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Upon completion of this KB article you will have an understanding of how to Search, Add and Edit Scheduled Units.

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Assumptions

  • You know how to create 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

  • You have administrator level access to create a scheduled unit

Key terms and concepts

Note

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A new scheduled unit must be created whenever one of the following 5 fields changes:

  1. Unit Code

  2. Start Date

  3. Census Date

  4. Delivery Mode

  5. Institution Code

If any of these 5 fields change, a new scheduled unit must be created regardless of the course the student is undertaking.

E.g. If the Students are sitting in the same room (location / institution) and (delivery method), at the same time (start date), learning the same material / subject (unit code) it is one scheduled unit

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Although the above are the minimum required fields for a viable Scheduled unit, other information may be added in order to meet various Government reporting requirements.

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Field Name

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Description

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Element Number

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Unit Id

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Internal System Id Code for units. These numbers are allocated by the system when a unit is created

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Unit Code

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Unique Code for a unit given by the institution to identify the unit

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Unit Start Date

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The date when the unit is scheduled to start

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Expected End Date

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The date when the scheduled unit is expected to finish

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HEIMS Census Date

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The last day a student can withdraw from the unit without incurring the full cost of the unit

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Status

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Indicates whether the Scheduled unit is ready to accept enrolments - Active / Cancelled / Archived. For a Scheduled Unit to be ready for use the status must be set to Active.

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Provider Other Unit Id

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Code extension given to units to identify them in LMS (Learning Management Systems)

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Name

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Full name of the unit. This will appear on the student transcript

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Class Number

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Identifying multiple groups or classes that can be scheduled to run at the same time

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Unit Provider

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

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Unit Teacher

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Name of person(s) responsible for the unit delivery

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Minimum Participants

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Minimum number of students required to run this unit

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Maximum Participants

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Maximum number of students to be enrolled in this unit - useful to ensure that the enrolments don't exceed class room capacity

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Current Participants

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How many students are currently enrolled in this unit.

This is automatically updated by the system after each unit enrolment is added, deleted or removed

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Transferred Participants

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How many students have transferred out of this scheduled unit into another

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Location (Campus)

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The location where this scheduled unit is to be delivered. Useful if delivering the scheduled unit at multiple locations

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Venue

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The building and/or room number

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Mode of Delivery

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Online, On Campus, Intensive, Printed

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Start Date

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Commencing date of unit

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End Date

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Conclusion date of unit

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HEIMS Census Date

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The final date students can withdraw without incurring the full cost of the unit. HEIMS requires that this date be no less than 20% of the way through the unit. E489 is a HEIMS required reporting field

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HEIMS Summer School Indicator

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Is this unit being delivered in Summer school e.g. outside of normal Semesters

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Status

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  • Active

  • Archived

  • Cancelled

  • Confirmed

  • Unconfirmed.

Units must have a status of Active to be available on the course plan

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Printed Comments

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Comments to appear on the results report for students to see

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Internal Comments

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Comments for internal staff only

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Result Comments

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Comments to appear on the results report for students to see

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Invoice Fee Code

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The Department / School which receives the fees for this unit

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GST Percentage

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Is GST charged for this unit if yes 10%

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Nominal Hours

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Nominal hours are the Nationally agreed hours required to deliver this unit

VET reporting required field

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Scheduled Hours

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

VET reporting required field

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VET in Schools

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

VET reporting required field

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Delivery Mode Identifier

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What mode of delivery is this unit being done in.

VET reporting required field

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School

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To Which School / Department does this unit belong to

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Contact

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The name of the person / administrator responsible for this unit

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Flexible Learning

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Is the unit being delivered in the Flexible Learning format

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Session Enrolment Restriction

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Some of these fields are required for minimum system functionality. Others fields are required for Government reporting. 

Flexible Learning

Flexible Learning describes the situation where the VET provider has a scheduled unit start date and end date that are different than the unit enrolment start and end date. You need to have the highest permission level to access this function.

The Unit Enrolment start and end dates should not be changed because this affects enrolment information that is vital to the business operations of the institution. When the scheduled unit start and end dates are not the same as the unit enrolment start and end dates, you can change the start and end dates for the scheduled units by following the steps in the Workflow section below.

Class Numbers / Participants 

Current Participants indicates the number of students currently enrolled in the scheduled unit. This will help to support class viability decisions as scheduled units with fewer than the institution-determined enrolment number may not be financially viable and may need to be cancelled.

Maximum Participants indicates the maximum number of students to be enrolled into this scheduled unit. Once this number has been reached students will not be able to be added to this schedule via the Course plan enrolment method. This number can be increased once the maximum has been reached within the edit Schedule unit page. Once the number has been increased students will again be able to enrol in this schedule unit via the Course Plan.

A report can be created within the report builder and added to required staff dashboards to provide data on class numbers for any given study period. This can provide data on class sizes / viability in one easy to read report.

Implications

Warning

Warning

Old Scheduled Units should NOT be updated and reused again as this will alter the dates for students previously enrolled into the unit. A new Schedule or a Reschedule needs to be created each time the unit is run.

  • Always ensure that dates are entered correctly as incorrect information can have a flow-on effect for reporting periods.

  • A Census Date must always fall between the start date and end date of the unit and NO LESS than 20% of the way through the entire delivery period of the unit.

  • Previous Scheduled Units should not be updated and reused as a new unit. This will affect any historical student data. Scheduled Units should be either rescheduled or a new Scheduled Unit created.

  • Fee alterations will not update any students already enrolled into the unit.

  • HEIMS Census dates are required to be no less that 20% of the way through the unit.

Workflow

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title1. How to Search for a Scheduled Unit
  1. Click On the Units tab in the side menu.

  2. Click on the Search Scheduled Units option in the side menu

  3. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box: 

    • Unit Code

    • Unit Name

    • Unit Provider

    • Start Date

    • Unit Keywords

    • Unit Status

  4. Click on the Search Scheduled Unit button.

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. The Scheduled Unit has now been loaded.

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title2. How to Add / Create Scheduled Unit
  1. Click on the Units tab in the Side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

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

  4. Click on the Search Unit button

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. Once the required unit has been loaded click on the Scheduled Unit Details in the side menu

  9. Click on the Add Scheduled option in the side menu

  10. Enter the required information in to the fields ensuring some minimum field requirements (Start Date, End Date and HEIMS Census Date and Status set to Active) Additional information recommended however these fields are required to create a basic functioning Scheduled unit.

  11. Click on the Save Scheduled Unit button 

To Add Fees to the Scheduled Unit continue below. There are 4 different methods for adding fees to Scheduled units. 

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title3. The 4 Methods of Adding Fees to Scheduled Units

There are 4 methods for adding fees to Scheduled Units.

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title3.1. Method 1- Adding Fees for Individual Courses to Scheduled Units

If the institution has many different fees for each unit within in the same course, students within the same units in different courses that are charged different amounts (this can be due to practicums, material costs, etc) This can be useful for overriding Fee rules if required.

Follow the steps above to schedule a new unit, then continue here to add the available fees.

  1. Once the new schedule has been saved scroll down the Fees associated with this Scheduled Unit section

  2. Click the New Fees button

  3. Scroll down to the Edit Fee Section

  4. Select the Course name from the Drop down box

  5. Enter the Fee Description from the Drop Down Box

  6. Enter the dollar amount in the Fee box (do not a dollar sign as this will cause the fee not to save)

  7. Select the Invoice Fee Code from the drop down box

  8. Enter the Credit points value for this unit into the Credit point field

  9. Enter the EFTSL  into the EFTSL Field

  10. Click on the Save Unit Fees button

  11. To add additional Fees click on the New Fees button

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title3.2. Method 2 - Adding Fees for Multiple Courses to Scheduled Units
  1. Once the new schedule has been saved scroll down the Fees associated with this Scheduled Unit section

  2. Click the New Fees button

  3. Scroll down to the Add Multiple Fees Section

  4. Select the Course names from the Drop down box, to select multiple course hold the control button and click the required course names.

  5. Select the Fee Descriptions required from the drop down box

  6. Enter the dollar amount in the Fee box (do not a dollar sign as this will cause the fee not to save)

  7. Select the Invoice Fee Code from the drop down box

  8. Enter the Credit points value for this unit into the Credit point field

  9. Enter the EFTSL  into the EFTSL Field

  10. Click on the Add Fees button

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title3.3. Method 3 - Adding Fees for All Course in selected group to Scheduled Units (e.g. all Undergrad Courses)
Warning

Warning

This will add the standard unit fee that is entered into the Course record page for all courses in the selected group.

  1. Once the new schedule has been saved scroll down the Fees associated with this Scheduled Unit section

  2. Click on the Select Program Level Drop box and select the group of courses to add fees for this course e.g. Undergraduate

  3. Click on the Add Program Fees button

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title3.4.  Method 4 - The Fee Rules
  1. Click on the Units tab on the side menu

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

  3. Click on the Add New Unit Fee on the side menu

  4. Scroll down to the Edit Unit fee Detail Section

  5. Click on the Course Drop down box and Select the Course to add the new fee to

  6. Click on the Course level drop box and select the Study Level that relates to this course

  7. Enter the number of Credit points for the units within the course

  8. Select the Fee Type that this fee is for

  9. Optional: Enter the Unit level code. These must be set within the Base unit prior before adding to fee rules

  10. Enter the dollar amount for this Course, credit point, fee type combination without a dollar symbol

  11. Select the Status

  12. Click on the Save Unit Fee button
    To add another rule press the Add New Unit Fee option on the side menu.

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title5. How to Edit a Scheduled Unit
  1. Click On the Units tab in the side menu.

  2. Click on the Search Scheduled Units option in the side menu

  3. Enter at least one of the following options in to the relevant search box: 

    • Unit Code

    • Unit Name

    • Unit Provider

    • Start Date

    • Unit Keywords

    • Unit Status

  4. Click on the Search Scheduled Unit button.

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. The Scheduled Unit has now been loaded.

  9. Update the Required information.

  10. Click on the Save Scheduled Unit button

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title6. How to Delete a Scheduled Unit
Warning

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Before a Scheduled Unit can be deleted all student enrolments in the unit must be removed / deleted. If any enrolments exist the system will not allow the unit to be deleted.

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

  2. Click on the Search Scheduled Units option in the side menu

  3. Enter at least one of the following options in the relevant search box: 

    • Unit Code

    • Unit Name

    • Unit Provider

    • Start Date

    • Unit Keywords

    • Unit Status

  4. Click on the Search Scheduled Unit button.

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. The Scheduled Unit has now been loaded.

  9. Scroll down and click on the Delete Scheduled Unit button

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title7. How to Add a Contact to a Scheduled Unit

These instructions assume that the Scheduled unit has already been created

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

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu.

  3. Enter details for one of the following search boxes: Family Name / Surname, Given name.

  4. Click on the Search Contact button to show a list of contacts whose details match your search.

  5. To filter the list, in the search box above the list, start typing the contact's First Name / given name.

  6. When you see the row containing the details for your contact, click on the Contact Role highlighted in blue on the left side of the row, to load the details for that contact.

  7. Check the assigned roles allocated to the contact contains the required role. If Unit Teacher doesn't appear, click on the Contact drop box, select the Unit Teacher role, then click on the Assign Role button.

  8. Scroll down to the Add Contacts Role for Scheduled Units section.

  9. Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider or Unit Keywords, Unit Status (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria)

  10. Click on the Search Scheduled Unit button

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

  12. To filter the list, in the search box above the list, start typing the unit name.

  13. Click on the Select Role drop box and select the required role (the Select tick box will automatically populate) Multiple units may be selected.

  14. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Add Role to Scheduled Units button.

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title8. How to Search and Add A Unit of Competency to a Scheduled Unit

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Click On the Units tab in the side menu.

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Click on the Unit Details option in the side menu

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Click on the Show Scheduled Units option in the side menu

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

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Click on the Search Scheduled Unit button.

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Overview

Adding a new scheduled unit in Paradigm requires you to have a base unit record first. It is assumed that you already have base unit records in the system prior to commencing the workflows mentioned in this article. This knowledge article will provide a brief description of all the required and optional fields needed to create a scheduled unit in Paradigm, system and government reporting implications, as well as the workflows on how to search, add, edit, and delete scheduled units, add fees and contacts to a scheduled unit.

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Assumptions

  • You know how to create a base unit;

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

  • You have a sufficiently high level of system access to create a scheduled unit; and

  • A base unit record must have already been created before you can create a scheduled unit.

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Key Terms and Concepts


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*Denotes fields that are required by the system to create a viable functioning Scheduled unit

Field Name

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Scheduled Unit Id

Unique code that identifies a specific scheduled unit record

Unit Id

Internal System Id Code for units. These numbers are allocated by the system when a unit is created

Unit Code(s) *

Unique Code for a unit given by the institution to identify the unit

Inherited from the Base Unit Code record

Provider Other Unit Id

Code extension given to units to identify them in LMS (Learning Management Systems)

Scheduled Unit Name *

Full name of the unit. This will appear on the student transcript

Class

Identifying multiple groups or classes that can be scheduled to run at the same time

Home Institution *

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

Contact

The name of the person / administrator responsible for this unit

Teacher

The name of the teacher who will deliver the material for this unit. This field is associated to your Contacts Record which has a Lecturer role. see Add or Assign Roles to the Contact Record.

Minimum Participants

Minimum number of students required to run this unit

Maximum Participants

Indicates the maximum number of students to be enrolled into this scheduled unit. It is useful to ensure that the enrolments don't exceed class room capacity

Once the maximum has been reached students will not be able to add this schedule via the Course plan enrolment method. This number can be increased once the maximum has been reached within the edit Schedule unit page. Once the number has been increased students will again be able to enrol into this scheduled unit via the Course Plan.

Count of Current Participants

This is automatically updated by the system after each unit enrolment is added, deleted or updated.

Indicates the number of students currently enrolled in the scheduled unit. This will help to support class viability decisions as scheduled units with fewer than the institution-determined enrolment minimum number may not be financially viable and may need to be cancelled.

Count of Withdrawn Participants

The number of students who have withdrawn from this unit. This is automatically updated by the system after each unit enrolment is deleted or updated.

Count of Transferred Participants

How many students have transferred out of this scheduled unit into another. This is automatically updated by the system after each unit enrolment is deleted or updated.

Location (Campus)

The location where this scheduled unit is to be delivered. It is useful when delivering the scheduled unit at multiple locations.

Venue

The building and/or room number

Mode of Delivery *

On Campus, Online, Intensive, Other

We use ‘Mode of Delivery’ this field to map to E329 ‘Mode of Attendance'.

Search the Code Type Id ‘Method of Delivery’ by referring to the steps from here: https://silverband.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PKB/pages/984941/Search+Add+and+Edit+Code+Item#A.-Search-a-Code-Item

Time Period

The Id of the time period record that has start and end dates that correspond to the start and end dates of the scheduled unit.

Unit Start Date *

The date when the unit is scheduled to start

Expected End Date *

The date when the scheduled unit is expected to finish

HEIMS Census Date E489

The final date students can withdraw without incurring the full cost of the unit. HEIMS requires that this date be no less than 20% of the way through the unit. E489 is a HEIMS required reporting field.

HEIMS Summer School Indicator E551

Is this unit being delivered in Summer school e.g. outside of normal Semesters

Unit of Study Year long indicator E622

An indicator for units that run for a full year

Status

  • Active

  • Archived

  • Cancelled

  • Confirmed

  • Deleted

  • Unconfirmed.

Units must have a status of Active to be available on the course plan

Printed Comments

Comments to appear on the results report for students to see

Internal Comments

Comments for internal staff only

Result Comments

Comments to appear on the results report for students to see

Exclude Sessions on Course Plan

  • Yes

  • No

Invoice Fee Code

The Department / School which receives the fees for this unit

GST Percentage

If GST is to be charged for this unit, enter 10 to store a value of 10%, or adjust up or down as necessary

Nominal Hours

Nominal hours are the Nationally agreed hours required to deliver this unit

VET reporting required field

Scheduled Hours

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

VET reporting required field

VET in Schools

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

VET reporting required field

Delivery Mode Identifier

In what mode is this unit being delivered.

  • Combination of All Modes

  • Combination of External and Workplace -based

  • Combination of Internal and External

  • Combination of Internal and Workplace-based

  • External Delivery

  • Internal Delivery

  • Not Applicable

  • Workplace-based Delivery

VET reporting required field

School

To which School / Department does this unit belong

Contact

The primary contact within the School that is responsible for this unit

Flexible Learning

When enabled allows Paradigm to store dates at the unit enrolment level that differ to the dates defined by the associated scheduled unit.

Flexible Learning in the context of Paradigm functions is unrelated to scheduled units that operate in a blended or flexible delivery mode.

UQAF Approval Date

SMS Entity Id

Fields for 3rd Party integration.

SMS Entity Type Id

Remote SMS Entity Id

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Flexible Learning

Note

BE ADVISED:

Flexible Learning in the context of Paradigm functions is unrelated to scheduled units that operate in a blended or flexible delivery mode.

Warning

WARNING:

The use of flexible learning has significant implications for how enrolment dates are managed within Paradigm. This feature is normally not appropriate for Higher Education providers. It is strongly recommended to speak with a member of the Silverband Support team prior to enabling Flexible Learning on a scheduled unit.

Flexible Learning is intended for VET and ELICOS providers who require the option of storing dates at a unit enrolment that are different to the dates set on the associated scheduled unit. In Paradigm under normal circumstances, the start date, expected end date and census date at a unit enrolment are exactly the same as the dates set on the associated scheduled unit.

You need to have the highest system permission level to access this function.

The use of the Flexible Learning mode should not be taken lightly due to the implications to business operations including government reporting. A user will need to possess the highest system permission level in order to set the Flexible Learning field.

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Session Enrolment Restriction

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This field is related to English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS). Opting into the use of this field has implications around session visibility for enrolments made via the course plan.

Session Enrolment Restriction works by filtering the shown list of sessions at the moment of session enrolment based on the dates specified against the record set in the restriction test.

Date restriction options:

  • Course enrolment = course start and expected end date

  • Unit enrolment = unit enrolment start date and expected end date

  • Scheduled unit = scheduled unit start and end dates

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Participant Counters

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The status codes for unit enrolments are configured with default values using the default Paradigm enrolment status codes. This configuration is not end user configurable.

Current Participants Count

Count the number of students with a unit enrolment status set to one of the following options:

  • Applied (ENROLMENT_APPLIED)

  • Confirmed (ENROLMENT_CONFIRMED)

  • Enrolled (ENROLMENT_ENROLLED)

  • Completed (ENROLMENT_COMPLETED)

  • Failed (ENROLMENT_FAILED)

Withdrawn Participants Count

Count the number of students with a unit enrolment status set to one of the following options:

  • Withdrawn (ENROLMENT_WITHDRAWN)

Transferred Participants Count

Count the number of students with a unit enrolment status set to one of the following options:

  • Transferred (ENROLMENT_TRANSFERED)

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Implications

Note

BE ADVISED

A new scheduled unit must be created whenever one or more of the following seven fields changes:

  1. Unit Code

  2. Unit Name

  3. Start Date

  4. End Date

  5. Census Date

  6. Delivery Mode

  7. Home Institution (otherwise known as the location of delivery)

If any of these seven fields change then a new scheduled unit MUST be created regardless of the course the student is undertaking.

E.g. If the Students are sitting in the same room (location / institution), with the same delivery method, at the same time (start date), learning the same material / subject (unit code), it is one scheduled unit.

Info

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Scheduled units that have been associated to a particular contact can be un-associated by setting the contact drop box to blank.

Warning

WARNING

Historical Scheduled Units SHOULD NEVER be updated and reused (again) as this will alter the dates for students who were previously enrolled into the unit.

A new and unique Scheduled Unit must be created each time a unit is offered.

NOTE

  • Always ensure that dates are entered correctly as incorrect information can have a flow-on effect for reporting periods.

  • A Census Date MUST always fall between the start date and end date of the unit and NO LESS than 20% of the way through the entire delivery period of the unit.

  • Previous Scheduled Units SHOULD NOT be updated and reused as a new unit. This will affect any historical student data. Scheduled Units should be either rescheduled or created as a new Scheduled Unit.

  • Fee alterations will not update the unit fees for any students already enrolled into the unit.

  • HEIMS Census dates are required to be no less than 20% of the way through the unit.

Workflow

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title1. How to Search for a Scheduled Unit

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Choose Units > Search Scheduled Units menus on the side.

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Enter at least one of the following search criteria: (Unit Id, Unit Code, Unit Name, Home Institution, Location, Start and End Date, Order By).

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Click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.

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After clicking the search button, it will show a list of all scheduled units that meet your searched criteria. You have the option to filter the list of units by typing a keyword of the unit name that you want to search in the 🔍Filter Box.

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By typing a keyword, the results will now be limited to that keyword that you entered. When you see the record of the unit you are looking for, click the scheduled unit number, highlighted in blue on the left column of that row.

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After clicking the link of the scheduled unit number, it will then load the scheduled unit details.

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NOTE:

If the base unit that you want to add as a scheduled unit 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: HEor VET.

If the base unit is currently loaded in the system, skip the

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Load the base unit that you want to add as a scheduled unit.


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Choose Units > Search menus on the side. This will display a page where you can search for all units saved in the system.

 

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At the top of the page, you can find the UNIT SEARCH Form section. Enter any combination of Unit Code(s), Unit Name, Unit Provider, Unit Keywords, Unit Status, or Order By (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria).

 

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After entering the search criteria of the base unit that you want to search, click the SEARCH UNIT button.

 

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After clicking the SEARCH UNIT button, a list of all the units that meet your searched criteria will be displayed below the UNIT SEARCH Form section. You can filter more of the returned options by typing the name of the unit into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria

 

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Once you’ve found your base unit, click the blue hyperlink of the Unit Id. This will open the Edit Details screen of the base unit that you’ve selected.

 

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Add the base unit as a scheduled unit in Paradigm.


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Once the required base unit has been loaded, choose Units > Scheduled Unit Details > Add Scheduled menus on the side.

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Enter the details for as many of the fields as possible while ensuring that the information that meets the minimum field requirements has been entered to create a basic functioning Scheduled unit (Start Date, End Date, and HEIMS Census Date and setting the Unit Status to Active, as shown in the sample screenshot below).

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It is highly recommended to add any further information to any of the remaining fields. Refer to the table [

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After filling out all the required and available fields for the unit to be scheduled, click the SAVE SCHEDULED UNIT button. You should be seeing a success message on top of the screen if the unit has been successfully scheduled (as shown in the sample screenshot below).

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title3. The 4 Methods of Adding Fees to Scheduled Units

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There are four methods to add fees to Scheduled Units.

Refer to the next four workflows below this section:

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title3.1. Method 1- Adding Fees for Individual Courses to Scheduled Units

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Method 1- Adding Fees for Individual Courses to Scheduled Units


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When the institution has many different fees for each unit within in the same course, students within the same units in different courses can be charged different amounts (this can be due to practicums, material costs, etc). This can be useful for overriding Fee Rules if required.

Follow the steps above in Workflow

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Once the scheduled unit has been loaded, choose Units >Scheduled Unit Details > Edit Scheduled > Fees menus on the side to get to the Fees Form section, or you can scroll down to the ASSOCIATED FEES Form section of the page.

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Click the NEW FEES button.

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In the EDIT FEE Form section, enter the following information (fields highlighted in RED in the screenshot below).

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On the Fee field, just enter the dollar amount, do not include the dollar symbol as it will cause the system to not save the fee information.

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Click the SAVE UNIT FEE button after entering the fee information. To add additional fees click the NEW FEES button again, and repeat the steps.

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title3.2. Method 2 - Adding Fees for Multiple Courses to Scheduled Units

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Method 2 - Adding Fees for Multiple Courses to Scheduled Units


Follow the steps above in Workflow

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Once the scheduled unit has been loaded, choose Units >Scheduled Unit Details > Edit Scheduled > Fees menus on the side to get to the Fees Form section, or you can scroll down to the ASSOCIATED FEES Form section of the page.

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Click the NEW FEES button.

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Go to the ADD MULTIPLE FEES Form section and enter the following information (fields highlighted in RED in the screenshot below).

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To select multiple courses, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, and click each of the required course names that you want to add the same fee information.

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On the Fee field, just enter the dollar amount, do not include the dollar symbol as it will cause the system to not save the fee information.

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Click the ADD FEES button after entering the fee information.

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title3.3. Method 3 - Adding Fees for All Courses in selected group to Scheduled Units (e.g. all Undergrad Courses)

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Method 3 - Adding Fees for All Courses in the selected group to Scheduled Units


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This will add the standard unit fee that is entered into the Course record page for all courses in the selected group.

Follow the steps above in Workflow

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Once the scheduled unit has been loaded, choose Units >Scheduled Unit Details > Edit Scheduled > Fees menus on the side to get to the Fees Form section, or you can scroll down to the ASSOCIATED FEES Form section of the page.

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Click the Select Program Level dropbox, select the group of courses to add fees for this course e.g. Undergraduate, and then click the ADD PROGRAM FEES button.

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title3.4. Method 4 - The Fee Rules

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Method 4 - The Fee Rules


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The Unit Level field is an optional field. If Unit Level is to be used, it must be set and saved within the base unit before you can add it as a condition to the fee rules. If necessary, save it at the base unit first, and then return here to add fee rules.

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On the Fee field, just enter the dollar amount, do not include the dollar symbol as it will cause the system to not save the fee information.

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Choose Units > Unit Fee Details > Add New Unit Fee menus on the side.

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Go to the EDT UNIT FEE DETAILS Form section, enter the following information (fields highlighted in RED in the screenshot below. Read Info and Note above this section).

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Click the SAVE UNIT FEE button after entering the fee information.

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To add another rule press the Add Unit Fee option on the side menu and repeat the steps.

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title4. How to Edit a Scheduled Unit

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  1. Follow the steps above in Workflow

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    1. HEIMS Summer School E551 - Opt-in field

    2. Year-Long Indicator E622 - Required field

    3. Dest Discipline E464 - Required field

    4. Work Experience Indicator E337 - Opt-in field

  3. Using the E464 field as an example, the following steps are needed for all 4 fields mentioned in the previous step. Each base unit record has an E464 field.

    1. Each newly created scheduled unit will inherit the value that is currently saved for the base unit record. If a value has not been set at the base unit record, the same null value will be inherited by the scheduled unit.

    2. Updating the value of E464 at the base unit record will not automatically update the corresponding scheduled unit records that already exist. Only scheduled units created after the base unit E464 has been saved will have the new value.

    3. Updating the E464 element at the scheduled unit will not automatically propagate the change for existing unit enrolments. Only unit enrolments created after the scheduled unit E464 has been saved, will have the new value.

    4. The value that was recorded at the scheduled unit at the time that the unit enrolment record was created, is included in the TCSI unit enrolment packet.

    5. When unit enrolments have not yet been created for a scheduled unit, and the scheduled unit has no value or has a value for the E464 field, the scheduled unit E464 value can be updated as you please, without causing any TCSI validation errors, because there is no impact on any existing unit enrolment records.

    6. When a scheduled unit record has no value recorded for the E464 field (causing a TCSI validation error for a unit enrolment) check whether the corresponding base unit record has a value for the E464 field, and if it has not been set, set the appropriate value and save the base unit, so that future scheduled units can inherit that value.

    7. If unit enrolment records exist for that scheduled unit, and the census date has not yet passed for the affected scheduled unit, you will need to unenrol and re-enrol each student in the scheduled unit. This is needed so that TCSI data is updated to reflect the new E464 data, and generates a new UID for the unit enrolment.

    8. If unit enrolment records exist for that scheduled unit, and if the census date has already passed for the affected scheduled unit, please raise a support request ticket identifying the scheduled unit id, and requesting us to bulk update the unit enrolment records for affected students. We will also need your authorisation in the ticket, to resubmit those updated records to TCSI.

  4. Update the required information for any field other than the 4 fields mentioned above.

  5. Click on the Save Scheduled Unit button

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title5. How to Delete a Scheduled Unit

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  • Before a Scheduled Unit can be deleted, all student enrolments in the unit must be removed / deleted. If any enrolments exist, the system will not allow the unit to be deleted.

  • If the scheduled unit has sessions or any other related records (Assessments, File Attachments, Fees, etc.) Paradigm might prompt you an error to delete the associated records (e.g. delete all sessions) before you can completely delete the scheduled unit.

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Follow the steps above in Workflow
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These instructions assume that the Scheduled unit has already been created, if not yet, refer to the Workflow above on

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Choose Contacts > Search menus on the side.

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Enter details for one of the following search boxes: Family Name / Surname, Given name.

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Click the SEARCH CONTACT button to show a list of contacts whose details match your search.

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To filter the list, in the search box above the list, start typing the contact's First Name / given name.

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When you see the row containing the details for your contact, click on the Contact Role highlighted in blue on the left side of the row, to load the details for that contact.

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Check the assigned roles allocated to the contact contains the required role. If the role of Unit Teacher doesn't appear in the list, click on the Contact dropbox, select the Unit Teacher role, and then click on the Assign Role button.

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Scroll down to go to the ADD CONTACT’S ROLE FOR SCHEDULED UNITS Form section.

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Enter any combination of Unit Code, Unit Name, Unit Provider or Unit Keywords, and Unit Status (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria).

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Click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button. This will return a list of units that meet the searched criteria.

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To filter the list, in the 🔍 Filter box above the list, start typing the unit name.

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Click the Select a Role drop box and select the required role (the Select tick box will automatically populate) Multiple units may be selected.

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After adding a role to all the units, scroll down the page and click the ADD ROLE TO SCHEDULED UNITS button.

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title7. How to Search and Add A Unit of Competency to a Scheduled Unit

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Load the scheduled unit that you want to add a unit of competency.

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Add the competency.

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Search for the Competency by Competency Id, Competency name or Field of Education code, or any combination of the three. These can be sorted also by module/competency and ordered by Competency Id or Competency name.

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Click the SEARCH UNIT button.

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  • Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  • The Scheduled Unit has now been loaded.

  • Click on the Unit Competency Edit option in the side menu

  • Search for the Competency by Competency Id, Competency name or Field of Education code or any combination of the three. These can be sorted also by module / competency and ordered by Competency Id or Competency name.

  • To filter the returned options start typing the name of the unit into the search box. The returned results will reduce to match the criteria.

  • Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  • Ensure that the data returned is correct then press the Save Unit button.

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    title9. How To Change A Scheduled Unit To Flexible Learning
    1. Click on the Units option in the menu

    2. Click on the Search Scheduled Units option

    3. Type in the Scheduled Unit Id and click the Search Scheduled Unit button

    4. Put a tick in the select box at the far right end of the row for the chosen unit enrolment(s)

    5. Click the Add Scheduled Units To List button

    6. Scroll down the page as necessary, to the Scheduled Unit Details section

    7. Set values for the Start Date and End Date

    8. Scroll down toward the bottom of the section, and change the value of the field Flexible Learning to Yes

    9. Click the Save Scheduled Unit button

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

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    Ensure that the data returned is correct then press the SAVE UNIT button.

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    title8. How To Change A Scheduled Unit To Flexible Learning

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    Refer to the Workflow

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