Overview
After creating your Paradigm Sessions you created sessions for a specific time period , you can now synchronise your data in Rapla, it is ready to synchronise these sessions to Paradigm. The workflow on this article assumes that your data (sessions data ) in Rapla meet meets the requirements for the data migration to run without causing errors to in Paradigm. This knowledge article will guide you on how to setup set up the integration between Rapla and Paradigm.
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BE ADVISED It is very important to that you have reviewed the correctness of your You must review the data entry in Rapla before you will proceed to following the Workflow below. Some of the required and critical fields with sample data are listed on the table below for review. All these fields are also mentioned in the Create Sessions or Events page. |
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WARNING In the event you require to make changes on the details of the session in Rapla after the initial session synchronisation, you have to make sure that there are no enrolments link to the sessions prior to making the changes and do the resync. If you already have enrolments on the sessions that you want to make the changes to, we recommend you to take the following steps:
If you are using the Session Group/Class, we would advise you to not make any changes to the sessions and do the resync, especially if there are already enrolments involved – as that would complicate things further. More details on the implications and level of impact to the changes you will make when doing a resync are documented here: Resync to Paradigm: Level of Impact and its Implications. Please contact our Support Team if you have questions on resyncing. |
Required fields for Review
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The first image below represents the fields you enter when creating Paradigm Sessions in Rapla with the field names in Rapla as well as its equivalent field names in Paradigm (highlighted in red box) when creating a new Event (i.e. Paradigm session).
The table below the image shows you the fields in Rapla which should match to the fields in the Scheduled Units coded (you already created prior to synchronise Rapla sessions) in Paradigm for the sync to be successful, see Search, Add and Edit Scheduled Unitsknowledge article on how to search and add to double check if the scheduled units have already been created in Paradigm.
Rapla Field NameNames | Paradigm Scheduled Unit Field Names | Brief Overview | Sample Data |
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Unit Code | Unit Code (s) | Your allocated unique Unit Code to identify a unit of study (Scheduled Unit). MUST be the same coding in Paradigm.  | FIT9130 |
Unit Name | Scheduled Unit Name | Institution allocated unique unit names to identify units of study This field should not necessarily be the same as the unit name you’ve coded in Paradigm. You can customise the unit name in Rapla if need be to help in your data entry. e.g. ‘Entertainment Since 1945’ in Paradigm and ‘Entertainment Since 1945 Group 1’ in Rapla to emphasise grouping. | Systems Analysis and Design |
Campus | Home Institution | Your Business or Institution’s Name or a specific location of one of your branches if you have multiple campuses. This field will only be a red flag Should match the Provider record in Paradigm where the scheduled unit/s to be imported are/is under. | Melbourne or SBUNI |
Session Type | Lecture/Tutorial/Workshop | Lecture | |
Delivery Mode | mode Of Delivery | On Campus/Online/Other
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Department | Faculty/Department Name | Faculty of Information Technology | |
Should be within the Scheduled Unit’s Start Date and End Date fields | repeating frequency, any exceptions Make sure that the dates here are within WITHIN or the same THE SAME as the dates recorded in Paradigm for your semester (Time Period) start and end dates. | 9 - 11am, repeat every Monday | |
Teaching staff, facility and equipment resources | Teaching Staff Name, at Lecture Room A201 |
Workflow
How to synchronise Rapla Sessions to Paradigm
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The instructions below assume below instructions are based on the assumption that you have the FULL ADMIN account access level in Paradigm to manage the data synchronisation from between Rapla to and Paradigm.
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1 & 2. Log into your Paradigm account. Choose System > Rapla Session Import menus on from the side menu.
This would show you a screen as below
It will direct you to the following screen:
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NOTE: You can also manually enter the Semester Start and End Dates by editing the date fields directly instead of choosing a particular semester dates from the dropdown.
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As mentioned above, if you will specify a Unit Code on enter a unit code in this field, you have to make sure that it matches 100% to the scheduled unit record in Paradigm, read above section for more details. |
Rapla (Create Sessions or Events) | Paradigm (Search Add Scheduled Units) |
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As mentioned above, the Campus field in Rapla should be the same as the Home Institution field in the scheduled units in Paradigm, read above section for more details. |
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INFO: You In Paradigm, you can double check in Paradigm if the import was indeed has been successful by searching for the Scheduled Units and go to the Sessions section. Expect to see a list of sessions you just brought across from Rapla to Paradigm. |
Introduction to Rapla | 1. Install Rapla | 2. Get Familiar with the Rapla User Interface | 3. Create Users | 4. Add Resources: Facility, Equipment, Staff | 5. Create Time Periods | 6. Create Sessions or Events | 7. Publish Rapla | 8. Synchronise Sessions to Paradigm