Overview
Adding new appointments within your Paradigm Session/Event is possible as long as you are allowing the student to attend ALL of the new appointments that you’ve added under that session/event. Note that when you are using the Session Group/Class in your scheduling, all the new appointments added within a Paradigm Session/Event will automatically inherit the group and class number values being set for that session/event. This knowledge article will discuss all the possible features available under the Rapla Appointments section.
BE ADVISED
When creating sessions with the group and class number values in Rapla with multiple appointments, and you don’t want the student to attend ALL of the appointment series in that session/event, you have to make sure that each unique group and class number combination is created as one Paradigm Session/Event. Each new appointment created within a session/event will inherit the group and class number values being set for that session/event.
WARNING
If you happen to have already synced your Rapla sessions/events into Paradigm and you are planning to do a resync due to some changes in your sessions, please refer to this knowledge article for the implications: Level of impact on various changes to the Rapla event details.
Add New Appointment
Sample Scenario
Given the sample event created below, a lecture (BEM1008) with a weekly event every Monday at 9:00-11:00AM. Take note that this event has no Group and Class Number values. For the purposes of demonstrating how to add a new appointment as a repeating event, with the currently set event for the Monday lecture, you wanted to add another Wednesday lecture with the same number of times as your Monday lecture. With this set, you want the student to enrol in the Monday and Wednesday lectures every week for the duration of your repeat event.
Also, take note how in the Course Plan that Monday session event will look like:
How to Add a New Appointment with Repeating sessions
With the existing Paradigm Event/Session created above, if you want to add a new repeating appointment you want the student to automatically be enrolled: based on the sample scenario above – the Monday Lecture Session, will also automatically enrol the Wednesday Lecture.
Right-click on the Paradigm Session that you want to add a new repeating appointment to, click the Edit option. This will open the Paradigm Session details.
3. Go to the Appointments section, 1 click the New button. 2 This will add a new appointment in the space below.3 On the right side of the Appointments section, set the time and dates: You have the option to set your repeating session as Weekly, Daily, Monthly, or Yearly. 4 Manage your resources as necessary and as required. Click the Save button to add the changes to your event/session.
Take note of how in the Course Plan that Wednesday repeating lecture session event will look like with the Monday lecture:
Once the student will select the Unit Code BEM1008, the student will automatically be enrolled in the Monday and Wednesday repeating lectures.
Sample Scenario
Following the scenario in the above section, say, you wanted to schedule a one-off event at the end of the semester for a seminar.
How to Add a New Appointment with a One-Off session
1. With the existing Paradigm sessions created above, if you want to add another one-off appointment you want the student to automatically be enrolled: based on the sample scenario above – the Monday Lecture Session, will also automatically enrol the Wednesday Lecture, and an additional end of the semester seminar as a one-off event.
2. Right-click on the Paradigm Session that you want to add a new repeating appointment to, click the Edit option. This will open the Paradigm Session details.
3. Go to the Appointments section, 1 click the New button. 2 This will add a new appointment in the space below.3 On the right side of the Appointments section, select the No repeating option and set the time and date. 4 Manage your resources as necessary and as required. Click the Save button to add the changes to your event/session.
Take note of how in the Course Plan that one-off seminar at the end of the semester event will look like with the Monday and Wednesday repeating lectures:
Once the student will select the Unit Code BEM1008, the student will automatically be enrolled in the Monday and Wednesday repeating lectures and the one-time seminar at the end of the semester event.