Objective
This page outlines the unit components and complexities involved in creating a Course Outline, including:
Adding core, elective, prerequisite, co-requisite and disallowed units to a course outline, and
Adding substitute rules to a course outline.
A Course Outline can contain all possible units that are permitted for inclusion in the course. Once a Course Outline has been created, Unit Enrolments can be created by the student or by Administration Staff.
Complexity: HIGH
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Assumptions
Be advised
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.
You have an understanding of course components that may be:
core units,
elective units,
prerequisite units,
co-requisite units,
disallowed units,
substitute rules, and
constraints.
You have an understanding of the dependencies of those to meet the accreditation requirements of the course.
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.
Key terms and concepts
The Course Outline page is intended to be completed by Administration Staff, adding all possible core, elective, prerequisite, co-requisite, and disallowed units, substitute rules and constraints for a particular course. The details included in the Course Outline are used as the basis for defining the Course Plan for a student. The Course Plan can be defined for or by a student, or by Administration Staff.
Course Units Colour Legend | |
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Colour | Meaning |
Green | Student has completed this unit |
Blue | Student is currently enrolled in this unit |
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 |
Course plan for enrolment allows staff of various levels to enrol students in to units or will allow students enrol themselves into units
Course plan is specific to the course.
To set up the Course plan / Constraints table the following information will be required:
The scope and structure of the course including the units required to complete the course
Units pre-requisites, co-requisites, core units, electives, substitute units, previous versions of units,
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, e.g.if a unit has 3 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)
Implications
It is suggested that only higher level staff enrol students in this manner.
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.
By setting up the enrolment in this manner students may, if required, enrol themselves to units.
Units may only be selected if the student meets the requirement previously setup in the system and if the unit is on offer for the time period specified
Alternatively staff, with the designated access level may enrol student either via the course plan or via the Student >Course enrolment> Units page.
This method may be used to bypass course rules and will enrol students into any unit regardless of restrictions, co-requisites, prerequisites, majors, minors, and time period as any date ranges can be selected.
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