EFTSL the EFTSL is 0.125 which represents 12 96 divided by 9612, or as a fraction, one-eighth.

This is based on a normal study year being comprised of two semesters in a year, meaning the sum of EFTSL for all units within each semester is 0.5 in total. The student may study 4 units per semester, implying 8 units for the year, meaning that a single unit is now worth 0.125 EFTSL. 

If your institution works on a trimester structure, then you may end up with an EFTSL count of more than 1. Technically, trimester study mode is overloading above a normal study load. A similar overloading of EFTSL would occur in the event that a student was enrolled in units above the normal level, for example accelerated learning.

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Field Name

Brief Overview

Unit CodesCode

Institution allocated unique unit codes code to identify units of study

Unit Name

Institution allocated unique unit names name to identify units unit of study

Unit Provider

The provider / Institution the unit will be offered by

Unit Keywords

Key words / or buzz words that relate to the unit. These can be use when trying to find a unit when you don't know the exact name

Unit Status

  • Active

  • Archived

  • Cancelled

  • Confirmed

  • Unconfirmed

Unit Type

  • Tuition Fee

  • OSHC Fee

  • Course Fee

  • Other Fee

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  • Provider Id

  • Status Id

  • Last modified Date

  • Unit Id

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Field Name

Brief Overview

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Unit Id* E354

System allocated internal Id code

Parent Unit Id

Internal System allocated Id code (no data entry required)

Unit CodesCode*

Institution allocated unique Unit Id code

Provider Other Unit Id*

Institution allocated unique Unit Id code - this code is useful when paired with a time period code for LMS (Learning Management System) systems

Name*

Full name of the units unit - this will appear on the students student's transcript

Unit Category

  • Undergraduate

  • Postgraduate

  • Non-Award

  • Secondary

  • VET

Unit Group

  • Undergraduate

  • Postgraduate

  • Non-Award

  • Secondary

  • VET

Unit Sub-Group

  • Level 0

  • … through …

  • Level 6

Unit Provider

If the provider has multiple institutions within the same system, this can identify which is running this instance of the unit

Credit Point Points / Statement*

The number of credit points the student will earn achieve towards their course of study upon successful completion of this unit of study

Unit Type*

Academic outcome related unit type:

  • Tuition - this informs the system to treat each unit enrolment from both academic and financial perspectives

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Note

Contact Silverband team with your requirements prior to creating base units where the unit type is not 'Tuition'.

The other unit type options are used by providers who wish to capture a recurring fee that is not directly related to academic outcomes:

  • OSHC Fee - Overseas Health cover Fee

  • Course Fee

  • Other Fee (accommodationsaccommodation/home-stay fees)

Unit Purpose and Aims

Within this field a A description of the Unit Purpose and aims can be outlined. Students can be granted access to this information in order to decide if this is the unit they want to studychoose whether to study this unit.

Prerequisites

A list of any units that are required to be completed PRIOR to attempting this unit of study

Corequisites

A list of any units that are required to be completed CONCURRENTLY with this unit of study

Learning Outcomes

A detailed list of the learning outcomes as per the TESQA regulation for this Unit unit of Studystudy

Learning Outcomes - Able to:

A more human consumable readable version of the field above.

Learning Outcomes - Be in a position to

What the student will able able to do upon completion of this units unit of study

Requirements

An overview of what is required of the student needs to achieve be able to complete this unit

Assessments

A list of the assessments required to be successfully completed to receive a passing grade for this unit of Studystudy

Target Audience

Who is this unit of study aimed attoward

Bibliography

A list of required and suggested readings for this unit of study

Unit Exclusions

If a student does attempts this unit of study are there any units that they are prohibited from doingstudying. Alternatively If if a student has completed another unit of study that prohibited prohibits them from doing studying this unit.

Unit Content

Topics or areas covered in this unit of study

Keywords

Buzz words or key words, used in the search section for staff to find this unit if unsure of when the exact title of this unit is not known

Method of delivery*

Online, On Campus, Intensive, Printed

Approval required

Does the Head of School or Senior Academic need to approve a students enrolment in this unit of study

Unit Status*

Active, Archived, Cancelled, Confirmed, Unconfirmed

Nominal Hours#

The nationally agreed minimum hours for nationally recognised training packages - for a list of units click here

Scheduled Hours#

The number of hours the institution / provider has scheduled to delivery deliver this units / competency

Vet Flag#

Is the Focus of this unit of Study Vocational?

VET in Schools#

Is this unit a part of the National VET in schools program

Delivery Mode Identifier#

What mode of delivery is this unit being done inHow is the content for this unit intended to be delivered ie. the mode of delivery

Appear on transcript

Should this unit of study appear on the students student's transcript

GST Percentage

What is the GST charge for this unit of Study (enter a percentage without the percentage symbol)

Unit Level

What level of study is the unit of study

AQF Level

The level of study is for this unit of study in as defined by the Australian Quality Framework

Weighting Level

Year Level

The minimum year level of the course of study that a student must be have achieved before attempting this unit

Exclude Sessions on Course Plan

Prevent sessions for this unit from appearing as available options on the course plan

School

To which The school or Department does department that this unit of study belong belongs to

Invoice Fee Code

To which The department / School do school that the fees for this unit go towill be directed

Accreditation Date

What The date was this unit was accredited

Accreditation Due Date

When is this unit due for re-accreditation reaccreditation / When does accreditation expire?

Custom Unit Grade Calculation


SMS Entity id

Unit SMS Entity type

Remote Unit SMS Entity Id

Delivery Mode Identifier#

  • External

  • Internal

  • Workplace

  • Combination

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TCSI Unique identifier

TCSI unique id for this unit

HEIMS Discipline E464

A code which uniquely identifies the discipline to which a unit of study is classified by the provider

HEIMS Work Experience Indicator* E337

An indicator whether a unit of study consists wholly of work experience in the industry

Summer and Winter School Code

A code that describes whether the unit must be completed during a specified season, or within two named month boundary dates

Unit of Study Year Long indicatorEFSTL Load (Ugrad

An indicator that states whether the unit runs for a full year

EFSTL Load (Ugrad)* E339

Equivalent Full Time Study Load - What fraction of 1 does this unit represent within the Course of study, at a full time load for an Undergraduate Student

EFSTL Load (PGrad)* E339

Equivalent Full Time Study Load - What fraction of 1 does this unit represent within the Course of study, at a full time load for a Postgraduate Student

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Before a student can be enrolled into a Unit:

  • The unit / subject needs to be must have already been created as a Base Unit

  • The Base Unit must then be scheduled, by creating a scheduled unit record, giving it a specific time period for delivery, a census date, and a venue

  • Once these have be done, the student can be enrolled in the Scheduled Unit.

Some of the fields within the Add Unit section are required by either or both sections of Government reporting (HEIMS and AVETMISS). 

The following table maps out shows the minimum system required fields to create a viable / functioning base unit record.

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Optional Fields

Overview

Credit Points

For the unit result to contribute to toward the student final course result total the unit will require a credit point statement. This is the number of points that the unit will contribute to the overall course total.

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Field

Meaning

Nominal Hours

The nationally agreed number of hours that the unit of study requires to be completed. These hours are reviewed and updated annually and are available form from the NCVER website

Scheduled Hours

The number of hours the provider has allocated to teach the unit of study

VET Flag

Is the unit a part of VET Course or is the unit considered Vocational Training? Answer yes or no

VET in Schools

Is this unit a part of the National VET in Schools Program? Answer yes or no

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title2. How to Create / Add a New Base Unit (Higher Education)
Note

Be advised

These instructions indicate the minimum required fields to create a system viable and compliant Government reportable Higher Education unit.

  1. Click on the Units tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Unit Details option in the side menu

  3. Click on the Add new option in the Side menu

  4. Enter the Unit Code

  5. Enter the Unit Name

  6. Select the HEIMS Discipline code from the drop down box

  7. Select the Unit Provider

  8. Select the Unit Type (e.g. Tuition for an academic unit) - Refer to the above key fields to understand each unit type.

  9. Enter the number of credit points to be granted upon successful completion of this unit of study

  10. Select the Method of Delivery

  11. Select the HEIMS work experience indicator

  12. Enter the EFTSL Load (UGrad)

  13. Enter the EFTSL Load (PGrad)

  14. Select the Unit Status

  15. Click on the Save Unit button

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title4. How to Add Assessment to Scheduled Units From a Base Unit

  1. Click on the the Units tab tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the the Unit Details option option in the side menu

  3. Click on the the Show Scheduled Unit option Units option in the Side side menu

  4. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider, Start Date, End Date (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  5. Click on the the Search Unit button button

  6. This will show return a list of units that meet the searched criteria

  7. To filter the returned options start typing the list name of units, in the search box above the list of units, start typing the unit name

  8. When you see the record for the unit you are looking for, click on the unit id code, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row

  9. Scroll down to the Assessments Associated with this Scheduled Unit section

  10. Click on the Add Scheduled Assessments from Assessments buttonthe unit into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria

  11. Click on the blue hyperlink on the left side of the required record

  12. Scroll down to the Assessments Associated With This Scheduled Unit section

  13. Click on the Add Scheduled Assessment from Assessments button.

This will add the assessments to the Scheduled Unit irrespective of the delivery method.

This will add the assessments to the Scheduled unit irrespective of delivery method

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title5. How to Add Assessment to Scheduled Units From a Base Unit By Delivery Method

Scheduled units can have different assessments requirements for different delivery methods. These can be added to the Schedule based on the delivery method selected.

  1. Click on the Units the Units tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the the Unit Details option option in the side menu

  3. Click on the the Show Scheduled Units option option in the Side side menu

  4. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider, Start Date, End Date (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  5. Click on the  Search Scheduled Search Unit button. button

  6. This will show return a list of units that meet the searched criteria

  7. To filter the returned options start typing the list of units, in the search box above the list of units, start typing the unit name

  8. When you see the record for the unit you are looking for, click on the unit id code, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row

  9. Scroll down to the Assessments Associated with this Scheduled Unit sectionname of the unit into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria

  10. Click on the blue hyperlink on the left side of the required record

  11. Scroll down to the Assessments Associated With This Scheduled Unit section

  12. Click on the Add Scheduled Assessments for Delivery Mode  button

Assessments designated Online will be added to an

online

Online Scheduled Unit. Assessments designated On Campus will be added to an On

Campus Scheduled

Campus Scheduled Unit

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title6. How to Add Attachments to a Base Unit

  1. Click on the Units tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Unit Details option in the side menu

  3. Click on the Edit Details option in the Side menu

  4. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  5. Click on the Search Unit button.

  6. This will show a list of units that meet the searched criteria

  7. To filter the list of units, in the search box above the list of units, start typing the unit name.

  8. When you see the record for the unit you are looking for, click on the unit id code, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row.

  9. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the Add File Attachment button

  10. Click the Purpose drop box and select the most appropriate option for the attachment

  11. Click the Category drop box and select the most appropriate option for the attachment

  12. Enter the Name of the attachment (This is the name that will appear on the screen so be specific and concise)

  13. Enter a Description of the attachment. The description will appear when hovering over the name of the attachment. This will allow the user to have more details about the attachment without having to download it

  14. Click the Status drop box to select a status option

  15. Select the minimum permission level required to view the attachment

  16. Click the Choose File button to navigate to where the attachment is currently stored

  17. Click the Save File Attachment button

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title7. How to Edit a Base Unit
Warning

Warning

When editing or updating base units any changes made will not filter down to any scheduled units previously created. Any historical schedules scheduled units will not be effect affected nor updated by any changes to the base unit.

  1. Click on the Units tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Unit Details option in the side menu

  3. Click on the Edit Details option in the side menu

  4. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  5. Click on the Search Unit button

  6. This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria

  7. To filter the list of units, in the search box above the list of units, start typing the unit name

  8. When you see the record for the unit you are looking for, click on the unit id code, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row

  9. Update the required field(s)

  10. Click on the Save Unit button

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title8. How to Delete a Base Unit
Warning

Warning

A Base Unit cannot be deleted if there are any Scheduled Units associated with it. The scheduled units must be deleted before you can delete a base unit.

  1. Click on the Units tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Unit Details option in the side menu

  3. Click on the Edit Details option in the side menu

  4. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  5. Click on the Search Unit button.

  6. This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria

  7. To filter the list of units, in the search box above the list of units, start typing the unit name.

  8. When you see the record for the unit you are looking for, click on the unit id code, highlighted in blue in the left column of that row.

  9. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the Delete Unit button.

  10. A warning will appear, Are you sure that you want to delete the selected items? Click OK if you want to proceed, or click Cancel button to keep them.

  11. If you clicked OK, the unit has now been deleted

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