Objective
The Course plan can allow students (or staff with a lower level of access can help students) enrol themselves into Units / Subjects for the upcoming study period. This requires set up prior to being able to be used. It is set up from the Side menu Course > Search > enter course Id or name > Search course button > Outline (from the side menu).
Once this has been done and the time periods have been updated to allow access to the Course Plan it is ready to use.
Complexity: MEDIUM to HIGH
Page Contents
Assumptions
The pages, fields and buttons that you can see, and the items you can edit, are based on:
how the Paradigm system is configured for your institution, and
the options that are made available by your institution, and
the access level assigned to you by the "nominated contact person" or other Paradigm expert, according to your permission needs.
For more information please contact your "nominated contact person" or other Paradigm expert.
The student record has already been created.
You have an access level that allows you to create or edit student records.
You have an understanding of the Australian Tertiary Education System / VET Sector and the terms commonly used.
You have an understanding of the different course types within the Paradigm system.
The Course Plan has already been set up for this course.
Time Periods have been updated, allowing access to the Active Units within the Course Plan.
Units / Subjects have already been scheduled for the next study period.
You have an understanding of course units that are:
core units,
elective units,
prerequisite units, and
co-requisite units.
Key terms and concepts
Course Units Colour Legend
Colour | Meaning | Associated course enrolment status |
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Green | Student has completed this unit |
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Blue | Student is currently enrolled in this unit |
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Orange | Unit not available because prerequisites have not been met | |
White (with tick box) | Unit can be selected for enrolment | |
White (without tick box) | Unit has been scheduled, student meets prerequisites, but the enrolment period has not yet opened | |
Grey | Unit is not scheduled for the next enrolment period |
Failed Units
When a student fails a unit then they may be eligible to take that unit again in future time periods or intakes. The following enrolment outcomes are considered equivalent for the purposes of this test:
ENROLMENT_WITHDRAWN
ENROLMENT_FAILED
Meeting pre-requisites for future time periods in the current time period
It is common practice for providers to open unit registrations to students before the results of the current time period have been ratified or published. When this practice is followed it is necessary to make the assumption that the student will, all things being equal, complete their currently enrolled units at the end of the current time period. This is necessary when there are pre-requisite rules defined on the course plan.
Paradigm considers the following enrolment status codes as equivalent to the student having successfully completed the unit for the purposes of allowing students to perform new unit enrolment:
ENROLMENT_COMPLETED
ENROLMENT_EXEMPT
ENROLMENT_SATISFIED
ENROLMENT_TRANS_CRED
These status codes are only considered when the course plan is set as open to students, meaning when the current date is within the date range defined in the configuration period UNIT_ENROLMENT
Implications
Note
The System can be set up so that student can confirm their current contact details (Addresses, email, phone numbers) prior to accessing the Course Plan. This can be set up to be confirmed every study period, or once a year.
Warning:
When the system checks for potential timetable session clashes it will only assess scheduled units that have an unit status of Confirmed, Applied and Enrolled. All other statuses are excluded from the check.
Workflow
Further Reading
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Courses - Search, Add and Edit (Paradigm Knowledge Base)
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