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SIS 2000+ Track Course Selection

The Track Course Selection application is used to select and maintain basic information on the courses that will be offered in a specific school/track. These courses are selected from the District Courses database. In order for a school site to have access to a course, the course must be assigned to track using this program. Furthermore, fundamental scheduling attributes for each course, as they apply to the target site, are defined.

Prerequisites:
Courses must be defined in the District Courses database. The target school must have at least one valid track defined via the Track Editor program.

Login:
Login to the school site to which the district courses are to be assigned.

1. Open the Track Course Selection screen
From SIS 2000+'s Main Menu click on the Schedule icon button. From the Schedule Menu click on the Course Selection icon button.

Fig. 1
 

2. Select a Track
The opening screen (Fig. 1) will default to the first track defined for the logged on school site. The name of the track is displayed at the top of the screen. There are two ways to select another track:

• Scroll backward or forward through the available tracks using the VCR buttons at the bottom of the screen.
• Click on the List command button to view all of the available tracks in alphabetical order. (Fig. 2). Then select the desired track to be edited.


Fig. 2
 

3.1 Select courses
The left hand list titled "Available Courses" is the master list of all courses defined for the district. Select courses to be assigned by clicking on them until the whole line is highlighted in green (Fig. 3). A contiguous range of courses may be selected by holding down the SHIFT key while clicking on the first and last name in the range. Course may be deselected in the same manner.


Fig. 3

3.2 Execute Assign

right arrow button

double right arrow button

Click the right arrow button to assign selected (highlighted) courses to the Selected Courses column on the right. Or, assign all available courses (regardless of their highlighted status) by clicking on the double right arrow button. In either case, the assigned courses will be copied to the Selected Courses column on the right. Courses that have been copied in this manner will appear dimmed to gray in the Available Courses list (Fig 4).


Fig. 4

3.3 Unassign Courses

left arrow button

double left arrow button

To unassign (delete) courses from Selected Courses list, use the same clicking, SHIFT, and arrow button techniques used in the assigning procedures above, but in the reverse direction via the left arrow button and the double left arrow button.

3.4 Enter scheduling parameters
Scheduling parameters are used by pre-registration analysis reports when designing a master schedule. Select a course in the Selected Courses list by clicking on the line until the entry is selected by a small pointer in the leftmost column (Fig. 5). Use the TAB key to move from field to field with the line and enter data as follows:


Fig. 5

• PPC -

Periods per Cycle: the number of periods this course will meet during a cycle. As an example: in a 5-day week school (M-F), if the course will meet for one period per day, the PPC would be "5". If scheduling a course to meet four periods per day in a 5-day week, the PPC would be "20". If scheduling a 2-day cycle and the course will meet everyday for one period, the PPC would be "2".
• Eper -

Earliest Period: the earliest period in the day that this course can be taught. This value is used when designing a Master Schedule. Leave this field blank if there is no restriction on the course offering time.
• Lper -

Last Period: the last period in the day that this course can be taught in the target school/track. This value is used when designing a master schedule. Leave this field blank if there is no restriction on the course offering time.
• Sect. -

Number of Sections that will be taught for this course. At initial selection time, this information most likely will not be known. The Number of Sections value is used by the pre-registration analysis reports when designing a master schedule. When the number of sections taught is established, return to this function for recording.
• Term -

Enter scheduling term restrictions for this course, if any, by selecting a term code from the drop-down list (or leave blank if the course can be taught in any term). This field will be referenced by the Master Builder when designing a Master Schedule (to be announced).
 

Fig. 6
 

5. Edit Data
This program is always in the edit mode. Select a track to edit and use the techniques outlined above to modify and save data.

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