Session 6: Unit Enrolments

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Last updated: Jul 14, 2022 by Diane Momongan (Unlicensed)
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Overview

The session focuses on unit enrolments, all the management workflows related, and the key terms and concepts relevant to the government reporting mandate. As we progress along with the session you will be given an opportunity to add a base and scheduled units record in Paradigm and enrol students to the scheduled units you’ve created. We will also equip you with the knowledge and skills to confidently manage unit enrolments record in Paradigm which would include but are not limited to adding, updating, setting payments, grading changes, and using properly the “Select Action to perform on Units” menu for bulk updates or processes.

By the end of this training session, you will learn how to create and manage unit enrolments.

 

Learning outcomes

  • Describe and discuss the basics of unit enrolments, and how all the terms and concepts associated with it relate to other data in Paradigm and to the government reporting mandate.

  • Practice and demonstrate the process of adding a new base and scheduled unit enrolments in Paradigm.

  • Create records with students enrolled on the newly created unit enrolments.

  • Manage the unit enrolments record (add, search, update, edit, delete, etc.).

  • Manage to assess properly the correct action to choose under the “Select Action to perform on Units” menu against the bulk process being asked or required.

 

1. Units (Student Section)

Duration: 60 minutes

Complexity: expert

This section will give you an in-depth discussion of what a unit enrolment is, all the key terms and concepts relevant to this topic, and most importantly – we will introduce you to the Paradigm User Interface (the fields, data, information required to successfully create a record) where you can do all the processes on student unit enrolments. At the end of this section, we will demonstrate the workflows on how to create and maintain unit enrolment records (a review from Session 4: Academic Scheduling), as well as the workflow of creating and maintaining a student record with unit enrolments in Paradigm.

 

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2. Single Unit Enrolment Details

Duration: 30 minutes

Complexity: Medium

After learning the Unit Enrolment section of Paradigm, we will take you to have a closer look at the fine details of an individual unit enrolment, as each unit has its own record and details. This section focuses on the academic and accounting perspectives of a single unit enrolment. At the end of this section, a very comprehensive how-to guide will be provided which is open for live questions and discussions.

 

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3. Units Edit ( Student Section)

Duration: 30 minutes

Complexity: Medium

The Unit Edit menu in Paradigm gives you the functionality to edit details in bulk to enrolled units. This section will also emphasise the use of the “Select Action to perform on Units” menu, giving you all the necessary information and implications before using any of the options.

 

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4. Review

Duration: 10 minutes

Complexity: Medium

After delivering the main topics, there will be some spare time for open discussion. You can ask any questions you have during the training. We will discuss and confirm a date and time for the next training session.

 

Topics:

  • Open discussion including Q&A

  • Confirm schedule for next training session

  • Outline outcomes of next session

 

5. Extension

Duration: 40 minutes

The following tasks are recommended for users to complete at the conclusion of each training session to ensure that the content is understood and to establish familiarity with the main topics.

Any records created during this section may be raised for review at the beginning of the next session to ensure that the data has been entered correctly, for example, meeting the relevant government reporting standard.

 

Tasks:

  • Create a new unit enrolment record

  • Add a unit enrolment to a student record

  • Edit or update a unit enrolment record

  • Delete a unit enrolment record

  • Update grades and fees or payments in a unit enrolment record

  • Bulk update unit enrolment records

Presentation Slides

The current version of our presentation slides may be downloaded here. Please check back regularly as we are continually updating our material as we accommodate feedback from our users.