Course Catalog
The Course Catalog is a list of courses available to students to choose from for the current year.
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Menu Location
On the left navigation panel, select Scheduling > Entry > Course Catalog.
Setup Options
Default District - Verify that the district is correct.
Default School - Should be set to the school that course will be created for.
School to View - Will display the courses associated with the school selected.
Table Filters
Transcript Group - State approved transcript group
State Course Selection - State course name
Courses - Local name for a course
OK - Click to continue.
To find definitions for standard setup values, follow this link: Standard Setup Options.
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Column Headers
GD - Grade level of the course
Course Name - Local name for the course (prints on report cards, screens, etc.)
Long Name - Expanded name of course to include internationalization
Cre - Credit Carnegie Unit value
Honr - Course Categories (EX: Honors, Obsolete, TOPS)
ST - Standard Course for grade indicator
SE - Number Horizontal Semesters-one session-this course
PD - Number of Vertical Periods-one session-this course
ST Code - State Code assigned for course
ST Course - State Course Name
LNUM - Local Course Number
PT - Priority Code for auto scheduling-higher number has more priority
SEQ - SEQ Horzontal Semester Priority
VOC PRI - Vocational Course-only necessary to code this column for primary only
GR Type - Course Grade Type ID for grades calculations
SEM Final - Grade Type Semester Final
GRP - State Approved Transcript Group. 1=Eng, 3=Math, etc.
REC - Record Number
SCH - School Number where course is taught
OBJFUN - Employee Job Code for this Course
PDF - Obsolete
FWGT - Final Weight Percentage for final exam. This applies to the E2 grade as a percentage of the overall grade. This where you would indicate your EOC/LEAP 2025 percentages. See Q&A below for additional information.
PART - Part Number used for Partial Year Courses to denote what half is taken
FIVE PT - Uses the 5 point grading scale
WEIGHT - Course Weight override of sponsor PPP settings
CTYPE - Course Type Designation
To find definitions of commonly used column headers, follow this link: Common Column Headers.
Bottom
Refresh - button to view any newly created messages.
Save New - Save any information added.
Copy Course - Will copy course for another grade
Select Tbl - Select the whole table.
Setup - Click to go back to the Setup box.
Help - Click to view written instructions and/or videos.
Update PDF - Obsolete
Print - This will allow the user to print the report.
Grades - Course grades
Language Codes - Select Language Code
Active Only - Checked it will show only active courses, unchecked it will show all, including obsolete courses.
Top
- Search - By default, the search bar searches by the COURSE NAME column. Click on any other column header to search by the contents of the selected column.
How To
Q & A
Q - How do Special Education students have their EOC scores count as 5% of the student’s final grade instead of 15% for Act833 students just like it does for LAA2 students.
A - Students need to be coded with the special code ACS or in SER be coded as LAA2 test type.
