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- A base understanding of the terms used in the Australian tertiary education industryTertiary Education industry / VET Sector
- Understands to structure of the course including core units, electives, pre-requisites, co-requisites required to complete the course to meet the accredited requirements.
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To set up the Course plan / Constraints table the following information will be required.:
- The scope and structure of the course
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- including the units required to complete the
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- course
- Units pre-requisites, co-requisites, core units, electives, substitute units, previous versions of units,
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- Accreditation changes,
- Majors and Minors available within the Course structure
- Planned unit schedules
| Field Name | Brief Overview |
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| Program Constraints ID | Internal System ID given to the course rule. Each constraint will have its own unique code |
| Course ID | Course ID given to the course |
| Unit ID | Internal Organisational code assigned to each unit |
| Unit Name | Mainly for the usability. Does not display from the user interface on the course plan |
| Constraint Types | Core Unit, Elective Unit,Prerequisite Unit, Study Area (Minor), Major, Minor, Study Specialisation (Major), Program Prerequisites, Unit program prerequistes, Program Unit Not required, Application Unit, Corerequisite Unit, Disallowed Unit, Substitute Unit, Allow multiple schedule Units, Component Program, Competency Unit, Required Unit Count , Transfer Program |
| Display Code | Display code indicates where in grid that this unit will appear. The letters A-E are columns across and 1-25 are the rows down. These in combination will indicate the exact grid position Ex: B3,D5,A1 |
| Description | Text that will appear at the beginning of the row to describe this section of the grid |
Each rules will require its own line within the rules table, for example e.g.if a unit has 3 perquisites prerequisites the unit will have 4 lines within the rules table (one for the original unit to be placed into the course plan and one for each prerequisite unit)Please note that you will be able to create 3 grids to distinguish electives and critical units, instead of one grid
Implications
- The Course Plan method will require initial setup of a course plan with restrictions, co-requisites, prerequisites, majors, minors, core units, electives, scope and structure of the course.
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- Click on the Course Tab within the side menu
- Click on the Search option in the Side menu
- Enter their the Course Id or Course name into the search fields
- For a current course ensure the Course Status is Active, for a non current course change the Course status to Archived
- Click on the Search Course Button
- This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria
- To reduce the returned options in this box
above the returned results start typing the Course name. This will reduce the number of results. - Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.
- The Course record has now been loaded.
- Click on the Outline button in the Side menu
- Scroll half way down the page and click on the Add Constraint button.
- Search for the unit to be added by either Unit code or Unit name. The list of units will appear below the constraints table.
- To add the unit click the add unit icon
next to the unit name. The internal system id code will appear in the details box below. - Select the constraint type from the drop down menu- Core Unit, Elective etc
- Add a display code - eg e.g. D2
- Add description - eg e.g. Core Units, Semester 1, Electives. This is what will appear at the beginning of the grid placement line
- Click on the save Outline Constraints button
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- Click on the System tab on the side menu
- Click on the Edit Form Labels option in the Side menu
- In the box labelled Label id enter the id of the label ex: plan
- Click on the Search Labels button. This will return you the label matching your search criteria
- Click on the label ID and change the Label text as required. e.g. eg student_Course_plan_tableY or student_course_plan_tableZ
- Click on the Save Label button
Further reading
This section of the KB contains links to any further related information that would be helpful for the purpose understanding this topic.How to enrol in units via the Course Plan